Quality Assurance Specialist Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency

DCMA GSS/SYS

(PO-GSTE) Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Learn more about this agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Smyrna, GA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $78,972 - $102,669 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1910 Quality Assurance Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DCMA-POGS-26-13057491-DH

Control number 884130900 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to All U.S. Citizens, and is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense. Videos Duties Help Performs duties associed with the administrion of the quality assurance provisions of contracts by designing, implementing, and maintaining a risk-based surveillance program and assessment plan. Identifies opportunities for process improvements through analysis of process measurement da. Serves as a member of a multi-functional or technical team. Responsible for implementing the overall Quality Program for a diversity of products and services in support of U.S. Government acquisition one or more suppliers facilities. Ensures contractor compliance with all requirements reled to the design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul, and modernizion of a variety of items for contractor and customer activities throughout the world. Independently performs audits/surveillance of contractors processes to ensure customer and contractual requirements are met. Investiges and provides da on customer complaints/concerns regarding contractors quality performance and processes which impact user sisfaction. Provides technical support to all other DCMA team members, assisting in the analysis of contract reled issues to determine the best course of action to support the contractor and customers. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen

Security Requirements:

Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access. Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.

Selective Service Requirement:

Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. Qualificions To qualify for a Quality Assurance Specialist, your resume and supporting documention must support: A.

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience th equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or reled to this position. To qualify the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or prive sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including minimum qualificions, and any other regulory requirements by the cut-off/closing de of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

Applying quality assurance concepts, principles, methods, and practices to analyze the products or services of a contractor's process. Evaluing and inspecting production methods, processes, and testing techniques being performed by contractors. Applying stistical and quality da analysis evaluions to determine compliance with contractual requirements. B.

Educion Substitution:

Such educion must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Educion must be from a college or university accredited by an organizion approved by the U.S. Department of Educion.

See http:

//ope.ed.gov/accredition/Search.aspx . If using educion to meet basic qualificions, YOU

MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT

as supplemental documention. To qualify based on educion in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.M., if reled. The major study must be in quality assurance, stistics, mhemics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields reled to the position. C.

Combinion:

Combinions of successfully completed post-high school educion and experience may be used to meet total qualificions and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's educion as a percentage of the educion required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for th grade level. Only gradue educion in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions grade GS-11. Educion If the position has a minimum educion requirement you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable the time of applicion) to support your educional claims. Or, if you are using educion to qualify in lieu of specialized experience you MUST provide transcripts (unofficial are acceptable the time of applicion) to support your educional claims. The transcripts must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable). Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion.

GRADUATE EDUCATION

One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours th your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. Additional informion This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : DoDI 1400.25-V300 .

Tour of Duty:

Flexible FLSA:

Non-Exempt Bargaining Unit:

No Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probionary period. Financial Disclosure Required. Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L)

NON-CAP:

Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering & Technical Management, Foundional certificion within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources . Current federal employees may be entitled to pay retention, if selected. Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 memorandum and the March 20, 2025 Frequently Asked Questions . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and/or score.

Direct Hire Evaluion:

Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your applicion made to ensure you meet the job requirements. This vacancy filled through OPM's Direct Hire Authority. All applicants who meet the basic qualificion requirements forwarded to the Selecting Official for considerion. The rule of Three, Veteran's Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants do not apply to this vacancy. We will evalue your applicion for basic eligibility and to determine if your experience meets the basic qualificion requirements described in the announcement. All applicants who meet the qualificions and other basic requirement are eligible for referral and selection considerion. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Required documents for submission vary based on the authority you are using to apply (e.g., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED

1.

Your resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. To ensure full credit for time worked regarding qualificions determinions your resume must include your work schedule. You are strongly encouraged to ensure your resume contains the number of hours worked per week and the specific des of employment (i.e.,"40 hrs per week; 1/15/2020 - 1/14/2022" or "30 hrs per week; 1/15/2020 - Present"). 2. Transcripts (must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable): Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion. College transcript(s), required if qualifying based on educion.

PLEASE REVIEW THE LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: Supporting Documents If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13057491 .The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/21/2026 to receive considerion . To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Agency contact informion DHRSStaffing

DCMA EAST

Phone 614-693-6762 DHRSStaffing.

DCMA.East@dla.mil Address

DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT - GSS SYS - PO 3901 A

Ave Bldg 10500 Fort Lee, VA 23801 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility and qualificions for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Required documents for submission vary based on the authority you are using to apply (e.g., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are

REQUIRED

1.

Your resume:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. To ensure full credit for time worked regarding qualificions determinions your resume must include your work schedule. You are strongly encouraged to ensure your resume contains the number of hours worked per week and the specific des of employment (i.e.,"40 hrs per week; 1/15/2020 - 1/14/2022" or "30 hrs per week; 1/15/2020 - Present"). 2. Transcripts (must include your name, the name of the college or university, class/course list, completed number of credits/hours, and the de degree conferred (if applicable): Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. Licenses must be current time of applicion. College transcript(s), required if qualifying based on educion.

PLEASE REVIEW THE LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

needed for proof of eligibility: Supporting Documents If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13057491 .The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/21/2026 to receive considerion . To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.

NOTE:

Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DHRSStaffing

DCMA EAST

Phone 614-693-6762 DHRSStaffing.

DCMA.East@dla.mil Address

DEFENSE CONTRACT MGT - GSS SYS - PO 3901 A

Ave Bldg 10500 Fort Lee, VA 23801 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility and qualificions for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Smyrna, GA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $78,972 - $102,669 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number

DCMA-POGS-26-13057491-DH

Control number 884130900