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May 5, 2026
Senior Test Manager - QA, Security Testing & Systemintegration (m/w/d)
Senior • On-site
Cologne, NW, Germany
Wir suchen einen erfahrenen Testmanager, der für die Entwicklung und Umsetzung umfassender Teststrategien in sicherheitskritischen Projekten verantwortlich ist. Der ideale Kandidat hat umfangreiche Erfahrung in großen Systemintegrationsprojekten und bringt profunde Kenntnisse in Security Testing sowie in modernen QA-Methoden mit.
Start: ab sofort oder zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt
Einsatzort: überwiegend vor Ort in Köln
Sprachkenntnisse: Deutsch C1, Englisch C1
Aufgaben:
Der Testmanager hat die Aufgabe, alle Test- und Qualitätssicherungsaktivitäten zu leiten und zu koordinieren.
Verantwortung für die Gesamt-Teststrategie
Planung, Steuerung und Durchführung aller Test- und Qualitätssicherungsaktivitäten
Planung und Priorisierung aller Testphasen, Ressourcen, Abhängigkeiten und Meilensteine
Leitung aller Testphasen – von Systemintegration über Security Testing bis hin zu unabhängigen Verifikations- und Abnahmeprozessen
Aufbau und Governance eines strukturierten Qualitäts-, Defect- und Risikomanagements
Steuerung multidisziplinärer Testteams
Koordination von Testumgebungen, Testdaten und Tools in hochsicheren, verteilten Systemlandschaften
Durchführung sicherheitskritischer Testaktivitäten und Bereitstellung relevanter Nachweise für Audits, Freigaben und Compliance-Anforderungen
Wesentliche Anforderungen:
Mehrjährige fundierte Erfahrung als Test Manager / Test Director
Erfahrung in großskaligen, sicherheitskritischen oder regulierten Projekten
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Erfahrung in großen Systemintegrationsprojekten:
On-Premise-Umgebungen
cloudbasierte Infrastruktur- und Plattformarchitekturen
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Tiefes Know-how in:
Systemintegration
End-to-End-Testprozessen
Security Testing
moderne QA-Methodik
Sicherer Umgang mit Teststandards gemäß ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 oder ähnlichen Test- und Entwicklungsframeworks
Erfahrung in der Führung komplexer Testteams sowie in der Steuerung externer Dienstleister und Partner
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Kenntnisse in ITIL-basierten Prozessen wie:
Incident-Management
Change-Management
Configuration-Management
Wünschenswert:
ISTQB Advanced Level Zertifizierungen oder vergleichbare Qualifikationen.
Erfahrung im Umgang mit unabhängigen Prüfungen, Audit-Prozessen, Sicherheits- oder Betriebsfreigabeprozessen im öffentlichen Sektor
Bereitschaft zu Sicherheitsüberprüfung (SÜ2) sowie zu internationaler Reisetätigkeit
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