Project QA Lead

Job Family *:
IT Project Management (Digital)
Travel Required *:
Up to 10%
Clearance Required *:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust
What You Will Do *:
- Analyze data to find areas for growth and improvement
- Working with all stake holders to ensure that the quality metrics is reviewed, closed, and agreed upon
- Prioritize and execute IT project tasks affecting one or multiple applications/systems
- Make the Project team aware of the Quality matrix and resolve all the queries
- Create a list of milestones and checkpoints and set measurable criteria to check the quality on timely basis
- Work with Test Engineering Leads in defining processes for test plan and several phases of testing cycle
- Ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through test planning, test execution, quality assurance and issue tracking
- Keep raising the bar and standards of all the quality processes with every project
- Ensure Quality standards for the scrum teams meet project defined objectives
- Motivating team for achieving continuous Improvement
What You Will Need *:
- US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in computer science, engineering, or relevant field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience with at least 5 years' experience in product/project management
- 5 years of experience in defect tracking tools
- At least 1 year of experience in a manager or supervisor position
- Ability to use software QA methodologies, process, and tools
- Strong understanding of best practices and industry standards for Agile software development
- Ability to analyze data and create and review processes
- Experience with product development life cycle and test cycles (e.g. unit, integration, smoke)
What Would Be Nice To Have *:
- One or more certification(s) in Agile Leadership - CSM, CSPO, CAL
- One or More process improvement certification(s)
- Experience using SQL
- Experience creating metric dashboards in Jira and Confluence
- Experience creating Agile metric reports for stakeholders
- Experience implementing a QA Framework for an Enterprise Software Project such as ISO 9001 or similar quality frameworks
- Understand code deployment into established continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) pipeline. How testing would differ in each step of the deployment process
- Is familiar with approach and methodologies related to customer and user experience for digital solutions
- Has experience using JIRA or an equivalent agile project management tool (i.e. Pivotal Tracker, VersionOne)
The annual salary range for this position is $130,200.00-$195,300.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Care.com annual membership
- Employee Assistance Program
- Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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