Lifecycle Quality Assurance Specialist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to facilitate technical coordination throughout the transition to operations phase.
• Plan tasks and align the transition activities to the project schedule and needs.
• Gather requirements and prepare Requirements Allocation Documents, ensuring traceability and providing requirement support across the project.
• Identify gaps and coordinate across teams to mitigate gaps.
• Work with stakeholders to identify and track risks and actions.
• Prepare presentations and required materials to lead and conduct lifecycle reviews.
• Ensure that the established quality assurance standards and procedures are followed during the development and packaging.
• Support the program's software development effort using Agile methodology.

Requirements

• 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience developing/integrating software for scientific applications, preferably in Fortran/C/C++ in a Linux environment, to estimate algorithm complexity and transition efforts.
• Formal coursework in Physics, Atmospheric Science, Satellite Meteorology, Remote Sensing, or 4+ years of experience in these areas.
• Ability to quickly learn new skillsets and obtain scientific knowledge in remote sensing.
• Ability to communicate complex problems clearly.
• Excellent teamwork, strong interpersonal skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to work with teams from various work settings within a large organization such as NOAA.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with scientific data formats.
• Basic scripting language skills, with Python preferred.
• Experience with Software Configuration Management tools.
• Experience with Agile lifecycle process.
• Basic understanding of DevOps methodology and CI/CD concepts and practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary Range: $60,000 - $85,000.