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Quality Assurance Specialist

MELE Associates, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM Full Time
POSTED ON 10/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/26/2026

MELE Associates, Inc. is seeking to add an experienced Quality Assurance Specialist to support the Office of Personnel and Facility Clearances and Classification (OPFCC), NA-74.  The OPFCC is responsible for implementing all Department of Energy (DOE) personnel security and facility clearance requirements for all National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) field sites.  This full-time position is contingent upon contract award.

Essential Functions:

  • Adequately test the application prior to all deployments to Stage and Production
  • Documenting and enforcing process and coding standards
  • Performing internal QA (functional) testing on all new development prior to UAT and release
  • Ensuring business requirements and acceptance criteria are properly recorded and approved
  • Conduct integrated vulnerability tests through automated ADO pipelines

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
  • Minimum two (2) years of experience testing software on a technical team. Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.
  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps
  • Superior communication, organizational, interpersonal, and writing skills.
  • Current and active DOE Q Clearance/Top Secret Clearance with ability to acquire an SCI.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in computer science or CSM certification
  • Experience with DOE/NNSA

 This position is contingent upon contract award.

LOCATION: This is a full-time position in Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA

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SALARY: Salaries are determined based on several factors including external market data, internal equity, and the candidate’s related knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.

BENEFITS  

  • Employer-paid employee Medical, Dental and Vision Care
  • Family Health Care offered
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Federal Holidays
  • 401(k) with Employer Match

About MELE  

With over 300 employees and offices in Rockville, MD, Washington, DC, and Albuquerque, NM, MELE is a veteran-owned government contractor empowering its customers with innovative solutions for more than three decades. MELE has team members located across the U.S. and has served more than a hundred countries across hundreds of project locations. The company offers technical, engineering, and programmatic support expertise to a host of U.S. federal and international agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, INTERPOL, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. MELE’s services include national security, intelligence, IT/cybersecurity, facility management and engineering, CBRNE defense and nuclear security, emergency response training/management, and mission and program support.  

MELE Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. MELE Associates, Inc. is an E-Verify employer. 

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