Contractor Support to Requirements Traceability (QMB)

Position Overview:

The Contractor Support to Requirements Traceability (QMB) provides quality analysis and expertise in support of HQ SACT's CAPDEV processes, specifically assisting Common Funded Capability Delivery programs, program directors, and requirements managers in the identification, elicitation, capture, analysis, evaluation, integration, and maintenance of high-quality capability requirements. The incumbent manages corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) identified through process assurance and quality reviews, facilitating adjudication of recommendations and ensuring alignment with program risk management and lessons-learned processes, while supporting data quality assurance across the requirements repository and program management tools to maintain version control, configuration control, and organizational traceability standards. This role supports the development and maintenance of requirements traceability processes and quality reports across the capability development and requirements management lifecycle, produces scheduled and ad-hoc independent quality assurance reports for program directors and leadership, and contributes to directives and standard operating procedures related to quality, traceability, and the ACT Requirements Repository. The incumbent also supports requirements for engineering activities across all lifecycle stages to ensure continuing traceability integrity and stakeholder alignment, contributes to continual process improvement and lessons-learned initiatives, and supports change and configuration management of requirements throughout the capability lifecycle, with participation in related workshops, seminars, and conferences as required.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide quality analysis and expertise in support of HQ SACT's CAPDEV processes and outputs, and specifically in support of CAPDEV Common Funded Capability Delivery programs, program directors and requirements managers undertaking the Identification, elicitation, capture, analysis, evaluation, integration and maintenance of high-quality capability (business) requirements.
• Manage corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) identified during process assurance and quality reviews: facilitate adjudication of recommendations, work closely with stakeholders to ensure timely resolution and maintain alignment between CAPA and program risk management and lessons learned processes.
• Support data quality assurance including maintenance of requirements in the requirements repository, and program information in the program management tools ensuring correct version and configuration control, and the achievement and maintenance of the organization's traceability and quality expectations.
• Support the development and maintenance of processes relating to requirements traceability, including traceability criteria, and requirements traceability quality reports related to the capability development and requirements management -life cycle.
• Produce scheduled and ad-hoc independent quality assurance reports to inform program directors, IPT, core team members and other stakeholders including leadership.
• Contribute to the development of directives and standard operating procedures that relate to quality, requirements traceability and the ACT Requirements Repository.
• Support requirements engineering and requirements management activities where appropriate across all life cycle stages to ensure continuing integrity of the traceability processes, and that capability requirements continue to satisfy stakeholder needs.
• Contributes to organizational continual process improvement activities.
• Participate in workshops, seminars, conferences and meetings in support of the activities above.
• Identify Lessons and contribute to their Learning within the organization.
• Support to change and configuration management of requirements across the lifecycle.
• Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labor category.

Required Qualifications:

• A University Degree in engineering, management, information systems, accounting, economics, finance, business administration, public administration, operations research, program and project management or related disciplines.
• Five years' experience in the last 10 in the field of requirements engineering and/or requirements management to include elicitation, capture, development, analysis and evaluation of requirements, including the management of requirements traceability, quality and change management.
• Experience in the evaluation of requirements traceability across comprehensive lines of development; i.e. doctrine, organization, training, material, leadership, personnel, facilities, and interoperability (DOTMLPFI ).
• Experience in requirements development, either as a hands-on requirements author and/or facilitator of requirements development sessions.
• Demonstrated minimum NATO or National SECRET clearance with the appropriate national authority for the duration of the contract.
• Nationality of one of the NATO Countries.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent.
• Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) experience in managing requirements in accordance with formal configuration and change management processes.
• Demonstrable recent (i.e. in the last 5 years) experience working in support of processes that were formally certified in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS Next or equivalent.

DEFTEC offers a comprehensive whole-life benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, holiday, paid time off, 401K with a match, life insurance, short/long-term disability, and educational reimbursement. The DEFTEC team comprises professionals who make a difference daily in crucial national security missions. Our leadership knows that this happens by employing a diverse team that is well cared for. Our top priority is our employees, making DEFTEC an ideal workplace.

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