IT Business Analyst - Quality Assurance

• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs
• Performs requirements analysis
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements
• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions
• Documents requirements, evaluates scenarios, and executes changes needed to respond to requirements
• Conducts meetings and presentations to share and review ideas and findings
• Creates and updates system documentation
• Drives testing
• Responsible for performing any aspect of Quality Assurance including Software Quality Assurance, QA program Implementation, Testing, Verification, and Validation
• Identifies test scenarios, test scripts, and defines Acceptance Criteria for use in test cycles
• Write appropriate test scenarios, test scripts, and analyze test results
• Summarizes and communicates testing outcomes in meaningful ways
• Accurately report defects found during testing
• Report, track, and determine priority of reported bugs
• Acts as liaison among clients, operations, and technical staff
• Communicate and collaborate with other testers, team members and other technical teams
• Develop and maintain test plans, manual and automated test scripts (as required) for functional, interface and user acceptance testing
• Execute regression tests, functional tests, and data tests
• Facilitate and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Perform various types of testing including functional, system integration, regression and User Acceptance
• Assist with testing and support activities related to the implementation
• Provide feedback on usability

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and/or commensurate experience
• 3 to 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst or detailed working knowledge of several system functions
• Good working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet tools, SQL, HTML, Adobe Acrobat, and the internet
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong consensus building, multi-tasking, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Ability to work with both technical staff and clients
• Self-directed and highly motivated
• Ability to obtain a security clearance
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and business functions
• Ability to perform effectively in a team-oriented environment

• Knowledge in the area of NIST compliance strongly desired
• Experience with Agile strongly desired

medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program