Management and Program Analyst

US Agriculture, Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Transformation Management Organization in Washington, DC seeks a Quality Assurance and Testing Lead to drive enterprise QA, testing, business validation, and organizational readiness for modernization efforts.

The role requires leading testing efforts, coordinating across functional teams, and ensuring solutions meet business and operational requirements prior to deployment, with a focus on risk identification and

Qualifications

• Leading enterprise testing and quality assurance efforts across UAT, readiness, release, and defect tracking.
• Developing integrated test strategies with quality metrics and go/no-go decisions.
• Coordinating testing across users, technical teams, data teams, cybersecurity, operations, contractors, and partner agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA and testing activities supporting department-wide modernization initiatives.
• Establish, direct, implement, monitor, and improve enterprise QA and readiness activities.

Job description

This position is with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Transformation Management Organization located in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of this position is to serve as the Quality Assurance and Testing Lead; responsible for establishing, directing, implementing, monitoring, and improving enterprise quality assurance, testing, business validation, and organizational readiness activities supporting Department-wide modernization initiatives. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below: GS-14
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) leading enterprise testing and quality assurance efforts by managing user acceptance testing, business validation, operational readiness, release readiness, and defect tracking to ensure systems meet organizational standards; 2) developing integrated test strategies by defining quality metrics, managing defects, preparing go/no-go recommendations, and validating that solutions meet business and operational requirements; 3) coordinating testing activities across functional users, technical teams, data teams, cybersecurity, operations, contractors, and partner agencies to ensure effective end-to-end system validation; and 4) identifying quality and implementation risks, document findings, and provide recommendations to support informed decisions prior to deployment or release.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.