Quality Assurance Analyst

Location: Norfolk, VA

Category: Program & Project Management, Financial and Contract Support

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Tags: Joint, OSD, Interagency Division (JOID), NATO Secret (NS)

Overview Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues. SPAs NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage. We have a near-term need for a Quality Assurance Analyst to provide onsite support out of Allied Command Transformation (NATO), Norfolk, VA. Responsibilities The candidate will provide independent quality assurance of information, management products and processes, and quality reports for CAPDEV leadership. Will provide quality assurance expertise in support of HQ SACT’s program management and requirements engineering and specifically in support of Requirements Managers undertaking the identification, elicitation, capture, analysis, evaluation, integration, and maintenance of high-quality capability (business) requirements. The candidate will support the ongoing development and maintenance of the requirements repository and requirements-related information and the achievement and maintenance of the organization’s requirements and quality expectations. Will support the development and maintenance of processes relating to capability development and delivery. Contribute to the development of directives and standard operating procedures that relate to capability development and delivery including requirements development and management and the ACT Requirements Repository. Contribute to organizational continual process improvement activities and participate in workshops, seminars, conferences and meetings in support of the activities above. Qualifications Required: Bachelor's degree in engineering, management, information systems, accounting, economics, finance, business administration, public administration, operations research, program and project management, or related disciplines. 5+ years of experience in the last 10 in the field of quality assurance, including requirements for engineering processes. Active NATO or National Secret clearance. Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent. Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) experience working in support of processes that were formally certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard. Experience with IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM), DOORS Next, or equivalent tool for quality assurance and requirements engineering including personal use of quality assurance tools for evidence-based quality reporting. Able to work fully onsite based on client needs.

Responsibilities

The candidate will provide independent quality assurance of information, management products and processes, and quality reports for CAPDEV leadership. Will provide quality assurance expertise in support of HQ SACT’s program management and requirements engineering and specifically in support of Requirements Managers undertaking the identification, elicitation, capture, analysis, evaluation, integration, and maintenance of high-quality capability (business) requirements. The candidate will support the ongoing development and maintenance of the requirements repository and requirements-related information and the achievement and maintenance of the organization’s requirements and quality expectations. Will support the development and maintenance of processes relating to capability development and delivery. Contribute to the development of directives and standard operating procedures that relate to capability development and delivery including requirements development and management and the ACT Requirements Repository. Contribute to organizational continual process improvement activities and participate in workshops, seminars, conferences and meetings in support of the activities above.

Qualifications

Required: Bachelor's degree in engineering, management, information systems, accounting, economics, finance, business administration, public administration, operations research, program and project management, or related disciplines. 5+ years of experience in the last 10 in the field of quality assurance, including requirements for engineering processes. Active NATO or National Secret clearance. Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent. Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) experience working in support of processes that were formally certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard. Experience with IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM), DOORS Next, or equivalent tool for quality assurance and requirements engineering including personal use of quality assurance tools for evidence-based quality reporting. Able to work fully onsite based on client needs.