Quality Assurance Analyst Senior
SAIC
Houston, TX 77034
Description
Job ID: 2510160
Location: HOUSTON, TX, US
Date Posted: 2025-09-25
Category: Quality Assurance
Subcategory: Qual Assurance
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: Yes
Description
Quality Assurance Lead – Agile & Scrum Master Certified
SAIC is seeking a Quality Assurance Lead with strong Agile experience and a Scrum Master certification to support the Mission Enabling Service Contract (MESC) Baseline A contract in Houston, Texas supporting NASA Flight Operations Directorate/Aircraft Operations Division. This role is critical in helping the program transition from a traditional Waterfall development model to an Agile framework, ensuring quality, compliance, and continuous improvement throughout the process.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and implement quality programs and processes to ensure compliance with Agile methodologies, CMMI standards, and SAIC policies.
- Serve as a change agent in the organization’s transition from Waterfall to Agile, guiding teams through Agile adoption and best practices.
- Recommend and implement Agile-based improvements to enhance product, process, and service quality.
- Maintain and evolve the quality program for MESC, supporting Agile transformation initiatives and ensuring alignment with CMMI-Dev standards.
- Conduct (Process and Product) audits at both the program and software release levels; track findings and recommendations to closure using tools like SharePoint.
- Serve as the contract librarian, managing documentation and ensuring accessibility and version control on SharePoint.
- Maintain and track SAIC assets used on MESC.
- Support the Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager in ensuring timely and accurate delivery of contract DRDs. This includes understanding the requirements of the DRDs, and providing updates to program documentation, and work with the Documentation office to ensure documents a reviewed, finalized and published.
- Act as the Metrics Manager, collecting and analyzing metrics on a regular basis and preparing reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
- Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience.
Required Qualifications:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM or equivalent) required.
- Proven experience applying Agile methodologies in a quality assurance or process improvement role.
- Experience conducting audits and managing quality documentation in Agile environments.
- Strong Understanding of CMMI-Dev.
- Proficiency with Agile tools such as Azure DevOps.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to work independently and lead cross-functional initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting government or aerospace contracts.
- Familiarity with SharePoint and Agile documentation best practices.
- Background in metrics reporting and quality dashboards.
Clearance:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.