Software Quality Assurance Specialist

5 days ago


Columbia, South Carolina, United States Katmai Full time

Job Summary

As a Software Quality Assurance Specialist at Katmai, you will provide oversight support to external and internal auditing for safety and non-safety software efforts. You will perform as a qualified auditor in Quality Assurance Division (QAD) independent audits, or surveillances, and assist Office of River Protection (ORP) in its efforts to manage and oversee the Projects in accordance with Department of Energy (DOE) Orders, Hanford procedures, and the ORP Quality Assurance Program Description in respect to software.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide quality related oversight functions to Federal Project Directors in their efforts to address performance issues and verify completion of facility milestones for software activities.
  • Conduct reviews of Contractor actions to address DOE Inspector General (OIG) Recommendations for software issues.
  • Conduct effectiveness reviews of Contractor actions and OIG Recommendations for software issues.
  • Review and comment on new and revised QAD procedures and oversight reports to ensure the documents are of high technical quality.
  • Review causal analysis and actions taken to prevent the recurrence for software conditions adverse to quality.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, or Business Management.
  • Nine (9) years of directly applicable successful experience as a management consultant or senior manager interfacing and working with organizational executives and senior management, or senior technical or business individuals, within government or industry on significant management, technical, or business issues.
  • Highly experienced in Safety Quality Assurance (SQA) requirements as codified in Government Agencies Regulations and Orders, to ensure for safety and non-safety software engineering processes and methods meet established quality standards.
  • Highly experienced in Safety and non-Safety Software QA Programs implementation.
  • Demonstrate familiarity or relevant experience or ability to perform under Hanford or other government agency procedures.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in software quality assurance program implementation and oversight.
  • Demonstrated experience with software quality assurance orders, guidance, consensus standards, and common industry practices.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Working level knowledge of Hanford Site mission, activities, and priorities.
  • Working level knowledge of DOE Hanford processes and procedures.
  • Working level knowledge of DOE's program management practices, policies, and procedures.
  • Working level knowledge of Hanford's Quality Assurance programs.
  • American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with or ability to learn/use other technology management tools employed at Hanford.
  • Excellent communication responsiveness and customer service skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365, with excellent knowledge of Word and Excel.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Work Environment

Work is primarily performed in a professional office setting, including the normal office equipment (e.g., computer, fax machines, copier) and with a wide variety of people in differing functions, personalities, and abilities.

Physical Demands

Position consists of sitting for long periods of time, using hands/fingers, handling, reaching with hands and arms, talking, hearing; occasional walking or standing, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and lifting boxes weighing up to 30 pounds.

It is Katmai's business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.



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