Quality Assurance Specialist

About the role

The NIAID NEAT Quality Assurance Specialist will support the development, support, and maintenance of NIH enterprise applications managed by the Software Engineering Branch. This role is contingent upon securing a contract.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the level of quality throughout the software life cycle.
• Develop and implement quality control and testing methodologies to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures.
• Establish measures to evaluate software quality and maintain a process for testing and creating associated documentation, including use of automated testing tools where practical.
• Conduct and/or participate in formal and informal reviews at pre-determined points throughout the development life cycle.
• Ensure adherence to the HHS EPLC-compliant, software development life cycle as well as other government standards such as 508 Compliance.
• Develop and define major and minor characteristics of quality including quality metrics and scoring parameters and determine requisite quality control resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security or related field.
• Minimum 5 + years’ experience supporting Health IT software development initiatives.
• Active Public Trust or higher security clearance.
• Proficiency in establishing and maintaining quality control processes.
• Knowledge of determining resource requirements for quality control.
• Prior supervisory experience in directing support staff.
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining quality levels throughout the software lifecycle.
• Ability to conduct effective formal and informal reviews.
• Reside within the Washington DC Metro area.
• Travel within the Washington DC Metro Area, and CONUS as needed.

Qualifications

• Relevant Certifications (e.g. AWS, Azure, Agile SAFe, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, CMMI, etc.).
• Familiar with HHS Enterprise Life Cycle (ELPC) methodology.

Skills

• Ability to lead, mentor, and guide engineering teams to ensure adherence to best practices.

Benefits

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ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.