Capdev Quality Management Branch, Quality Assurance Analyst

Defianx • Norfolk, VA

3d

About The Position

DCOS Capability Development (CAPDEV) acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction, and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate. CAPDEV is responsible to identify and prioritize Alliance capability shortfalls from short to long term, and lead the determination of required capabilities and prioritization of shortfalls to inform the delivery of materiel and non-materiel solutions across the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, and Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Interoperability (DOTMLPFI) lines of effort. This role supports a holistic approach to capability development, ensuring improved interoperability, deployability, and sustainability of Alliance Forces.

Requirements

• A University Degree in engineering, management, information systems, accounting, economics, finance, business administration, public administration, operations research, programme and project management or related disciplines.
• Five years' experience in the last 10 in the field of quality assurance including requirements for engineering processes.
• Demonstrated minimum National SECRET clearance with the appropriate national authority for the duration of the contract.
• Nationality of one of the NATO Countries.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent.
• Demonstrable recent (i.e., in the last 5 years) experience working in support of processes that were formally certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard.
• Experience with IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM), DOORS Next or equivalent tool for quality assurance and requirements engineering, including personal use of quality assurance tools for evidence-based quality reporting.
• Government Secret Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent quality assurance of information, management products and processes, and quality reports for CAPDEV leadership.
• Provide quality assurance expertise in support of HQ SACT’s program management and requirements engineering, specifically supporting Requirements Managers in the identification, elicitation, capture, analysis, evaluation, integration, and maintenance of high-quality capability (business) requirements.
• Support the ongoing development and maintenance of the requirements repository and requirements-related information, and the achievement and maintenance of the organization’s requirements and quality expectations.
• Support the development and maintenance of processes relating to capability development and delivery.
• Contribute to the development of directives and standard operating procedures related to capability development and delivery, including requirements development and management and the ACT Requirements Repository.
• Contribute to organizational continual process improvement activities.
• Participate in workshops, seminars, conferences, and meetings in support of the above activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level