Quality Assurance Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to support the NOAA AWIPS program - the system used daily by National Weather Service forecasters to process weather data, track storms, and protect lives through timely warnings. AWIPS powers operations across 150+ forecast offices, making quality and system reliability absolutely essential.

In this role, you will ensure software and system updates meet the high standards required for 24/7 national weather operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Verify compliance with engineering, testing, and configuration standards
• Participating in design and test reviews
• Maintain quality metrics and documentation
• Implements and perform process/product evaluations (audits) to ensure compliance with project established policies, processes, procedures and applicable standards.
• Performs a variety of technical and administrative activities related to the function of QA (auditing), including, but not limited to, scheduling, checklist development, report writing, facilitating root cause/lessons learned analysis, and internal/external presentations.
• Analyzes, compiles, and reports on findings of non-compliance and provides recommendations for improvement.
• Tracks and escalates unresolved non-compliance issues and corrective and preventative action plans to closure.
• Provides employee training for project management best practices.
• Interfaces with internal customers to ensure project quality work products have been provided.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
• 4 years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree
• Prior experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required
• Ability to serve as a team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any project.
• Experience working with the Atlassian tool suite, including Jira, Insight, Confluence, Risk Register, Crucible, etc.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience working with asset management systems with database and workflow components.
• Experience working within a distributed virtual team environment, with proficiency in remote collaboration tools and practices.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

**This position is contingent upon contract award**

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