Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

About

Leidos delivers innovative solutions through the efforts of diverse and talented people dedicated to customer success. The company empowers its teams, contributes to communities, operates sustainably, and is guided by its Mission, Vision, and Values.

Mission

Leidos is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to provide enterprise‑level quality leadership supporting the Integrated Defensive Cyber System (IDCS) portfolio under the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center (AFLCMC)/HNCD, with additional support to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) cloud modernization initiatives. The role serves as a senior Quality Engineering authority for defensive cyberspace weapon systems, big data platforms, RF monitoring capabilities, and mission cloud environments, ensuring delivery excellence, audit readiness, and sustained compliance within mission‑critical DoD cyber programs. The incumbent will partner closely with Program Management, Engineering, Cybersecurity, and DevSecOps teams to embed quality across sustainment and development Technical Direction Plan (TDP) activities supporting the IDCS architecture.

Enterprise Quality Leadership

• Provides enterprise‑level quality leadership across multiple task orders, ensuring compliance, performance excellence, and continuous improvement in alignment with contractual requirements, cybersecurity operational standards, and Leidos Engineering Edge NextGen (EENG) methodologies.
• Acts as a key IDCS Quality authority, influencing program execution through analytics, structured process improvement, and cross‑functional engagement.
• Works a hybrid schedule: three (3) days on‑site at the designated program location and two (2) days remote, based on program needs and leadership direction.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the portfolio‑level Quality Lead across mission programs, providing enterprise oversight of quality, compliance, and performance governance in support of IDCS‑M objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership for Quality Management System (QMS) implementation, sustainment, and continual improvement, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, QASP metrics, SLAs, and internal governance standards.
• Drive portfolio‑level Risk Management integration in coordination with Program Managers and Task Order leadership, ensuring consistent risk identification, documentation, mitigation planning, and trend analysis.
• Establish and institutionalize a structured Continual Improvement framework that delivers measurable enhancements in compliance posture, performance stability, operational efficiency, and organizational maturity.
• Lead internal audits, compliance reviews, and performance evaluations to proactively identify systemic issues and ensure sustainable resolution and prevention of recurrence.
• Conduct and oversee root cause analyses (RCA) for performance or compliance gaps, driving corrective and preventive actions through verified and validated closure.
• Oversee SLA/KPI performance analytics, leveraging data‑driven insights to anticipate risk, reduce performance variability, and strengthen contractual execution.
• Leverage enterprise tools and platforms (e.g., SharePoint, CM repositories, AI‑enabled analytics, and program governance systems) to enhance reporting transparency, operational visibility, and decision support.
• Partner closely with Program Managers, engineering teams, and functional leaders to reinforce operational discipline, strengthen governance rigor, and maintain alignment during program transitions or contract changes.
• Proactively identify early risk indicators and prevention opportunities, reinforcing a prevention‑first quality culture across the portfolio.
• Prepare and deliver executive‑level quality and risk posture briefings to senior leadership and Government stakeholders.
• Mentor and guide junior Quality personnel while fostering strong cross‑functional collaboration and professional development.
• Contribute to enterprise quality strategy, governance alignment, and portfolio maturity initiatives supporting long‑term mission success.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with 12 + years of professional experience, or Master’s degree with 10 + years of experience (additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance (Secret, as required by tasking).
• Demonstrated experience leading quality functions on large‑scale federal IT, cyber, or mission systems programs.
• Proven experience implementing and governing quality processes and standards.