Senior IT Quality Assurance Manager

General Dynamics

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Chantilly, VA
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$147,292–$199,278 / yr
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57 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 IT Quality Assurance Manager

The Senior IT Quality Assurance Manager will join the Mission Assurance team to oversee quality management for a large-scale National Intelligence program. This role involves designing and maintaining a quality management framework across all task orders, ensuring compliance with software-development lifecycle, Agile/SAFe, and DevSecOps processes. Key responsibilities include defining processes for requirements, coding, and defect management, performing periodic audits, and leading root cause analysis for delivery failures. The candidate will monitor metrics like defect density and test coverage while integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines. Required skills include IT Quality Assurance, process compliance, and continual improvement. Technical expertise in automation tooling, Java, Jira, GitHub, and DB2 is necessary to support multi-tier, service-oriented architectures and manage the transition from manual to automated testing.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain the program's quality management framework, including plans, standards, and templates across all task orders.
  • Define and document key processes for requirements, design, coding, testing, release, and defect management.
  • Perform periodic process compliance checks, audits, and walkthroughs to verify team adherence to agreed practices.
  • Define and maintain quality metrics such as defect density, test coverage, and release quality to provide regular dashboards to leadership.
  • Lead root cause analysis for significant defects or delivery failures and implement corrective/preventive actions (CAPAs).
  • Integrate quality practices into Agile/SAFe and DevSecOps pipelines, including automated quality gates and static code analysis.
  • Perform independent quality reviews of high-risk deliverables and participate in release readiness reviews prior to deployment.
  • Provide training and coaching to team members on software quality best practices, test design, and defect prevention.

What we're looking for

  • US Citizenship is required.
  • Must currently possess a Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
  • Must be able to obtain a Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • 10+ years of progressive software engineering and quality assurance experience is required.
  • 5+ years of experience leading teams and implementing strategic initiatives is required.
  • Experience architecting and executing a large-scale manual-to-automation transformation is required.
  • Deep expertise with modern automation tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-tier service-oriented architectures is required.

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