Summary The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: AcqDemo Responsibilities The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: AcqDemo This position is part of the Missile Defense Agency, Missile Defense Agency. The incumbent will be responsible for assesses, evaluates, monitors, and manages resources to ensure acceptable hardware and software quality and mission assurance (OMA) standards and concepts are instilled within the Command & Control, Battle Management (C2BMC) workforce, programs, and developmental facilities. As a Quality Assurance Specialist (Computer Software) at the NH-1910-3 some of your typical work assignments may include: Reviews proposed quality assurance policies, guidelines, and standards and recommends technical changes as needed. Evaluates proposed engineering approaches and designs, methods, and procedures for technical conformance and reliability, assessing adequacy of contractor's tools, standards implementation, and use of metrics. Performs OMA technical assessments based on software and hardware critically reviews. Investigates software and hardware failures. Reviews and verifies failure analysis and anomaly resolution. Conducts or participates in audits, tests, or technical interchange meetings to assess processes and practices for compliance with OMA strategies, policies, agreements, and standards as well as inspect a productor to provide guidance, control, and processing logic in an integrated system. Evaluates implementation of Agile/DevOps principles and practices by interacting with product owners and team members. Helps teams integrate quality assurance in the prioritization and construction of story boards and management of product backlogs. Develops briefings and alternative courses of action and prepares detailed technical summaries, analyses, and reports outlining critical quality assurance issues and metrics which may affect the mission, goals, and sustainment of the C2BMC system. Serves as a technical advisor on issues affecting program quality, mission assurance, and integration and insures that functions and operations are performed uniformly, economically, and in accordance with MDA policies and procedures. Categorizes software and hardware criticality and verification methodology, and investigate design failures. Conducts and verifies failure analysis and anomaly resolution. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You may qualify at the NH-03, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-02/GS-11 grade level in the Federal service as listed below: Experience reviewing agile software development processes, methods, and techniques; OR Experience applying quality and manufacturing hardware and/or software processes, procedures, regulations, and requirement; OR Experience applying technical theories and concepts related to weapon system design. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional Information Other Notes: ACQUISITION POSITION: This is an acquisition position coded Foundational in Engineering & Technical Management. Incumbent must obtain mandatory Back-to-Basics (BtB) certification within 36 months of entry into position. Incumbent must acquire 80 Continuous Learning Points every 24 months. For information regarding the DAWIA Back to Basics please visit: Home (dau.edu) or Back to Basics - Helpful Resources (dau.edu) RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT: This position DOES NOT meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf All applicants must meet qualifications and eligibility criteria by the closing date of the announcement. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Who Needs to Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov))