Job Description
Description
Quality Assurance Manager Sr. - Secret
Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Manager to support the Defense Logistics Agency. This role ensures quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across a mission‑critical DoD ecosystem of 34+ integrated procurement, financial, and logistics applications. You will lead QA activities across SAFe Agile development cycles, cloud‑native modernization efforts, and DevSecOps pipelines hosted in AWS GovCloud IL4/5.
Clearance:
Secret
Location:
Remote
Responsibilities:
- Lead SAFe Agile QA activities including test planning, automated test execution, regression testing, and data integrity validation across Iterations and Program Increments.
- Develop automated test scripts and integrate tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, and SonarQube into CI/CD DevSecOps pipelines supporting AWS GovCloud IL4/5 environments.
- Manage change control processes, including build promotions to UAT and Production, ensuring compliance with DLA Enterprise Change Management (ECM) standards.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (Daily Stand‑ups, Iteration Planning, Demos, Retrospectives) and collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, developers, and security teams.
- Track defects, maintain QA metrics, and identify process improvements across PIEE applications.
- Support cybersecurity compliance by assisting with IAVA remediation and USCYBERCOM-directed tasks.
- Validate data integrity using SQL and contribute to updates of system documentation, architecture diagrams, and configuration management artifacts.
- Identify and remove impediments to ensure timely completion of sprints and releases.
Minimum Requirements:
- Active Secret Clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years of Quality Assurance experience
- Experience supporting mission‑critical federal systems (acquisition, financial, logistics, or similar).
- Proven experience delivering QA within SAFe Agile environments.
- Technical proficiency with SQL for data validation.
- Experience with Agile tools (e.g., JIRA).
- Experience with cloud‑based solutions, preferably AWS GovCloud.
- Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
- Experience with configuration management, change control, and audit support.
- Experience supporting security compliance activities (IAVA, USCYBERCOM tasks).
- DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level II.
Desired Certifications
- Applicable Test Engineer Certification
- Applicable SAFe certifications (SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practitioner (SPC), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM))
About Xcelerate Solutions:
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!
Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.
Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | McLean, VA (Remote) |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | https://www.vmdcorp.com |
Benefits
Parking, Prescription Drug Coverage, Professional Development, 401K, Employee Referral Program, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Events, Transportation Allowance, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance, Military Leave
About Company
We are a team of visionary leaders who shift the paradigm to bring our customers game changing innovations and emerging technologies to strengthen their missions. As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002.
Why Join VMD Corp?
At VMD you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives the success of VMD. We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth.
We help protect American Citizens and the nation’s most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions. We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are. We don’t just dream big, we act on it – through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.
Learn more about our Game Changing Culture here: VMD Culture
Skills
- Acceptance Testingunmatched
- Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
- Atlassian JIRAunmatched
- Bug Tracking/Defect Managementunmatched
- Change Controlunmatched
- Change Managementunmatched
- Cloud Computingunmatched
- Configuration Managementunmatched
- Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Continuous Integrationunmatched
- Data Qualityunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Ecosystemsunmatched
- Engineering Change Managementunmatched
- Finance Softwareunmatched
- IAT - Information Assurance Technicalunmatched
- Internet Securityunmatched
- Logisticsunmatched
- Logistics Industry Softwareunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Process Developmentunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Process Managementunmatched
- Product Demonstrationunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Quality Metricsunmatched
- Regression Testingunmatched
- SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
- Scrum Product Ownerunmatched
- ScrumMasterunmatched
- Secret Clearanceunmatched
- Security Complianceunmatched
- Seleniumunmatched
- System Architectureunmatched
- Systems Maintenanceunmatched
- Test Automationunmatched
- Test Dataunmatched
- Test Harnessunmatched
- Test Scriptsunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- United States Department of Defense (DoD)unmatched
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