Business System Analyst & Tester (REMOTE)

ATS

Job ID 24100043

Arlluk Technology Solutions, a Koniag Government Services Company, is seeking an experienced Business System Analyst &Tester to support ATS and our government customer. This is a Remote opportunity.

We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks of paid time off, and more.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Review functional requirements, data definitions, business processes, and business rules to develop test plans.

• Develop and execute functional test scripts for Post-Implementation Verification (PIV) testing and Regression Testing

• Participate in requirements-gathering meetings and working sessions.

• Analyze requirements documents (e.g., user stories, validation matrix, messages appendix, etc.)

• Provide feedback on draft requirements with the goal of ensuring they are testable.

• Review existing requirements and identify any necessary test script updates.

• Identify and map specific requirements to test scripts.

• Identify and set up test data as needed for new features or enhancements.

• Analyze relevant documentation such as design documents, requirements, logic supplements and calculations, user stories and copy documents (content) in preparation for drafting test cases.

• Create high-level test scenarios that support requirements, user stories and copy documents (containing content for a page)

• Update existing high-level test scenarios based on requirements, user stories and copy documents.

• Review and provide feedback on product test/system test cases/scripts.

• Create test cases that trace back to requirements, user stories and copy documents and ultimately high-level test scenarios.

• Verify the completeness and correctness of test cases with the Agile Development Lead and Project Stakeholders prior to the start of user story testing.

• Update test cases based on the government's feedback prior to the start of regression testing.

• Clarify test cases and respond to questions from the government testers on test cases.

• Monitor and report test completion status during user acceptance testing.

• Participate in UAT kickoff meetings, demos, and status meetings.

• Conduct hands-on testing using approved manual test cases (including validation of payment calculations) during UAT and PIV

• Record all testing results as pass/fail, detailing defect descriptions, defect type, defect severity and priority; clarifying defect descriptions during defect meetings, during developer clarification meetings and clarify defect descriptions.

• Retest to validate fixes to reported defects during UAT, documenting pass/fail and defect description if retest fails.

• Document defects and issues found during UAT and PIV

• Participate in the planning and execution of PIV, including product testing or validation of production data.

• Collaborate with the government and its vendors to clarify any document changes to requirements documentation based on testing results.

• Conduct regression testing during UAT based on the scope of the release.

• Collaborate with the government program manager, government workstream leads, government test leads, government contractors and other team members as needed to facilitate the success of each release.

• Participate in lessons learned sessions with team members.

• Familiarity with application lifecycle management (ALM), information management and content management applications, including Jira and Confluence

• Ability to write and review detailed documentation (technical specifications, weekly/monthly reports, meeting notes, etc.)

• Strong organizational skills with excellent communication (written and verbal), excellent time management skills.

• Work independently with minimal supervision as well as working with a team.

• Facilitate coordination with users to identify current operating procedures and to clarify and elaborate business requirements and required technical capabilities.

• Conduct analysis of business processes and identify opportunities to incorporate efficiencies.

• Prepares detailed requirements and specifications for programs.

• Performs a variety of tasks including system test related tasks.

• Work closely with Systems Analyst, Application Engineer, and other technical staff.

• Follow established processes and develop required document deliverables.

• Documentation of requirements that accurately define business needs, are worded appropriately to be understood by engineers and others needed to implement the requirements, are testable, and define a requirement rather than a solution.

• Expertise to guide subject matter experts (SME) in defining their requirements, decomposing these requirements into finer level requirements, and in capturing derived requirements and constraints.

• Collection, traceability, and change control of all requirements for projects within USDA ARM.

• Analysis and reporting on requirements satisfaction, changes, volatility, and other aspects that would assist program and project-level managers in anticipating and resolving requirements-related issues.

Education, Experience & Skills:

• 5+ years of related experience

• Experience performing systems analysis and/or business process analysis.

• Experience performing QA, user acceptance testing and/or independent verification and validation.

• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail

• Willingness to expand and grow technical roles and responsibilities.

• Preferred experience with Jira

• Expert knowledge of analyzing user needs to determine functional and cross-functional requirements.

• Ability to prioritize duties based on shifting demands.

• Must be a US citizen able to obtain a Public Trust level clearance, per Government requirements.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a high level of integrity, analytical and problem-solving skills, and leadership courage

Working Environment & Conditions

This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

This position is primarily indoors, consistent with a standard office position and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. The incumbent is required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The workload may require the incumbent to sit for extended periods of time. The incumbent must be able to read, do simple math calculations and withstand moderate amounts of stress.

The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin, age, disability, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

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