Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to serve as the Quality Lead supporting the Cybersecurity Portfolio Task Orders for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This role provides enterprise-level quality leadership across multiple task orders, ensuring compliance, performance excellence, and continuous improvement in alignment with contractual requirements and cybersecurity operational standards.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the portfolio-level Quality Lead across multiple DHS cybersecurity task orders, providing enterprise oversight of quality, compliance, and performance governance
• Provide strategic leadership for Quality Management System (QMS) implementation, sustainment, and continual improvement across the portfolio, 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 across all programs
• Establish and institutionalize a structured Continual Improvement framework that promotes 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 for performance or compliance gaps, driving corrective and preventive actions through validated closure
• Oversee SLA/KPI performance analytics, leveraging data-driven insights to anticipate risks, reduce performance variability, and strengthening contractual execution
• Leverage enterprise tools and platforms (e.g., SharePoint, Configuration Management repositories, AI-enabled analytics tools, and program governance systems) to enhance reporting transparency, operational visibility, and decision support
• Partner closely with Program Managers and functional leaders to reinforce operational discipline, strengthen governance rigor, and ensure alignment during portfolio transitions or contract structure changes
• Proactively identify areas where early engagement can prevent downstream impacts, reinforcing a prevention-first quality culture
• Prepare and present portfolio quality and risk posture briefings to senior Leidos leadership and DHS stakeholders
• Mentor and provide leadership to junior QA personnel while fostering cross-functional collaboration and professional development
• Contribute to enterprise-level quality strategy development, governance alignment, and portfolio maturity progression initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with 12+ years of professional experience; OR Master's degree with 10+ years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust
• Demonstrated experience leading quality functions on large-scale federal IT or cybersecurity programs
• Experience implementing and governing structured Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Experience driving SLA/KPI performance measurement and performance analytics in operational environments
• Demonstrated experience conducting internal audits and managing corrective and preventive action programs
• Experience integrating risk management practices within program governance structures
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification (minimum)
• Experience supporting DHS cybersecurity programs (CDM, CISA, CBP, NOSC, or similar mission environments)
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor certification
• Experience operating within CMMI-DEV or equivalent process maturity frameworks
• ITIL certification and/or demonstrated experience supporting IT Service Management (ITSM) environments
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification or advanced process improvement leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience briefing government senior leadership on quality, risk, or performance posture
• Experience developing or institutionalizing portfolio-level quality governance frameworks
• Experience integrating Risk Management practices within performance-based federal contracts
• Experience supporting audit readiness for DHS, DoD, or other federal oversight bodies (e.g., OIG, DCMA, internal enterprise audits)
• Experience leveraging data analytics, reporting tools, or AI-enabled solutions to enhance performance monitoring and governance visibility