QA Manager

Company Overview

XPECT Solutions, LLC has built a strong reputation by supporting our clients in meeting their strategic goals and mission objectives. We provide high quality resources for a wide range of IT and security solutions at best-value pricing. Our success is built on a solid foundation of well-vetted, highly technical personnel, a disciplined project management approach, and an overarching commitment to customer service. We develop, test, deploy, and support exceptional solutions that enhance system functionality, while maximizing reliability and availability, and ensure the tightest security. 

Job Overview

XPECT Solutions is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager (Mid) to support our customer's Finance and Facilities Division (FFD), Accounting & Technology Section (ATS) Business Intelligence (BI) Suite Operations & Maintenance program. The positon will be working at our customer's facility located in Washington, DC. The BI Suite supports financial reporting and data warehousing on an AWS cloud platform. The QA Manager leads the program’s testing and quality assurance function: maintaining and expanding the automated regression testing framework, planning and executing system, integration, and regression testing for Problem Reports (PRs) and Change Requests (CRs), supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and reporting test results and defect status to ATS system teams and Government leads. 

Core Responsibilities

• Carry out QA procedures to ensure BI Suite information systems, products, and services meet ATS standards and end-user requirements.
• Maintain the existing catalog of automated test tools and test cases, and develop new automated test cases for changes associated with Problem Reports (PRs) and Change Requests (CRs).
• Expand automated regression testing coverage across BI systems, capabilities, and data combinations; plan and execute automated test sequences on a schedule agreed with the Government.
• Perform and lead system, integration, regression, and performance testing in accordance with approved test plans to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects; create test data as needed.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by working with stakeholders, answering questions, and helping develop UAT test cases and scripts; ensure operational defects found in UAT are resolved before production release.
• Track, document, and drive resolution of defects in the client's defect tracking system; report problem-resolution progress to management against Government-defined severity timelines.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and documented test results for Government review and approval, with traceability to requirements and change records.
• Communicate automated testing results clearly to ATS system teams and provide test coverage, regression, and performance testing inputs to the Monthly Progress Report.
• Perform complex workflow analysis, recommend quality improvements, and devise improvements to current QA procedures in support of the program Quality Assurance Plan (QAP).
• Serve as an information resource on assigned areas for technical writers and other QA staff; support year-end mock testing, year-end processing, and disaster recovery exercises.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing, demonstrated on multiple complex work assignments.
• Experience performing and leading system, integration, and regression testing, including creating test plans, test cases, and test data and documenting results.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated test cases and regression testing frameworks.
• Experience tracking and resolving defects in an Agile delivery environment.
• Ability to work full-time onsite at our customer's facility in the National Capital Region (telework not authorized without prior Government approval)

Preferred Additional Skills and Qualifications

• Experience testing BI, reporting, and data warehouse applications, including SQL-based data validation; Tibco WebFOCUS experience is a plus.
• Test automation experience using Selenium and/or Python.
• Familiarity with AWS data services such as Amazon Redshift, Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, and Lambda.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Software and system performance testing experience.
• Experience supporting UAT with business stakeholders; familiarity with federal financial or accounting data.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and federal system lifecycle management

Benefits:

Xpect Solutions, LLC is a one-of-a-kind employer with a talented team that is cleared at various levels and is certified in dozens of industry-recognized certifications. Our talented staff are the key to our success. They bring the knowledge, experience and technical skills to deliver the best solutions to our customers.

We support our team by providing open communication, win-win partnerships with clients and vendors, a team-oriented culture, and a focus on professional development and growth for a long-lasting and happy career.

We offer a benefits package that is designed to keep our most important assets – our employees – healthy, happy, energized and moving forward. Our philosophy is simple – empower our employees with the benefits, resources and the financial incentives they need to be successful.

Benefits and Perks:

• A competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• AD&D Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 3 weeks of annual PTO
• 11 days of Holiday PTO
• Performance Awards
• Referral Bonus Plan (of up to $5,000/year)
• Education Reimbursement/Training (of up to $2,500/year)