Software Quality Assurance Manager

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Other

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

IT Quality Assurance

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Data Driven Testing, Test Case Design, Testing Methodology, Testing Strategies

Certifications:

None

Experience:

9 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Sr Test Manager

Transform technology into opportunity as an Sr Test Manager with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an IT Quality Assurance Sr Manager you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Sr Test Manager joining our team to lead and manage our Test Team, serve as an interface point with program and FSA system owners and coordinate test planning and execution activities across our functional, development, technical, and infrastructure teams.   Applications test scope includes testing on RESTful services and API’s. Communication is important within our organization; we use the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to empower our development team.

HOW A SR TST MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Manages the review and evaluation of software products and systems to ensure adherence to company and customer quality standards.

• Lead and manage test planning and execution

• Possess clear vision and priorities to guide and support team members on day to day activities

• Manage test team members’ goals and performance

• Strategize and develop requirements traceability around testable requirements and ensure complete coverage during test execution

• Provide status reports on test planning, execution, and defect management to Leadership and client management. 

• Coordinate defect management and resolution with other teams, e.g., functional, development, system engineering, DBA, hosting

• Develop and maintain testing deliverables and work products, including test plan process, test cases, test scripts, and test results 

• Monitor testing to ensure established processes and procedures are followed

• Prepare for and conduct test readiness review meetings and test status meetings with client management

• Manage resource allocation, budget, timesheet approvals, and estimate to completion activities for Test Team

• Obtain FSA sign-off on test cases, test scripts, and test results

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• BS/BA or the equivalent and 10+ years experience in IT working with various software development lifecycle methodologies and frameworks

• Minimum of five years experience leading Test teams, test methodologies, and software qualify assurance

• Must have prior experience interacting with senior client management

• Experience with risk-based testing

• Strong test automation knowledge and skills, building frameworks, e.g., BDD/Cucumber; TDD/Playwright

• Experience with Agile, incremental development and testing, or SAFe

• Experience leading and managing test cycles for Integration testing, System End-to-End, User Acceptance Testing, Performance Testing, Regression Testing, and Infrastructure testing

• Experience managing concurrent testing for enhancement change requests, break/fix changes, and special projects

• Experience managing and allocating test resources across all test efforts

• Experience managing budget and forecasts for all test efforts

• Security Clearance Level: 5/6C Public Trust

• Desired Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience with the following test management tools: ReadyAPI, GitLab, JIRA, Zephyr, Qmetry

• Knowledge of with common web development frameworks (Angular, Docker, React, Spring, Node.js, jQuery, Microservice Design, etc.)

• ITIL v3 Foundation or ITIL v4 certification

• PMP certification

• Attributes for Success: Strong oral and written communication skills and Strong analytical and organizational skills

Location: Remote

• US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
● Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and a