Quality Assurance Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Mid-level Quality Assurance to support our Tactical Receive Segment (TRS) Program contract at the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC) facility in San Diego, CA.  

As a Quality Assurance you will support approved upgrades to the TRS Engine, Dashboard, and Installer applications, for both baselines, as well as updating the TRS Wiki and Jira issue tracking tools. This effort will also include Software Trouble Reports (STR’s) written against the TRS software and all TRS related applications and government approved Software Change Proposals (SCP’s). The task includes performing data integrity and verification of TRS work products using approved project tools.

Responsibilities may include: 

• System and Software requirements development and allocation
• Maintaining software specifications updates and changes in the TRS Wiki
• Tracking and verification of TRS Problem Change Requests (PCRs) and Software Problem Reports( SPRs).
• Perform and schedule audits and verifications of TRS Release products and Jira updates to ensure data integrity.
• Verify software updates by conducting verification and validation activities against project processes, plans and work products of release products.
• Work with project managers and leaders on improvement opportunities to establish a culture of continuous improvement .
• Perform project level data collection and reporting of project metrics.
• Perform project level risk management using NIWC tools.
• Working knowledge of the Atlassian Collaboration tools.
• Provide project management plan updates and support to the Exploitation Systems code project managers.

Required Qualifications:

• Education:  8 years with BS/BA, 6 years with MS/MA or 3 years with PhD, or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Active SECRET Clearance
• Must have experience with the Capability Maturity Model Improvement (CMMI) framework

Desired Qualifications:

• 5 years of system or software engineering experience related to tactical data message translation and processing.
• 3 years’ experience using collaboration tools including issue tracking, project management, collaboration and knowledge management and code repositories such as Atlassian products in a software development environment.
• Experience with Quality Assurance activities that include Process Improvement, Risk Management, and Quality Assurance with the ability to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.