Management and Program Analyst

This position is with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Transformation Management Organization located in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this position is to serve as the Quality Assurance and Testing Lead; responsible for establishing, directing, implementing, monitoring, and improving enterprise quality assurance, testing, business validation, and organizational readiness activities supporting Department-wide modernization initiatives.

Develop and administer Department-wide Quality Assurance and Testing Strategy supporting enterprise modernization initiatives.

Lead enterprise activities involving integrated testing across business processes, enterprise applications, infrastructure, customer services, shared services, cloud environments, data conversion, cybersecurity, and operational readiness.

Develop enterprise quality standards, testing policies, governance procedures, quality management frameworks, acceptance criteria, release readiness standards, and testing methodologies.

Direct activities such as Business Process Validation, Testing, End-to-End Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Operational Readiness Testing, Regression Testing, Performance Testing, Data Validation Testing, and Parallel Payroll Testing.

Evaluate modernization initiatives throughout the system development lifecycle to ensure business, technical, security, and operational requirements are satisfied before implementation.

Conduct quality assessments, root cause analyses, lessons learned reviews, independent quality reviews, and post-implementation evaluations.

Lead testing governance boards, release management reviews, executive quality briefings, and customer readiness assessments.

Develop innovative quality management techniques to improve modernization delivery and organizational performance.

Advise senior executives regarding enterprise quality performance, modernization readiness, and organizational risks.

Represent the chief technology officer during executive governance meetings, customer agency discussions, vendor reviews, and Federal modernization initiatives.

You must be a US Citizen or US National. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt. Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check. Direct Deposit - Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period unless previous federal service is creditable. During this time your employment will be evaluated, and we may consider: your performance and conduct, the needs and interests of the agency, whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government, and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

This position does not have an education qualifications requirement.