This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps.
Our partner is looking for an Integrated Test Scheduler (IMS, Tricentis), Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) based in the United States.
Responsibilities
Develop, maintain, and analyze Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) covering DevSecOps workflows, testing activities, dependencies, milestones, and critical paths across federal IT programs.
Align contractual delivery milestones with CI/CD pipeline stages for NBIS and NI2 applications; coordinate automated workflows across Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, and related orchestration tools.
Integrate functional, integration, regression, automated, performance, security, and user acceptance testing into comprehensive schedules.
Serve as a scheduling subject matter expert for Tricentis Tosca and qTest, coordinating automation development, maintenance, execution windows, releases, test cycles, and test results.
Establish and maintain schedules for test entry and exit criteria, release gates, production readiness milestones, and deployment activities.
Conduct critical and near-critical path analysis, evaluate schedule performance, and identify bottlenecks.
Assess the schedule impact of scope changes, resource constraints, environment outages, technical delays, defects, and release changes; develop mitigation strategies and recovery plans.
Incorporate security gate processing times, including SAST, DAST, and container scanning, into schedule forecasts.
Provide schedule-based insights for program reviews, milestone briefings, and executive reporting.
Lead integrated test scheduling meetings and coordinate dependencies among Tricentis test leads, automation engineers, qTest administrators, DevSecOps engineers, release managers, and Agile teams.
Standardize schedule development, status collection, reporting, and update processes.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.
At least eight years of experience in software testing, test management, program scheduling, systems integration, or a related field.
At least five years of experience working with Tricentis Tosca and/or qTest in enterprise test management and test automation environments.
Hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca, qTest, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, SonarQube, and related DevSecOps tools.
Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining complex Integrated Master Schedules in federal, government, defense, or other regulated environments.
Advanced proficiency with scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, including dependency management, milestone tracking, and critical path analysis.
Understanding of automated test execution, CI/CD pipelines, release planning, test cycles, and integration of testing activities into program schedules.
Strong ability to assess schedule dependencies and identify bottlenecks.
Active Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.
Conditions
Full-time remote opportunity.
Occasional meetings in Quantico, Virginia, or Annapolis, Maryland.