Secret cleared Software QA Engineer

Essential Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering, quality, and mission assurance support
• Experience with Software Quality Assurance (SQA) to review and assess software products and processes to assure they are suitable quality for their intended purposes
• Support the implementation of MDA quality and mission assurance requirements by providing software quality support to MDA’s software system acquisition process
• Provide oversight and technical evaluations of development designs, requirements, planning, maintenance and sustainment, identification and development processes, testing, and maintenance for mission critical missile defense software, particularly sensors
• Provide subject matter expertise for the identification, evaluation, and mitigation of risks and other programmatic concerns associated with various aspects of the design, development, manufacturing, fielding and operation of MDA systems
• Support design and failure review boards/investigations, milestone reviews, qualification testing, verification, and validation of software, and aiding in the implementation of software quality processes
• Periodic travel, approximately once per quarter. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S Citizen 
• Currently possess a DoD secret security clearance 
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline from an Accreditation Board of Engineering Technology (ABET) certified institution
• 7+ years of software experience with the MDA or similar DoD environment; leading and executing extensive software quality engineering support efforts for complex systems
• Experience with software quality processes and products from the requirements phase through testing and fielding
• Experience in writing code with Java
• Experience with virtualization application and managing data storage
• Well-versed in Agile software development, Scrum-master certified preferred

Desired Background:

• Ability to quickly connect in-person and in writing, and to actively listen and perceive the needs, values or opinions of others
• Demonstrated leadership accomplishments professionally and personally
• Experience with designing/assessing/testing/evaluating mission critical software
• Ability to conduct technical audits and document results in audit reports to provide management and customer with deeper insight into product

EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled