Quality and Configuration Management Lead Engineer

Job overview

Quality and Configuration Management Lead Engineer, onsite in Chantilly, VA. Salary range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00 per year. Leidos GEOAxIS Next (GxNext) program modernizes NGA's GEOAxIS System, focusing on Identify, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) services. This role involves developing strategies for QA & CM inspections, monitoring metrics, performing audits, and implementing quality assurance and control systems to prevent defects and ensure product integrity throughout the lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Works with the Program Manager to develop strategies, responsibilities, and information needs for QA & CM inspections to assess product integrity and execution discipline from a past, present and future perspective risk identification and mitigation.
• Identify and monitor leading and predictive metrics-based data collection and analysis.
• Perform inspections and audits on program plans, products, and verification practices prior to approvals to assess program’s ability to sustain performance.
• Responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining technical quality assurance and control systems to prevent defects in deliverable products.
• Defining and implementing standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, and evaluating the accuracy and reliability of products and/or services performance through measurement data.
• Using existing or developed systems, to identify failure trends and verify consistency of design and product functionality satisfying contract requirements throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Lead the performance of planning, conducting, and documenting product inspections and quality audits to identify delivery risks in advance.
• Continually improve and maintain CMMI compliance with the program approved Tailored Process Baseline (TPB).
• Implement, improve and maintain QA & CM plans, procedures, and the software configuration management process for software releases and patches.
• Provide configuration management of supporting software documentation including documents required in the A&A RMF process, Knowledge-Based Articles (KBA), product support documentation (COTS, GOTS, and open source) installation scripts, test plan and procedures required to operate and maintain the delivered capabilities.
• Execute timely quality inspections and audits in advance of approvals & delivery.
• Generate corrective action requests for inspection and audit findings and maintain the Common Audit Database (CAD) with timely updates/closures of audit findings.
• Establishes a unified and forward-thinking collaboration between PM and QEC, ensuring that both immediate execution and long-term quality and configuration risks are identified and addressed.
• Lead improvements on building an automation roadmap & improving the CI/CD pipeline with program team.
• Coordinate with applicable stakeholders for baseline changes & troubleshooting issues with the build process.
• Improve and sustain the Configuration Control Board and develop associated materials to include briefings using a standard template, agenda and minutes.
• Oversee the publishing of the baseline Computer Software Configuration Item (CSCI) (e.g.
• source code, service offerings and documentation).

What we're looking for

Education

BS degree.

Experience

BS degree with 8 years prior relevant experience or Master with 6 years of prior relevant experience.

Skills & competencies

quality engineer

configuration management

chantilly va

leidos

full time

onsite

ts/sci clearance

icam

devops

agile

cmmi

lead engineer

About the employer

Leidos is hiring for this role. Industry: Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (except Contractors). Sector: 31.