Business Analyst / Functional Tester

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits

Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave,

Semi-monthly pay cycle

Job summary

Cardinal Technology Systems Corp. is seeking a Business Analyst / Functional Tester to join our IT solutions team serving government and commercial clients.

You will gather requirements, write user stories, develop test cases, and support Agile project delivery and documentation. The role requires experience with functional testing, defect tracking, and coordinating with stakeholders to ensure system functionality aligns with business needs.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of IT systems experience in software development or modernization.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business, functional, and system requirements.
• Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and project artifacts.
• Experience creating and maintaining functional test cases and scripts.
• Experience supporting functional, regression, and user acceptance testing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business needs and document processes, user stories, and test requirements.
• Develop, execute, and maintain functional test cases and scripts.
• Support Agile/Scrum ceremonies, backlog management, and sprint planning.
• Track defects and coordinate with developers and stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Use Jira to manage user stories, tasks, and progress, plus related documentation.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Agile/Scrum

Test case design

Defect tracking

Jira usage

Stakeholder communication

Documentation

Microsoft Office

Analytical thinking

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Visio

ServiceNow

Azure DevOps

Job description

Responsibilities

Cardinal Technology Systems Corp. is a government IT solutions provider servicing commercial and government initiative in various parts of the United States. We are currently seeking a Business Analyst / Functional Tester to work for our company.

Summary

• Eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government PUBLIC TRUST / SECRET / TOP SECRET Clearance. (Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies)
• The Business Analyst / Functional Tester will support business analysis, Agile project delivery, functional testing, and documentation activities for IT systems and software development initiatives.
• Work closely with stakeholders, product owners, developers, testers, and project teams to gather requirements, document business processes, create user stories, develop test cases, support functional testing, track defects, and ensure system functionality aligns with business and customer requirements.
• Support Agile/Scrum project activities, including backlog management, sprint planning, user story development, acceptance criteria, defect tracking, and project documentation.
• Use Jira to manage user stories, tasks, defects, sprint activities, project progress, and related documentation.
• Create, execute, and maintain functional test cases and test scripts to support system testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, and defect validation.
• Prepare and maintain documentation such as requirements documents, process flows, meeting notes, test documentation, user guides, standard operating procedures, and status updates.

Requirements

• Eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government PUBLIC TRUST / SECRET / TOP SECRET Clearance. (Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies)
• 5–7+ years of relevant experience supporting IT systems, software development, system modernization, application enhancement, or enterprise technology projects.
• 5+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst, Functional Tester, Business Systems Analyst, QA Analyst, Scrum Master, or similar role supporting IT systems or software development projects.
• Must have experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business, functional, and system requirements.
• Must have experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, requirements documentation, and related project artifacts.
• Must have experience creating, executing, and maintaining functional test cases and test scripts.
• Must have experience supporting functional testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, and defect validation.
• Must have experience documenting defects, tracking issues, and coordinating with developers, testers, and business stakeholders to support resolution.
• Must have hands‑on experience using Jira to manage user stories, tasks, defects, sprint activities, and project progress.
• Must have experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and supporting Scrum ceremonies.
• Must have experience preparing project documentation, requirements traceability matrices, test documentation, user guides, standard operating procedures, status updates, or similar documentation.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication, analytical, problem‑solving, and organizational skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

Preferences

• Experience supporting business analysis, functional testing, Agile delivery, or software/system implementation projects is preferred.
• Scrum Master certification, Agile certification, or related project management certification is preferred.
• Experience supporting federal government IT projects is preferred.
• Experience with requirements traceability and mapping requirements to test cases is preferred.
• Experience supporting Oracle, ERP, financial systems, case management systems, or other enterprise applications is preferred.
• Experience with test management tools, automated testing tools, defect tracking tools, Confluence, SharePoint, Visio, ServiceNow, or Azure DevOps is preferred.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, metrics, business process flows, workflow diagrams, or system process documentation is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Paid Life
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave
• Semi-monthly pay cycle

Work With Us

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp (“CTech-Sys”), www.ctech-sys.com, is an SBA Certified 8(a) and HUBZone company located in the National Capital Region (NCR) and serves both government and commercial clients such clients as US CBP, US CIS, DLA, DFuse Technologies, and American Environmental Engineering Consultants.

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and it’s our policy to consider applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, alienage, ancestry, or any other factors prohibited by law. Employment selections are based on company and client requirements and the qualifications and skills of the candidate. CTech-Sys is committed to actively capitalizing on the diversity of skills, talents and perspectives of our employees.