Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan / AQL Quality Analyst

Overview

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.

Responsibilities

This position will support our newly awarded DCSA contract.

Empower AI is seeking a QASP / AQL Quality Analyst to own the Quality Control Program for an enterprise IT Customer Support Services program supporting a Department of War agency. The Performance Requirements Summary defines binding SLAs, XLAs, and Acceptable Quality Levels (AQLs) across sixteen task areas, and the Government surveils performance under its Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). The analyst develops and executes the Quality Control Plan, independently audits service delivery and deliverables against every AQL, validates the metrics reported to the Government, drives corrective and preventive action, operates the 'early warning' remediation process, and leads the Annual KPI/PRS Review. This role is the program's assurance that every number reported is right and every deficiency is caught, corrected, and prevented from recurring. This is a salaried, FLSA-exempt position in which you will independently analyze situations, determine the appropriate course of action, and exercise discretion and independent judgment on matters of significance to the program and its customers.

THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE BASED IN QUANTICO, VA (RKB) WITH REMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY AND UP TO 10% OF TRAVEL INVOLVED.

JOB DUTIES:

• Develop, submit, and maintain the Quality Control Plan (QCP), including methods for identifying deficiencies, inspection and audit schedules, records of inspections and corrective/preventive actions, key control and lock combination procedures, and communication and feedback methods with the Government.
• Perform independent inspections, ticket and interaction audits, deliverable reviews, and process compliance audits across all task areas against PRS standards, SLAs, XLAs, and AQLs, and against the Customer-Confirmed Ticket Closure process and ISO/IEC 20000-1 aligned processes.
• Validate the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of performance data and metrics reported in the Customer Support Metrics Dashboard and in monthly and quarterly reports before submission to the Government.
• Operate the 'early warning' provision: monitor metric trends, identify any key metric trending within 5% of its minimum acceptable threshold for two consecutive months, and coordinate the formal remediation plan for inclusion in the next Monthly Customer Support Activity Report.
• Manage the corrective and preventive action (CAPA) process: document deficiencies, drive root cause analysis with task leads, track corrective actions to closure, verify effectiveness, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services.
• Lead the Annual KPI/PRS Review and Recommendation Report, analyzing historical performance data, customer feedback, and operational capability changes, benchmarking against external Government/industry IT customer support metrics, and preparing data-driven recommendations for SLA threshold adjustments.
• Serve as the primary contractor liaison for Government QASP surveillance activities, incentive/disincentive plan reviews, and post-award/periodic progress meetings; prepare responses to Government deficiency notices and document meeting minutes and action items.
• Maintain quality records available for Government inspection, train staff on quality standards and processes, and report quality program status, audit findings, and trends to program leadership.

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Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10 years of related experience (a Master's degree with 8 years of related experience, or an additional 4 years of related experience in lieu of a degree, may be substituted).
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must have an Active Secret Clearance (favorably adjudicated T3/T3R) to start.
• Must be willing and able to obtain Top Secret eligibility after start, if required by mission needs.
• Must be within investigation scope and/or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation / Continuous Vetting.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze problems, determine the appropriate course of action, and exercise discretion and independent judgment with limited day-to-day supervision.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, performance management, or process improvement for IT service delivery or Government service contracts.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing Quality Control Plans on performance-based Federal contracts with PRS/QASP frameworks and AQLs.
• Experience conducting audits and inspections, managing corrective and preventive actions, and performing root cause analysis.
• Strong data analysis skills, including validating operational metrics and preparing trend analyses and threshold recommendations; proficiency with Excel and Power BI or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of ITIL/ITSM processes and ISO/IEC 20000-1 or ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Excellent writing and communication skills for formal plans, reports, and Government interactions.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• ASQ Certified Quality Auditor or Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, ITIL 4 Managing Professional, or ISO/IEC 20000 Lead Auditor.
• Experience supporting Department of War (DoW), DoD, or other Federal IT service contracts and CPARS-evaluated performance.
• Experience with ServiceNow reporting and Performance Analytics for quality auditing.
• Familiarity with customer experience (CX) measurement, including CSAT, Customer Effort Score (CES), and experience level agreements (XLAs).
• Experience benchmarking IT support metrics against industry standards (HDI, MetricNet, Gartner).
• Experience with incentive/disincentive plan administration.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings

About Empower AI

All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm’s overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to work location, skills, experience, gov con contractual requirements, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Empower AI's total compensation package for employees.

Pay Band Min

USD $72,160.00/Yr.

Pay Band Max

USD $111,700.00/Yr.