Clearance Level None Category Software Engineering Location Gaithersburg, Maryland ( Hybrid Workplace ) Key Skills For Success Defect Triage People Management Test Automation Test Plan Design REQ#:

RQ228755

Public Trust:

MBI (T2)

Requisition Type:

Regular Your Impact Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America's health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day. Job Description General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking candidates for a Quality Assurance (QA) Manager position on a new contract supporting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its critical mission needs. As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing application stability, reliability, and testing excellence while managing both QA engineers. This role combines senior‑level leadership, technical oversight, team management, and direct engagement with customers to support high‑quality delivery across the QA functions. This role requires 3 days in office at GDIT Gaithersburg location and/or FDA White Oak campus. Responsibilities Lead, manage and mentor QA engineers and automation testers, providing clear direction, coaching, and performance feedback. Ensure QA practices and testing outputs adhere to FDA security, governance, and data‑protection requirements, including structured review workflows and regulatory processes. Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, RTMs, scenario‑based testing scripts, validation packages, and release readiness criteria for multiple FDA workstreams. Design and implement test automation strategy and manage the implementation of automation test coverage. Validate that releases meet regulatory criteria for accuracy, traceability, controlled workflows, and readiness for UAT and production deployment. Partner with FDA leads, program managers, and scientific reviewers to ensure testing practices support FDA mission outcomes. Oversee functional, regression, end‑to‑end (E2E), performance, and UAT testing cycles; ensure published test results meet program quality standards. Coordinate parallel testing for DME, O&M, Facilities, Microbiology, and AI‑enabled workflows across sequential and parallel development tracks. Manage defect triage, root‑cause analysis, prioritization, remediation tracking, and regression verification across all FDA applications. Provide defect visibility to PMO, technical leads, and government stakeholders; ensure risks and blockers are escalated promptly. Deliver clear QA status reporting, quality dashboards, defect metrics, and readiness assessments to FDA stakeholders, PMO leadership, and cross‑functional teams. Champion continuous improvement of testing standards, processes, and documentation across FDA workstreams.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelors and 10+ years of relevant experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience in lieu of degree) 5+ years of experience in the development and execution of test plans and test scripts for Web-based applications 3+ years' experience with Atlassian software such as JIRA and Confluence People management experience required Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust which requires 3 out of the 5 years of US residency

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

FDA experience strongly preferred Experience with Acceptance Test Driven Development (Gherkin), Behavior Driven Development Agile / Scrum (workflow Rally or JIRA) Strong verbal and written communication skill Work Requirements Years of Experience 10 + years of related experience may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification Travel Required 50-75% Salary and Benefit Information The likely salary range for this position is $110,500 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Our Identity Verification Process As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes. About Our Work We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans