Quality Assurance Lead

KPS

Job ID 2475026

Koniag Professional Services , a Koniag Government Services company is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead with a Public Trust Moderate Risk Clearance to Support KPS and our government customer in Arlington, VA.

We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

Koniag Professional Services is looking for a professional Quality Assurance Lead to be part of a team that will be charged with meeting or exceeding the needs of a government client. The Quality Assurance Lead will have overall responsibility for the performance of the software test plan development and execution.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Documenting and reporting product or service quality levels

• Developing and implementing standards for inspection

• Developing a workflow for product inspection

• Developing plans to help a company manage waste.

• Communicating with other team members to solve problems.

• Following up with the appropriate channels when mistakes are found.

• Training other quality insurance members on all inspection processes

Work Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience developing and implementing efficient and effective testing strategies, test conditions and test scripts for projects.

• Proven ability to ensure appropriate testing coverage and requirements traceability through the creation, implementation and enhancement of comprehensive test plans, test cases/user stories, test steps and test automation.

• Proven experience testing in Agile Software Development environment.

• Experience defining clear expectations for all testing tasks, including input and outputs.

• Experience implementing test tools to support automation and performance testing.

• Experience developing and executing test plans, test cases, scripts, and creating test data for Agile Software Development team; including functional, integration, regression, data integrity and stress testing as well as assisting with user acceptance.

• Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including successful outcomes of achieving completed user stories and associated test criteria.

• Experience identifying gaps and deficiencies in business requirements, technical specifications, designs and testing documentation for completeness and testability.

• Experience tracking defects and reporting key metrics for proactively identifying areas for improvement.

• Experience coordinating the setup of test environments for all planned test execution activities.

• Experience managing the change processes such as build promotions to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production environments.

• Proven ability to decompose requirements into detailed test cases for functional and regression test execution.

• Understanding of software testing types and methods to support Agile Software Development

• Technical proficiency with SQL includes the ability to create queries to validate data integrity and other data constraints.

• Proven ability to facilitate effective interaction and coordination between government Project Leads

• Proven ability to identify resource constraints and other potential schedule issues and risks.

• Experience implementing testing and configuration management methodologies to support continuous integration.

• Experience managing integrated teams to support sprint planning.

• Must exhibit critical soft skills including:

• Excellent active listening and verbal communication skills

• Strong business writing ability

• Flexible and adaptable attitude

• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines.

• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of stakeholders.

• Ability to discuss technical issues with non-technical, executive-level government officials.

• Leading and mentoring teams

Education:

• Bachelor's degree with eight (8) or more years of relevant experience in an Enterprise IT environment.

• Certifications must be achieved within six (6) months after contract award:

• 508 certifications

• Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE) certification

Working Environment & Conditions

This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

This position is primarily indoors, consistent with a standard office position and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. The incumbent is required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The workload may require the incumbent to sit for extended periods of time. The incumbent must be able to read, do simple math calculations and withstand moderate amounts of stress.

The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin, age, disability, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

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Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit ~~~.

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