Business Analyst / Functional Tester with Security Clearance
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Job Tittle: Business Analyst / Functional Tester Location: Charlottesville, VA (Remote, 1-2 days a month) Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract Clearance Requirement: Secret or higher Position Overview We are seeking a versatile Business Analyst / Functional Tester to bridge the gap between business needs and technical execution. In this hybrid role, you will be responsible for eliciting and translating business requirements into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria, while also driving end-to-end manual and automated testing, database validation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). The ideal candidate thrives in an Agile environment and possesses a strong blend of analytical business acumen and hands-on quality assurance expertise.
Key Responsibilities Business Analysis & Documentation (~35%)
- Elicit, validate, and document system requirements, user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria.
- Support the design and creation of mockups, wireframes, and process flow diagrams.
- Write and maintain comprehensive technical, functional, security, and user documentation.
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions and manage the product backlog to ensure clear alignment between business goals and development sprints. Testing & Quality Assurance (~65%)
- Design, develop, and execute detailed test plans, manual test cases, and automated test scripts.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Write and execute SQL queries to back-end databases to validate test results, data integrity, and correct field mappings.
- Manage the defect lifecycle-logging, tracking, and collaborating with developers to resolve issues efficiently.
- Facilitate and oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions with stakeholders and end-users. Required Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 3+ years of professional experience working as a Business Analyst, Functional Tester, or QA Analyst on Agile software development projects.
- Core Competencies:
- Translating business requirements into epics, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria.
- Experience with wireframing, mockups, or process mapping.
- Strong hands-on manual testing and experience developing automated test scripts.
- Proficiency in writing SQL queries to query databases and validate test data.
- Experience using project management and test tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps, TestRail).
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