Quality Assurance Manager

Applies current quality practices to identify software errors, evaluate quality and efficiency, plan quality-control resources, and monitor performance throughout the lifecycle.

*This position is contingent upon contract award.*

Responsibilities:

• Apply commercial products and procedures for software-error identification and quality evaluation
• Determine resources needed for quality control
• Maintain quality throughout the software and system lifecycle
• Support reporting, tracking, and analysis of performance-based system metrics
• Monitor quality procedures and evaluate system quality and efficiency

Qualifications:

• Years of Experience: One (1) year of relevant experience
• Clearance Requirements: IT-II Non-Critical Sensitive / Tier 3 (T3), required at proposal submission
• Certification Requirements:
  • Duty-based. Required before starting work if performing IA functions; exact category is not specified.
• Any other work-related qualifications needed for the role:
  • Experience applying commercial products and procedures to identify software errors and evaluate quality and efficiency

Desired/Preferred:

• Experience establishing and monitoring software quality-assurance and quality-control processes.
• Experience supporting quality assurance for AI/ML models, advanced analytics, or cloud-based applications.
• Experience evaluating model performance, data accuracy, application quality, and operational reliability.
• Experience defining and tracking performance-based quality metrics.
• Experience overseeing unit, system, interface, regression, performance, integration, security, accessibility, and user-acceptance testing.
• Experience validating data-source connections, application interfaces, datasets, and system configurations.
• Experience developing or reviewing test plans, test cases, test results, and Requirements Traceability Matrices.
• Experience managing defect tracking, severity classification, corrective actions, and release-readiness decisions.
• Experience supporting verification and validation activities.
• Experience monitoring software quality throughout development, deployment, and sustainment.
• Experience with configuration management, controlled releases, patches, and production hot fixes.
• Familiarity with AWS development, test, and production environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with Section 508, cybersecurity, ATO, RMF, and STIG compliance testing is preferred.
• Familiarity with IEEE software-defect severity or comparable defect-management standards is preferred.

About Us

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is a Navajo Nation–owned family of companies that provides government agencies and commercial organizations with high-quality IT, professional, environmental, and research and development services. DDC is dedicated to empowering the Navajo Nation and the communities we serve.

Benefits

Eligible full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, retirement savings with company match, and paid time off. Additional benefits include voluntary supplemental benefits, access to an employee assistance program, and educational assistance with tuition reimbursement.

Equal Opportunity & Compliance Statement

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing information about compensation, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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