Senior Manager, IT Quality Assurance

General Dynamics

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Albany, NY
Salary
$148,750–$201,250 / yr
Posted
24 days ago
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General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, IT Quality Assurance

As an IT Quality Assurance Sr Manager, you will join a team supporting a large-scale, multi-tier application for the New York State of Health. You will lead a 50-person testing organization and own the roadmap to transition the department from manual testing to a scalable, automation-first SDET model. Your daily responsibilities include architecting automation transformations, serving as the technical authority for QA tooling and architecture, building CI/CD pipeline integrations, and designing upskilling programs to train manual testers as automation engineers. You will manage executive-level quality metrics like DORA metrics and defect escape rates while collaborating with stakeholders to ensure high-quality outcomes. Required skills include QA leadership, automation, and documentation within healthcare domains. Technical competencies involve Java, Jira, GitHub, DB2, Playwright, Cypress, and potentially GenAI tools for test script generation and data management.

What you'll do

  • Execute a phased roadmap to transition a 50-person QA organization from manual testing to an automation-first SDET model.
  • Serve as the technical authority for selecting and integrating modern automation frameworks and CI/CD pipeline integrations.
  • Design and implement upskilling programs to transition manual testers into skilled automation engineers.
  • Establish and monitor engineering KPIs such as test execution time, automated coverage, and defect escape rates.
  • Translate complex technical quality metrics into actionable business outcomes for program leadership and state stakeholders.
  • Act as the primary voice of quality to build trust with clients and communicate risks based on data.
  • Manage a large team of testers including hiring, performance management, and organizational design.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of progressive software engineering and quality assurance experience.
  • 5+ years of experience leading QA organizations of 40+ resources with accountability for hiring and performance management.
  • Demonstrated experience architecting and executing large-scale manual-to-automation transformations.
  • Hands-on expertise with modern automation tooling, CI/CD pipeline integration, and testing multi-tier service-oriented architectures.
  • Experience evaluating and implementing GenAI tooling to accelerate test script generation and optimize data management (preferred).
  • Prior experience in large-scale government or healthcare domains (preferred).
  • Familiarity with modern automation frameworks like Playwright or Cypress and shift-left API testing strategies (preferred).
  • Experience with enterprise stacks including Java, Jira, GitHub, and DB2 (preferred).

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