The Role
Leads the quality assurance program for logistics, inventory, supply chain, and sustainment activities. Responsibilities include conducting audits, monitoring quality milestones and KPIs, managing corrective actions and nonconformances, maintaining inspection and audit records, preparing quality reports, ensuring AS9100D and contractual compliance, supporting audit readiness, and driving continuous improvement across program and stakeholder teams.
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is looking for our next Quality Assurance /Compliance Specialist III!!
As a Quality Assurance/Compliance Specialist III on the NISSC 3 program, you will serve as a senior quality lead, responsible for developing, executing, and continuously improving the quality assurance (QA) program across logistics, inventory, supply chain, and incremental sustainment activities.
Responsibilities- Establish and lead audits, monitor quality milestones, manage corrective actions and nonconformance documentation, and maintain comprehensive inspection and process records.
- Ensure compliance with AS9100D, FAR, contract, and regulatory requirements, provide quality metrics and reports, and deliver continuous improvement recommendations to management and stakeholders.
- Lead the development, execution, and improvement of QA programs covering logistics, inventory, supply chain, and sustainment.
- Establish, plan, and conduct internal audits and assessments to verify adherence to AS9100D, FAR, contract, and regulatory standards.
- Define and monitor quality milestones, KPIs, and performance metrics; identify trends and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Track, document, and manage corrective actions and nonconformance reports; ensure timely and effective closure.
- Maintain thorough inspection records, audit reports, process documentation, and other QA artifacts for audit readiness.
- Develop, analyze, and submit quality and quality-control reports and metrics to management and customer stakeholders.
- Ensure program processes and deliverables meet applicable quality, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives, recommending changes to processes, procedures, and tools to enhance quality and efficiency.
- Engage with stakeholders to understand and address quality-related concerns; represent QA in reviews, meetings, and audits.
- Collaborate with logistics, supply chain, engineering, and program management teams to embed quality into daily operations and decision-making.
- 7–10 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, or quality/compliance roles, preferably in DoW, aerospace, logistics, or other highly regulated technical environments.
- Proven experience developing and leading quality assurance programs, including audits, inspections, and nonconformance management.
- Demonstrated ability to track corrective actions, maintain comprehensive QA documentation, and support external audits.
- Experience preparing and delivering quality/control reports, dashboards, and continuous improvement recommendations to management and/or customers.
- Bachelor’s degree in one of the following (or closely related field): Information Technology (IT) / Cybersecurity / Computer Science (CS) / Information Systems (IS) / Data Science / Software Engineering
- OR equivalent DoW/Military training and experience in quality assurance, logistics/supply chain, or a related field.
- Active Secret clearance at time of hire.
- Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI as required by the program.
- One or more of the following strongly preferred:
- CEH
- CFR
- Cloud+
- GSEC
- PenTest+
- Security+ (Security+ CE acceptable)
- SSCP
Skills Required
- 7-10 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, or quality/compliance roles
- Experience in DoW, aerospace, logistics, or other highly regulated technical environments
- Experience developing and leading quality assurance programs, including audits, inspections, and nonconformance management
- Experience tracking corrective actions, maintaining QA documentation, and supporting external audits
- Experience preparing and delivering quality reports, dashboards, and continuous improvement recommendations
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field
- Equivalent DoW/Military training and experience in quality assurance, logistics/supply chain, or a related field may substitute for the degree
- Active Secret clearance at time of hire
- Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance as required by the program
- CEH, CFR, Cloud+, GSEC, PenTest+, Security+, or SSCP certification
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The Company
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
