Senior QA & Requirements Traceability Lead – NATO Programs

ironcladdefenseworks; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Ironclad Defense Works seeks a Senior Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Analyst to support NATO ACT in Norfolk, VA. Hybrid role requiring on-site work, focusing on independent process assurance, traceability reviews, and continuous improvement across multinational capability programs.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in requirements engineering, DOORS Next experience, and active SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in requirements engineering/management, incl. elicitation, capture, development, analysis, evaluation.
• Experience managing requirements traceability, quality, and change management.
• Ability to evaluate traceability across DOTMLPFI domains.
• Experience developing requirements as author or facilitator.
• Recent experience with formal configuration and change-management processes.
• Experience with ISO 9001 and quality reviews.
• Experience with IBM DOORS Next or equivalent RM tool.
• Active NATO or National SECRET clearance.
• NATO member nation citizenship.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent process assurance reviews for compliance with processes and standards.
• Identify gaps, risks, ambiguities, and delivery issues early in capability development.
• Support NATO capability delivery programs and requirements managers in maintaining high-quality requirements.
• Manage corrective and preventive actions from QA reviews.
• Facilitate adjudication of QA recommendations and coordinate resolution with stakeholders.
• Align corrective actions with risk management and lessons learned processes.
• Maintain requirements data quality, version control, and configuration management.
• Develop and maintain requirements-traceability processes and quality reports.
• Produce scheduled and ad hoc QA reports for leadership and stakeholders.
• Contribute to directives and SOPs for quality and traceability.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Traceability management

DOTMLPFI analysis

Requirements development

ISO 9001

DOORS Next

English proficiency

Education

University degree in engineering, management, information systems, or related discipline

Job description

Ironclad Defense Works seeks a Senior Requirements Traceability & Quality Assurance Analyst to support NATO ACT in Norfolk, VA. Hybrid role requiring on-site work, focusing on independent process assurance, traceability reviews, and continuous improvement across multinational capability programs.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in requirements engineering, DOORS Next experience, and active SECRET clearance.