IT & Cyber QA Specialist — Compliance & Inspections

Air Force Test Center; Edwards Air Force Base (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB invites applications for a Full-Time IT Specialist (NH-2210-03) to strengthen the 412 CS/SCQ. You will develop and sustain the IT/Cyber Quality Assurance program to ensure DoD, HQ USAF, and base directives are met across cyber surety, safety, security, training, and IT operations.

Position requires conducting regular inspections, coordinating with base units and external agencies, and delivering actionable reports.

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience in technical compliance: familiarity with interpretation and application of military directives, technical orders (TOs), standard operating procedures (SOPs), and Department of Defense/Air Force guidance.
• 2 years’ experience planning, executing, and documenting technical inspections, personnel evaluations (PEs), quality verification inspections (QVIs), as well as Root Cause Analysis, Trend Evaluation, and Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) methods.
• Experience with Unit level Self-Assessment Program, CCIP, MICT, IGEMS, and Wing Inspections and Exercises as a Wing Inspection Team (WIT) member.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the "eyes and ears" of the commander and has a sound understanding of the pulse of the organization.
• Develops and maintains the IT/Cyber Quality Assurance (QA) Program to ensure optimum compliance with DoD, HQ USAF, Command and Center, and Base publications, directives, manuals, instructions, and technical orders governing cyber surety, safety, security, training, operation and maintenance, telecommunications, radios, computer systems, and networks.
• Manages and executes the IT/Cyber QA Program. Formulates, plans, organizes, staffs, directs and oversees the tactical, day-to-day quality control program.
• Manages and implements the SIP to evaluate and report unit compliance with DoD, Air Force and local directives, instructions and policies.
• Conducts regular and recurring unit, equipment, personnel, and work center inspections and evaluations to ensure compliance with Air Force requirements and to lead the organization in preparation for Compliance Inspections, Readiness Inspections, Consolidated Unit Inspections, Readiness Exercises, and Staff Assistance Visits by base authorities, higher headquarters, and outside agencies.
• Directly communicates, consults, coordinates, and works with work centers, flight chiefs, squadron/group/wing commanders and managers, and functional experts at Command and Center, HQ USAF, and outside agencies to inspect, evaluate, report, achieve, maintain, and continuously improve quality services and compliance with all relevant Air Force requirements.
• Actively participates in all relevant meetings and working groups to identify issues, collaborate on efforts, and report progress. Promulgates, interprets, and amplifies guidance contained in DoD, HQ USAF, Command and Center, and Base publications, directives, and instructions.
• Authors SIP summary reports, staffs through unit leadership, and submits the reports to group and wing leadership.
• Coordinates detailed inspection reports to document strengths/best practices, weaknesses/areas of improvement and findings/deficiencies.
• Staffs inspection reports through work centers, flight chiefs and the squadron Commander.

Skills

Technical compliance

Inspections planning

QA program

SIP inspections

Job description

Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB invites applications for a Full-Time IT Specialist (NH-2210-03) to strengthen the 412 CS/SCQ. You will develop and sustain the IT/Cyber Quality Assurance program to ensure DoD, HQ USAF, and base directives are met across cyber surety, safety, security, training, and IT operations.

Position requires conducting regular inspections, coordinating with base units and external agencies, and delivering actionable reports.