Quality Assurance Manager - Senior

Nationwide IT Services, Inc.; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid holidays

PTO (sick/vacation)

Commuter benefits

EAP

Educational reimbursement

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services seeks a Senior Quality Assurance Manager to establish and maintain quality assurance processes across the software lifecycle for a federally funded, fully remote project. The role requires a Secret clearance and DoD 8570 Baseline IAT Level II certification.

The candidate will lead verification, validation, testing, and metrics efforts, ensuring software and documentation meet high-quality standards and project requirements. A minimum of five years in IT QA/QC is expected.

Qualifications

• At least five years of QA/QC experience in IT systems.
• Experience with verification and validation, testing, integration, and metrics.
• Ability to establish software/documentation evaluation processes and QA plans.
• Ability to apply subject matter knowledge to specialized solutions.
• Certification from a nationally recognized authority (DoD 8570 Baseline, IAT Level II).
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification, IAT Level II.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain processes for evaluating software and documentation.
• Develop software QA plans and identify required QA resources.
• Maintain quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct lifecycle reviews and document findings.
• Apply verification/validation, testing, integration, and metrics to assess quality.
• Resolve complex problems using subject matter knowledge across tasks.
• Support specialized solutions in environmental, scientific, maintenance and logistics areas.

Skills

Quality assurance

Software testing

Verification & validation

Software metrics

Lifecycle reviews

Job description

Quality Assurance Manager - Senior

Clearance: Secret Clearance Certifications: DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification, Category IAT Level II.

Position Summary: Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Manager to establish and maintain processes to evaluate IT systems, software, and associated documentation for a potential opportunity. This role plans and directs quality assurance and quality control activities across the software lifecycle, applies verification and validation, testing, integration, and software metrics to assess quality, and determines the resources needed for IT quality control. The manager provides subject matter expertise to resolve complex technical problems across all task areas. This is a full-time, fully remote opportunity supporting a federal customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain processes for evaluating software and its associated documentation.
• Develop software quality assurance plans and identify the resources needed to perform IT quality control.
• Maintain the required level of quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct formal and informal reviews at predetermined lifecycle points, document findings, and support resolution of quality issues.
• Apply verification and validation, software testing and integration, and software metrics to assess software quality.
• Apply subject matter knowledge to high-level analysis, design, development, modeling, simulation, integration, installation, documentation, and implementation.
• Resolve specialized technical problems using a detailed understanding of the relevant subject matter and its principles and methods.
• Support specialized solutions in areas such as environmental, scientific, maintenance and repair processes, and logistical support activities, as applicable.

Required Qualifications

• At least five years of relevant experience in quality assurance and quality control of IT systems.
• Experience with verification and validation, software testing and integration, and software metrics used to assess software quality.
• Ability to establish and maintain software and documentation evaluation processes, develop quality assurance plans, determine quality control resources, and conduct lifecycle reviews.
• Ability to apply technical subject matter knowledge to specialized solutions and resolve complex problems.
• Relevant certification from a nationally recognized technical authority.
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification, Category IAT Level II.

Security Requirements

IT-II security clearance or a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC) at the time of proposal submission.

About Nationwide IT Services

NIS is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and an IT and management consulting company. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers, leveraging technology, people, and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• paid holidays
• PTO (sick/vacation)
• commuter benefits
• employee assistance program (EAP)
• educational reimbursement
• Pet Insurance

Salary range $120,000 to $165,000 annually

The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers, including the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's experience, education, and skills, and current market conditions.