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DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Principal IT Analyst – Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) is the resident authority and subject-matter expert on all topics related to IT Quality Assurance and Quality Control for the most highly visible IT projects and initiatives. This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and integrating various IT Quality Management standards across the IT organization, ensuring adoption and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and business acumen, a wide range of technical skills, and a proven history of being able to influence all levels of an IT organization. The Principal IT Analyst (QA/QC) may also be assigned as project manager for key IT Projects, responsible for directing teams, developing proposals, budgets and schedules, and tracking/reporting progress.

This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.

To view the full job description click here: Principal Information Technology Analyst

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and eight years of increasingly responsible experience, of which two years must have been at the Senior Programmer Analyst or Senior Systems Analyst level.

Increasingly Responsible Experience is defined as:  Experience including but not limited to manual and automated testing (functional, regression, integration, UAT, mobile/tablet testing, non-functional testing), and test design and planning (documentation, environment setup, resource utilization, defect management). 

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

License(s): Valid California Class C Driver’s License or equivalent (required at time of application) that allows you to drive during your employment.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification and/or 

• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification

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For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: Benefits Regular FT PT Employees (Represented)

ABOUT MWD

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of 26 cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. Metropolitan’s mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Metropolitan’s facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.3 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 800 miles of pipeline, and 16 hydroelectric power plants.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities, who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call (213) 217-7738 or email: jobs@mwdh2o.com.

MWD is a Federal and State EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

Application Filing Period: Closes at 4:30 pm PT on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.

Sponsorship: Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).