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Quality Assurance Specialist

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

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Location

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$70,507 - $91,664

per year

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February 20, 2026More DOD jobs →

GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing and ensuring the quality of materials and supplies for the Defense Logistics Agency, including creating records for items, solving technical problems with shortages, and researching supply sources to support military operations.

A good fit would be someone with experience in logistics or inventory management who pays close attention to details and can handle technical specifications in a fast-paced environment.

It's ideal for those interested in defense-related work in California.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 level in logistics, material management, or related field
  • Ability to review material requirements, establish priorities, and research configurations
  • Proficiency in updating and maintaining Material Master Records in EBS or similar systems
  • Skills in addressing technical issues related to requisitioning and material shortages
  • Experience reviewing and applying technical specifications and requirements
  • Ability to analyze equipment, forecast spare parts, and interpret engineering change orders
  • Master's degree or equivalent graduate education (or combination of education and experience) as substitution for specialized experience

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. To qualify for a Quality Assurance Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.

To qualify at the GS-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: - Providing workload support by reviewing material requirements, establishing priorities and researching configuration requirements.

- Updating and maintaining Material Master Records in EBS. - Addressing technical issues effecting requisitioning actions and material shortages.

- Reviewing and applying technical specifications and requirements. - Analyzing equipment and forecasting spare parts requirements.

- Reading and interpreting engineering change orders, equipment requisitions, shop orders and work orders.

- Analyzing or supervising maintenance, repair, or production operations to determine methods of improvement. B.

Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.

If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation.

To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B.

or J.D., if related. C.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade level GS-09, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

  • Creates Material Master Records (MMR) for Managed Consumables and Local Stock Numbers (LSNs) and enters the appropriate data.
  • Serves as point of contact for Managed Consumable and LSN technical issues effecting requisitioning actions and material shortages.
  • Researches and recommends sources of supply, or cross references substitutes for items including local stock numbers, national stock numbers and alternate sources for non-standard material.
  • May work with higher-level Equipment Specialists to recommend revisions to repair manuals, technical bulletins and supply catalog data.
  • Coordinates with the customer when a Change Notice is received in order to make applicable updates to the Bill of Materials (BOM).

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/11/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/12/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DLAWpnSpt-26-12876864-MP