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Established in 1998, SNAP, Inc. (SNAP) is an SBA-certified Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in Maryland and Virginia. SNAP employs more than 150+ professionals. SNAP has office locations throughout the United States including our beautiful headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia. Our other locations include Newport News, Virginia; Rockville, Maryland; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. SNAP is externally appraised at CMMI Level 3 for both Services and Development, holds ISO 9001, 20000, and 27001 certifications, and a Top Secret facility security clearance.

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Proposed Work Location: Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland

SNAP is pursuing a contract with the U.S. Census Bureau to provide an experienced Sr. Quality Assurance Manager. The preferred candidate will possess Census Bureau experience, excellent people and leadership skills, and great communication and presentation skills. This position will lead and will serve as a mentor for a team of Quality Assurance Managers and Testers on a large program supported by more than 100 full-time employees.

The selected candidate will perform the following duties (this is not a comprehensive list of all duties to be performed):

• Develop, deliver, and maintain a Quality Management (QM) Plan covering all technical processes, as well as IT Project Management. This QM plan should describe the QM activities that are to be executed to evaluate all project processes, work products and services in accordance with predefined processes and applicable industry best practices

• Establish a QM process and adhere to the QM Plan

• Conduct QM audits and reviews

• Monitor compliance to standard processes

• Develop and deliver written process improvement plans and reports

• Develop and maintain an effective Quality Assurance Program to ensure services are performed in accordance with the industry best practices

• Develop quality control procedures that address all technical areas

• Perform process and product audits

• Prepare audit materials such as checklists and audit reports

• Identify opportunities to improve the current quality management process.

• Identify opportunities for improvement to current software development processes

Technical Qualifications/Requirements

Qualified candidates should have:

• Previous experience working as a Quality Assurance Manager on a similar-sized project
• Contractor must have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience with developing and implementing a program-level Quality Management Program

• Knowledge of software development processes, especially for projects using the Capability
  Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) best practices

• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Strong knowledge of software development approaches including waterfall, agile, and iterative approaches

• Experience with developing and implementing process and product audits

• Contractor must have experience in:

• Using automated tools (e.g. HP ALM/PPM, SharePoint, Redmine, Subversion, Microsoft Suite including Excel, etc.)

• Using Serena Version Manager and Serena Business Manager

• Developing quality management audits and summary reports, which include quality management results, metrics, number of noncompliance and compliance

• Maintaining quality assurance documentation, including action item logs

• Developing and implementing process and product audits

• Knowledge of software development approaches including waterfall, agile, and iterative
  approaches

• Knowledge of software development processes, especially for projects using the Capability
  Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

• Planning and implementing a process improvement program

• Identifying opportunities to improve the current quality management processes

In Addition

• Prior US Census experience
• Active Public Trust clearance
  

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with 5 years of related work experience

• Proposed Work Location: Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland
• Contract Length *upon contract award*: 6 years (1 year plus 5 option years)
• Tax Terms:  W2 Only / Salary: Competitive salary with benefits package
• Clearance: Active Public Trust clearance
• Please indicate current immigration status and desired salary range when applying
• SNAP, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

Why be a SNAP Employee?

SNAP is an employee-focused, forward-thinking technology company that delivers quality, innovative, and agile solutions to our customers. We have always believed that our success comes first and foremost through delivering on our commitments and ensuring our customers meet their business and mission objectives.

We are passionate about what we do and have cultivated a team-oriented collaborative organization with a collegial atmosphere that encourages participation, innovation, and entrepreneurship for all employees.

We recognize that in order to achieve our vision, we must attract highly qualified professionals that share our passion and spirit of excellence. To that end, we are proud to offer exciting and rewarding contract and corporate opportunities, a full and generous compensation package which includes highly competitive
salaries, 100% company paid group medical/dental insurance (employee) and 50% company-paid
for dependents, and multiple paid leave opportunities (10 holidays and 15 days PTO).

We also offer life and disability coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, and Relocation Assistance (for qualified and pre-approved employees).

To learn more about our culture of employee engagement, our plans for continued exponential growth, new and existing contract vehicles and clients, or our excellent benefits offered to employees and W2 contractors, please visit http://www.snapinc.net/careers.html.