9d ago

Quality Assurance Manager

Usa Md Gaithersburgmid

OtherQuality Assurance Manager

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Skills:Defect Triage, People Management, Test Automation,

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OtherQuality Assurance Manager

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Requirements

~1 min read

Bachelors and 10+ years of relevant experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience in lieu of degree)

5+ years of experience in the development and execution of test plans and test scripts for Web-based applications

3+ years' experience with Atlassian software such as JIRA and Confluence
People management experience required
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust which requires 3 out of the 5 years of US residency

FDA experience strongly preferred
Experience with Acceptance Test Driven Development (Gherkin), Behavior Driven Development

Agile / Scrum (workflow Rally or JIRA)

Strong verbal and written communication skill

The likely salary range for this position is $110,500 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Defect Triage, People Management, Test Automation, Test Plan Design

None

10 + years of related experience

Job Description:

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking candidates for a Quality Assurance (QA) Manager position on a new contract supporting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its critical mission needs.

As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing application stability, reliability, and testing excellence while managing both QA engineers. This role combines senior‑level leadership, technical oversight, team management, and direct engagement with customers to support high‑quality delivery across the QA functions.

Responsibilities

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→Lead, manage and mentor QA engineers and automation testers, providing clear direction, coaching, and performance feedback.

→Ensure QA practices and testing outputs adhere to FDA security, governance, and data‑protection requirements, including structured review workflows and regulatory processes.

→Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, RTMs, scenario‑based testing scripts, validation packages, and release readiness criteria for multiple FDA workstreams.

→Design and implement test automation strategy and manage the implementation of automation test coverage.

→Validate that releases meet regulatory criteria for accuracy, traceability, controlled workflows, and readiness for UAT and production deployment.

→Partner with FDA leads, program managers, and scientific reviewers to ensure testing practices support FDA mission outcomes.

→Oversee functional, regression, end‑to‑end (E2E), performance, and UAT testing cycles; ensure published test results meet program quality standards.

→Coordinate parallel testing for DME, O&M, Facilities, Microbiology, and AI‑enabled workflows across sequential and parallel development tracks.

→Manage defect triage, root‑cause analysis, prioritization, remediation tracking, and regression verification across all FDA applications.

→Provide defect visibility to PMO, technical leads, and government stakeholders; ensure risks and blockers are escalated promptly.

→Deliver clear QA status reporting, quality dashboards, defect metrics, and readiness assessments to FDA stakeholders, PMO leadership, and cross‑functional teams.

→Champion continuous improvement of testing standards, processes, and documentation across FDA workstreams.

50-75%

Hybrid

Work Location:

USA MD Gaithersburg

Additional Work Locations:

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. 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.

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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