Quality Assurance Manager

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

Work with a purpose! Interested in steering your career in a meaningful direction where you will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative and dynamic environment? CACI is making a significant impact to the Army by developing and integrating the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A), the Army's future Web-based Human Resources (HR) solution across all Army Components. Designed to alleviate the Army's current reliance on over 70 stove-piped systems, IPPS-A will provide a centralized resource for Soldiers, Leaders, and HR Professionals to better manage personnel and pay information. CACI is looking for great people who are interested in making an impact with their work. Join us to be a part of this exciting and monumental effort “once complete, IPPS-A will be the largest integrated personnel and pay system in the world!”

CACI is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager who will ensure compliance with established processes and controls for both technical and administrative tasks associated with IPPS-A program software development and sustainment activities. As the QA Manager, you will review of work products for correctness, adherence to design concept and user standards, and achieving progress associated with schedules. In addition, you will prepare milestone status reports and deliveries/presentations to colleagues, subordinates, and end users, when applicable.

More about the role:

• Develop a Quality Assurance (QA) and Metrics Plan that supports the IPPS-A PMO Quality Assurance and Metrics Plan, to include:

• The approach for conducting QA within the IPPS-A program

• Identification of institutionalized QA processes and procedures that ensure product quality and maturity throughout the system life-cycle in accordance with CMMI Level 3

• Processes and step-by-step procedures for QA, to include how the use of metrics will influence continuous process improvement and identification of lessons learned

• Processes for validating functions performed in accordance with the approved management plans

• Templates for QA Review, QA Audits, QA Peer Review, and QA Metrics reports

• Perform QA in accordance with the approved QA plan and throughout the IPPS-A life-cycle

• Incorporate continuous process improvement and Lessons Learned in all activities

• Comply with the Government QASP and surveillance methods to ensure performance standards are achieved

• Develop new approaches to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities

• Communicate significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management

• Prepare reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities

• Investigate complaints of non-conformance and reports on root cause and a means to prevent future occurrence

• Provide leadership to lower-level employees and provides team leadership for audits

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, or related technical field and or experience

• 7 or more years of Quality Management/Assurance experience

• 2 or more years of experience as a manager overseeing Quality functions

• Knowledge of a CMMI Level 3 program processes

• Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner

• Current and active Secret clearance

These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have:

• Experience managing a Quality Assurance function for an ERP implementation

• Masters degree in computer science

• Experience achieving ISO and CMMI accreditations

Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.