Advanced Hybrid BA & QA Analyst

United Global Technologies, Inc.; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

United Global Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst / Quality Assurance Analyst – Advanced to join an Agile environment in Columbia, SC.

The role combines business analysis and software testing, gathering requirements and delivering comprehensive QA work for mission-critical applications. The candidate should have extensive experience in requirements analysis, workflow design, and defect tracking, with strong collaboration across stakeholders and development teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with business process analysis, requirements documentation, workflow development and stakeholder communication.
• 5+ years of experience with software QA/testing, including test design, execution, defect tracking, reporting and test-result documentation.
• 7+ years of experience of software analysis/testing and customized test procedure experience.
• 2+ years of experience in business process design.
• Experience with TFS, Visual Studio, SQL Server, MS Project, Balsamiq, Microsoft Office and legacy systems.
• Previous experience working within State, Federal, and/or local government.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and refine business and technical requirements, user stories, use cases and acceptance criteria.
• Map business processes and workflows; prepare functional specifications, diagrams, reports and user documentation.
• Evaluate existing practices, system capabilities and controls; recommend improvements and resolve requirement gaps.
• Translate policy and operational needs for technical teams and explain technical changes to business stakeholders.
• Develop and execute test plans, test scripts and test cases for new or modified software, including regression and integration testing.
• Validate solutions against documented requirements and quality standards; identify, record, track and retest defects.
• Review application logs, database records and performance data to investigate errors and verify expected behavior.
• Create automated tests and maintain test suites when appropriate; document test coverage, outcomes and corrections.
• Coordinate with development teams on defect resolution, release readiness, user acceptance and post-implementation validation.

Skills

Business process analysis

Requirements documentation

Stakeholder communication

Software QA/testing

Test design & execution

Defect tracking & reporting

Regression & integration testing

Test automation (basic)

Agile environment

Government project experience

Tools

TFS

Visual Studio

SQL Server

MS Project

Balsamiq

Microsoft Office

Job description

United Global Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst / Quality Assurance Analyst – Advanced to join an Agile environment in Columbia, SC.

The role combines business analysis and software testing, gathering requirements and delivering comprehensive QA work for mission-critical applications. The candidate should have extensive experience in requirements analysis, workflow design, and defect tracking, with strong collaboration across stakeholders and development teams.