QA Analyst (Ref: 18641)

Position: QA Analyst (Ref: 18641)
Location: Atlanta, GA 30334 USA
Duration: 1 Years 1 Months 4 Days - Contract
Openings: 1
Deadline: 08/31/2026
Pay Rate: $54.00/hr.
Description:
***Hybrid onsite as requested

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA & Business Analyst to lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test strategy development, and business analysis activities across critical enterprise applications. This role acts as a bridge between business stakeholders, system owners, developers, and testing teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements, regulatory standards, and operational expectations. The ideal candidate brings a blend of manual and automated testing expertise alongside strong requirements management capabilities.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and execute comprehensive User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategies, test plans, scenarios, and test cases aligned with operational goals and project timelines.
• Participate in Joint Application Requirements (JAR) and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions for system change requests and maintenance initiatives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, SMEs, and technical teams to analyze, document, and refine functional and business requirements into testable scenarios.
• Create, execute, and maintain manual and automated test scripts for functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and data validation testing.
• Partner with technical and vendor teams handling System Integration Testing (SIT) to align testing phases and eliminate redundancies.
• Manage the complete defect lifecycle identification, logging, triage, prioritization, retesting, and validation using enterprise tracking tools.
• Drive test automation initiatives by identifying opportunities, establishing frameworks, and transitioning manual regression suites into automated solutions.
• Track and report testing metrics, defect trends, execution progress, and release readiness to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Perform data quality verification, data reconciliation, and reporting validation across enterprise systems.

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance (QA), UAT, and/or Business Analysis supporting large-scale enterprise systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in test automation and transitioning manual testing suites into automated frameworks.
• Strong background in functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing methodologies.
• Proven experience analyzing requirements, drafting use cases, and creating user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Proficiency with test management and tracking platforms (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet).
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools/frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestComplete, Power Automate, or UFT).
• Experience with enterprise reporting and data validation tools (such as Power BI or Microsoft Fabric).

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with public sector or health and human services eligibility/case management systems.
• Knowledge of relational databases, ETL processes, data pipelines, and data warehousing.
• Exposure to environments utilizing .NET architectures, Angular front ends, and SQL databases.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery frameworks.

Working Conditions:
• Location: Atlanta, GA
• Hybrid / Remote with occasional on-site meetings as needed
• Work Schedule: Monday Friday, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Required / Desired Skills
• Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and/or Business Analysis roles supporting enterprise systems (Required 5 Years)
• Test automation, including automation strategy development and transitioning manual testing processes (Required 3 Years)
• Developing test strategies, test cases, test scripts, and executing functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and UAT testing (Required 3 Years)
• Experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestComplete, Power Automate, UFT, or similar technologies. (Required 3 Years)
• Hands-on experience with QA and test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or similar platforms. (Required 3 Years)