P/T Quality Assurance Auditor

POLICE DEPARTMENT; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York City Police Department’s Strategic Technology Division is seeking an IT Project Specialist to lead quality assurance across enterprise applications, enforce SSDLC governance, and coordinate delivery with multiple vendors.

Duties include auditing large programs for Agile/hybrid compliance, validating user access, reviewing Azure DevOps pipelines, and ensuring secure, repeatable testing and release validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with several years of IT project experience in a related field.
• Experience reviewing large multi-vendor programs using Agile/hybrid methodologies.
• Familiarity with SSDLC, threat modeling, SAST/DAST, and secure coding standards.

Responsibilities

• Audit large programs across divisions and vendors for Agile/hybrid compliance.
• Conduct regular user access audits and revoke access as needed.
• Review CI/CD pipelines, ensure secure testing and SSDLC adherence.

Skills

DevSecOps

CSSLP

PMP

CISA

Azure DevOps

Testing frameworks

QA validation

Agile ceremonies

Education

Baccalaureate degree in CS or related

Associate degree +6 years exp

8 years related experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Testing frameworks

QA validation

Job description

The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The New York City Police Department strives to foster a safe and fair city through the strategic deployment of resources, focusing on both crime prevention and addressing quality-of-life concerns while building lasting community relationships.

The Strategic Technology Division is responsible for developing and coordinating deployment of emerging technology applications, strategic IT infrastructure, and enterprise platforms.

STD is looking for IT Quality Assurance Auditors for Application and Product Delivery specializes in ensuring enterprise software applications and product initiatives achieve the highest standards of quality assurance while adhering to Secure SDLC (SSDLC) best practices and governance requirements. This role focuses on rigorous quality validation, defect prevention, and process excellence across development, testing, and deployment phases for applications and products spanning multiple teams and vendors.

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Audit large programs across multiple divisions and vendors for Agile/hybrid methodology compliance, governance, and standardization.
• Conduct regular user access audits across enterprise applications to ensure that user permissions align with current job status, duties and department policies. This includes revoking access for retired, separated, or transferred personnel.
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines enforce security policies and automated testing.
• Review TFS & Azure DevOps pipelines, repositories, and configurations for secure coding standards, SSDLC adherence, and consistent delivery practices.
• Verify Secure SDLC (SSDLC) compliance including threat modeling, secure coding standards, SAST/DAST scanning, and security testing.
• Ensure CI/CD pipelines enforce security policies and automated testing.
• Verify vendor deliverables align with organizational coding standards, testing requirements, methodology expectations, and documentation templates.
• Review and approve test strategies, test plans, test cases and run books to guarantee comprehensive quality validation.
• Ensure release management, deployment validation, and post-production monitoring meet quality and security benchmarks.
• Assess testing coverage (unit, integration, system, UAT, regressions) meets organizational, methodology, and regulatory standards.
• Oversee defect lifecycle management from identification through triage, prioritization, root cause analysis, and closure verification.
• Examine design reviews, sprint ceremonies, and retrospectives for effectiveness and standardization.
• Validate requirements traceability, ensuring business needs are testable, complete, and free of ambiguity.
• Identify quality risks, process gaps, and standardization issues, providing prioritized recommendations and remediation tracking.
• Produce quality-focused audit reports, dashboards, and executive summaries highlighting defects trends, code coverage metrics, security scan results and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct periodic and risk-based audits of high-impact, multi-vendor programs and platforms.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

In compliance with federal Law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26, union benefits such as dental and vision coverage, paid annual leave and sick leave, paid holidays, a pension, and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

HOURS/SHIFT:

Varies

IT PROJECT SPECIALIST - 95710

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
2. An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
4. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above.

Preferred Skills

• Certifications: DevSecOps, CSSLP, PMP, CISA credentials.
• Experience in regulated industries with compliance frameworks (NIST, FedRAMP, SOC 2).
• Application Programming experience.
• Deep knowledge of Agile ceremonies, hybrid delivery patterns, and program standardization practices.
• Experience reviewing large programs with multiple vendors using Agile and hybrid methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of Azure platform services, Azure DevOps, and cloud security controls.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks, test automation, and QA validation across distributed teams.
• Experience with analytics tools for compliance reporting, metrics tracking, and standardization dashboards.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.