Quality Assurance & Compliance Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology

12h • Remote

About The Position

The Quality Assurance & Compliance Lead supports the Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) by overseeing all aspects of quality assurance (QA), testing governance, and compliance verification across Agile and DevSecOps teams. This role ensures that CMM application components meet stringent federal standards for quality, performance, and security. The QA & Compliance Lead establishes consistent quality frameworks, enforces traceability, and validates adherence to program-level policies, regulations, and modernization objectives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software testing and QA governance, with 5+ years in a lead or managerial capacity.
• Proven ability to implement QA frameworks supporting large-scale Agile or SAFe development programs.
• Deep understanding of federal compliance standards (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST, Section 508).
• Experience defining test strategies for cloud-native and containerized applications on AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps pipelines and continuous testing tools.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills with experience supporting IV&V and audit activities.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Excellent presentation and communication (oral and written) skills.
• Consultant mindset with the ability to work with high level customer stakeholders and build excellent customer relationship.
• Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team.
• 10+ years of general experience in information systems
• 8+ years of specialized experience
• Minimum Education: MA/MS Experience may be considered in lieu of degree as follows: HS (16+ years), AA/AS (14+ years), BA/BS (12+ years), Doctorate Degree/Ph.D. (9+ years)

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading QA in federal cloud modernization or enterprise application transformation projects.
• Knowledge of performance and load testing methodologies (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).
• Familiarity with AI-driven testing and predictive analytics for quality optimization.
• Experience in Agile test management using Jira, TestRail, or Zephyr.
• Understanding of FinOps and Cloud Governance compliance reporting.
• Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) or ISTQB Advanced Test Manager – preferred.
• SAFe Agile Product Quality or SAFe Practitioner – preferred.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – beneficial.
• ITIL 4 Foundation or CMMI-DEV – a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the quality assurance strategy and governance framework for the CMM Dev modernization effort.
• Define and maintain test management standards, methodologies, and metrics aligned with Agile and SAFe delivery models.
• Oversee functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing activities across all CMM applications.
• Ensure compliance with federal standards including Section 508 accessibility, FedRAMP security, and NIST controls.
• Coordinate with Product Owners, Developers, and Automation Test Engineers to validate acceptance criteria and test coverage.
• Establish and maintain traceability matrices linking requirements to test cases, defects, and validation artifacts.
• Support independent verification and validation (IV&V) processes and compliance audits.
• Review and approve test plans, results, and release readiness documents prior to production deployment.
• Define and track QA metrics (defect density, test pass rates, mean time to resolution) to drive continuous improvement.
• Promote shift-left testing, early defect detection, and alignment of QA practices with DevSecOps pipelines.
• Provide oversight for quality-related documentation, ensuring audit readiness and adherence to SOW deliverables.

Benefits

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

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