Senior IT Quality Assurance Manager - TS/SCI with Polygraph

About the role

This is an elite role within a large-scale National Intelligence program at GDIT, offering the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies while safeguarding critical national security missions. The Mission Assurance/Quality Manager will embed within the PMO, establishing and overseeing quality frameworks, process compliance, and product reliability across all task orders. You will drive continuous improvement, embed quality into Agile/SAFe and DevSecOps practices, and serve as the technical authority for QA tooling and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Quality Management Framework: Design, maintain, and continuously improve the program’s quality management approach (e.g., quality plan, standards, templates) across all task orders; ensure SDLC, Agile/SAFe, and DevSecOps processes have clearly defined quality criteria at each stage; align with contract requirements, customer standards, and GDIT policies; serve as the technical authority for QA tooling and architecture.
• Process Definition, Compliance, and Continuous Improvement: Define and document key processes (requirements, design, coding, testing, release, defect management, configuration management); perform periodic compliance checks (audits, walkthroughs, spot checks); analyze findings, drive corrective actions, and track closure of non-conformances; facilitate continual improvement via lessons learned and updated processes/templates.
• Metrics, Monitoring, and Reporting: Define and maintain consistent quality and mission assurance metrics (e.g., defect density/leakage, test coverage/automation rates, release quality incidents/rollback rates); consolidate and analyze data across task orders; identify trends and systemic issues; provide regular quality dashboards and narratives to PMO, leadership, and customer stakeholders.
• Risk Management, Issues, and Root Cause Analysis: Partner with program management to identify and track quality-related risks/issues; lead or support RCAs for significant defects/outages/delivery failures; ensure CAPAs are defined and implemented; monitor effectiveness and adjust as needed.
• Integration of Quality into Agile/SAFe and DevSecOps: Collaborate with Lead Agilist, Solution Architect, and tech leads to embed quality practices into backlog refinement, Definitions of Ready/Done, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines (automated quality gates, static analysis, security scans), and program ceremonies (PI planning, demos, retros).
• Deliverable and Release Quality Assurance: Define acceptance criteria and review standards for key deliverables; perform independent quality reviews of high-risk/high-visibility items; participate in release readiness reviews to confirm quality thresholds and exit criteria.
• Customer Interface on Quality and Mission Assurance: Serve as primary voice on quality topics in customer reviews, audits, and status meetings; prepare and present quality performance summaries, trends, and improvement plans; coordinate responses to customer concerns and track closure.
• Alignment Across Task Orders: Ensure adherence to program quality standards and reporting expectations; perform or coordinate quality reviews of team deliverables; support harmonization of quality approaches across task orders for a common baseline and shared best practices.
• Training, Coaching, and Quality Culture: Provide training/orientation on program quality expectations, processes, and tools; coach teams on software quality, test design, defect prevention, and documentation; promote a culture of proactive quality ownership and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• BS/BA or equivalent experience.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering and quality assurance experience, with a proven track record of moving from hands-on contributor to senior leadership.
• 5+ years of experience leading teams and implementing significant strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrable experience architecting and executing a large-scale manual-to-automation transformation, including technical framework design, ROI analysis, and change management strategies.
• Deep hands-on expertise with modern automation tooling, CI/CD pipeline integration, and testing large-scale, multi-tier, service-oriented architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience evaluating and implementing GenAI tooling to accelerate test script generation, optimize test data management (including synthetic data for PHI/PII), and improve QA efficiency.
• Familiarity with modern automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress) and shift-left API testing strategies.
• Experience with enterprise stacks including Java, Jira, GitHub, and DB2 (or similar) on large-scale applications.
• Deep knowledge of DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate) and establishing engineering benchmarks.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 – $199,278. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Travel Required: None
• Telecommuting Options: Onsite
• Work Location: USA VA Chantilly; additional work locations may apply.