QA Manager 36

Position Responsibilities:

Job Overview:
Senior Quality Assurance Manager in assisting the Office of Information Technology with infrastructure support for remediation required for systems that interface with statewide accounting data.
As a result of the Departments efforts to reengineer and modernize core financial systems there are nearly 1000 computing assets identified as performing some level of financial planning analysis and management functionality that are impacted by the State of Floridas accounting system. The Florida Planning Accounting and Ledger Management (PALM) project is a multiyear endeavor to replace the State of Floridas accounting and cash management systems with a modern financial management solution. The Florida PALM Project is targeted to replace Central Payroll and Departmental FLAIR functionality with golive scheduled for January 2026.
The computing assets are comprised of interfaces enterprise applications databases automated processes and reporting programs within FDOT that will require remediation due to:

• Adoption of the Florida PALM Standardized Business Process Model
• Transition to the Florida PALM Chart of Accounts values
• Replacement of Central Payroll and Departmental FLAIR functionality
• Redevelopment of agency incoming and outgoing interfaces to the statewide accounting system
• Implementation of Information Warehouse data to support agency specific reporting requirements.

The computing asset modifications to complete the PALM System Transition (FPST) will take place over the course of three years in alignment with the Florida PALM Project scheduled timeline.

Over 120 of the computing assets are interfaces either between financial applications or with the state accounting system. These interfaces were written on outdated technology that simply will not work with the new more modern state accounting system.
Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze the current quality assurance practices and recommend future state practices and tools.
• Establish quality assurance metrics.
• Manage the definition implementation and integration of quality principles and quality processes into the design and development of software IT processes.
• Perform knowledge transfer to Quality assurance staff.
• Ensure that quality measures and procedures are executed.
• Ensure that products applications and systems are following established quality standards and meet customer requirements.
• Champion the application of quality principles in business and IT processes through training meeting and team facilitation communication programs and team building activities.
• Research develop and implement testing methods and procedures to ensure that products meet the highest quality standards while integrating with the new Florida PALM solution.
• Monitor track and report on defects.

Required Experience:

• 7 8 years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance or another related field.
• 5 years experience in developing and conducting test processes for multiple types of systems client users and/or units across an organization.
• 5 years of prior management experience supervisory or team leader experience.
• 2 3 years of leadership experience with Enterprise Architecture.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in a DevOps environment is highly desired.
• 2 3 years of prior experience with transportation technology.
• Knowledge of Informatica IICS Cloud Data Integration tools and Snowflake.