Quality Assurance Analyst 1

What You Will Do This position is open for external candidates only to apply. This position will serve as a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) point-of-contact for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Quality Evaluation Requirements Tracking System (QERTS), a database and execution software used to document and track surveillance work across the Nuclear Security Enterprise. This position will also be responsible for administrative support for Stockpile Finding Notifications and Investigations.

The Weapon Systems Engineering (W) Division provides systems engineering and program management to ensure the safety, reliability, and security of our nation's nuclear stockpile for the entire life cycle. W-Division is responsible for leadership of activities in stockpile surveillance, assessment, certification, and life extension projects. The Systems Surveillance Group (W-9), within W-Division, is the Design Agency representative to the National Nuclear Security Administration's Nuclear Security Enterprise for Surveillance activities.

W-9 establishes surveillance requirements and provides oversight of surveillance activities associated with LANL-designed systems at Production Agencies across the enterprise. The selected candidate will join the Systems Surveillance group (W-9) as a Quality Assurance Analyst 1. In this role, the candidate will support surveillance tracking, assurance of quality records, database management, and communication with internal and external partners to ensure surveillance work is accurately documented, monitored and reported.

Additional responsibilities include: Develop working knowledge of LANL surveillance tracking systems, including Quality Evaluation Requirements Tracking System (QERTS), Logistics, Accounting, Planning, and Scheduling (LAPS) system, and Stockpile Finding Information Database System (SFIDS), through training, mentoring and hands-on experience. Maintain quality evaluation and surveillance requirements data in QERTS and LAPS in accordance to assigned role.

Coordinate with surveillance engineers, program representatives, and partner organizations to collect, verify, enter, and transmit required surveillance info information by established deadlines. Review system entries and supporting documentation to ensure information is accurate, complete, and consistent with applicable written requirements, procedures, federal requirements, and program planning documents.

Support surveillance tracking and reporting through activities that may include generating monthly records, reviewing requirements and status reports, and identifying discrepancies or missing information. Maintain historical records and refence documents used to support surveillance tracking, anomaly reporting, and quality evaluation activities. Support change control activities and help identify and report data flow or system issues between QERTS and LAPS.

Perform administrative activities, including monitoring timeline standards, tracking action items, and facilitating communication across organizations. Participate in monthly and quarterly meetings with QERTS representatives aimed at resolving issues and recommending improvements to the QERTS application. Maintain SFIDS information, including user permissions, anomaly data, deadlines, historical repository documents and system forms used for intake, anomaly reporting, and closure activities.

Identify opportunities to improve data quality, streamline processes, support knowledge transfer, and improve the usability and effectiveness of surveillance tracking systems. What You Need Minimum Job Requirements: Software Applications Basic experience in business, administrative, or organizational computing systems, and applications Entry-level experience using software applications such as databases, spreadsheets, tracking systems, or other tools used to enter, manage, review and report information.

Data Entry, Transcription, and Records Accuracy Ability to accurately transcribe,