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SalaryWe are seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to join our team. Working at NT Concepts means that you are part of an innovative, agile company dedicated to solving the most critical challenges in National Security. We're looking for the best and the brightest to join us in supporting this mission. If meaningful work, initiative, creativity, and continuous self-improvement are important to your career, join our growing team and discover What's Next for you.
Mission Focus: NT Concepts is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to support the DoD enterprise Military Housing system. This complex system of 34 web-based modules is used by over 10,000 active users to meet the housing needs of over 2.5 million service members, DoD civilians, and their families.
Clearance: Active DOD Secret clearance required
Location/Flexibility: Remote with preference to someone local to the DC Metro area.
Responsibilities:
Quality Standards and Processes:
- Design and Implement Standards: Establish and implement quality standards, processes, and best practices for software development.
- Continuous Improvement: Regularly review and enhance quality procedures to align with industry trends and organizational goals.
- Inspection and Reporting:
- Inspect and Monitor Quality: Oversee all operations affecting quality, including code reviews, testing, and deployment.
- Identify Issues: Analyze data to identify areas for improvement and address quality gaps.
- Team Supervision and Guidance:
- Supervise QA Team: Lead and guide QA engineers, testers, and analysts.
- Training and Coaching: Train team members on quality procedures and provide ongoing coaching.
- Product Quality Assurance:
- Process Adherence: Ensure adherence to quality control processes during development.
- Final Output Evaluation: Assure the reliability and consistency of software products by checking processes and final output.
- Customer Satisfaction:
- Customer Requirements: Understand and appraise customer requirements related to quality.
- Satisfaction Assurance: Ensure that software meets or exceeds customer expectations.
- Reporting and Documentation:
- Quality Reports: Create and maintain quality reports, statistical reviews, and relevant documentation.
- Legal Compliance: Ensure compliance with DoD and Federal standards and regulations.
- Collaboration and Communication:
- External Liaison: Communicate with external Quality Assurance officers during on-site inspections.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with development, release, database, hosting, and other teams.
- Risk Management:
- Proactive Solutions: Facilitate proactive solutions by collecting and analyzing quality data.
- Immediate Action: Report malfunctions to PMO for immediate action.
- Leadership and Reliability:
- Organizational Goals: Contribute to the long-term success of the program by ensuring high-quality operations.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Security + or the ability to obtain within 6 months of starting.
- Prior experience improving quality of the software development lifecycle through testing and release on a DoD government project.
- Experience auditing and improving processes within a software development project.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 10-15 pounds at times.
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About NT Concepts
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Washington DC Metro area, NT Concepts is a private, mid-tier company with clients spanning the Intelligence and Defense communities. We deliver end-to-end data and technology solutions that advance the modernization, transformation, and automation of the national security mission—solutions with real impact developed in a strong engineering culture that encourages technical growth, leadership, and creative "big idea" problem-solving.
Employees are the core of NT Concepts. We understand that world-changing concepts happen in collaborative environments. We are a company where talented and diverse teams work together using innovation and expertise to solve our clients' most critical challenges. Here, you'll gain competitive benefits, opportunities to bolster your skills and develop new abilities, and a company culture dedicated to support and service. In addition to our benefits program, we encourage our employees to take part in #NTC_GivesBack, which paves the way for positive social change.
If joining a stable company with strong professional growth opportunities resonates with you, and you seek vital, mission-driven projects (for some pretty cool clients) that use your specific talents, we'd love to have you move forward with us.
Together is Better
We believe diversity and inclusion drive innovation, and that when we work together, we can accomplish anything. NT Concepts is a people-first, Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer—regardless of a person's race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected class. If you have a disability and need accommodation, let us know. All resumes are held in confidence. NT Concepts participates in E-Verify.
