Business and Quality Analyst

Azenta Inc.; SOUTH PLAINFIELD (NJ); On-site; USD 81,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Azenta Inc., South Plainfield, NJ, is seeking a Business and Quality Analyst to bridge business needs with scalable system solutions. You will partner with stakeholders and technical teams to define requirements, improve processes, and ensure high-quality software delivery through testing and automation.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree, 4+ years in QA, testing of web apps, SQL, API/UI automation, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related field required.
• 4+ years of experience in QA processes, methodologies, planning, and testing preferred.
• Experience testing web applications required.
• Experience with SQL and database validation testing, including select and join statements, preferred.
• Experience testing cloud and/or mobile applications.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Experience with API testing and UI automation tools.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document detailed business, functional, and system requirements.
• Manage the full lifecycle of business requirements, including initiation, development, review, and sign-off.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, and infrastructure teams to design solutions that align with business objectives and technology strategies.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder reviews, and formal sign‑off processes.
• Communicate project issues, risks, and concerns clearly and timely.
• Ensure compliance with corporate information security, privacy, regulatory, and quality standards.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test data to validate business and technical requirements.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts for API, UI, regression, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Track, document, and report testing results, defects, risks, and quality metrics.
• Continuously improve test coverage, automation effectiveness, and QA processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Facilitation

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or related field

Tools

Test automation frameworks

API testing tools

UI automation tools

Job description

Business and Quality Analyst

Location: South Plainfield, NJ

Shift: M-F 9am-5pm

Azenta Inc. At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships. All we accomplish is grounded in our core values of Customer Focus, Achievement, Accountability, Teamwork, Employee Value and Integrity.

At GENEWIZ, from Azenta Life Sciences, we are a global leader in multiomics and synthetic solution services with headquarters in South Plainfield, NJ and offices and operations worldwide. We empower our customers’ research by providing high-quality, precision-based solutions from discovery through clinical development, enabling scientists to make breakthroughs faster and more efficiently.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Be an integral part of a collaborative technology team where you will connect business needs with scalable system solutions. In this role, you will partner closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to define requirements, improve processes, support solution design, and help ensure high-quality software delivery through effective testing and automation. The ideal candidate brings strong business analysis capabilities, hands‑on quality assurance experience, and a continuous improvement mindset to support reliable, customer‑focused technology solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document detailed business, functional, and system requirements.
• Manage the full lifecycle of business requirements, including initiation, development, review, and sign-off.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, and infrastructure teams to design solutions that align with business objectives and technology strategies.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder reviews, and formal sign‑off processes.
• Communicate project issues, risks, and concerns clearly and timely.
• Ensure compliance with corporate information security, privacy, regulatory, and quality standards.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, and test data to validate business and technical requirements.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts for API, UI, regression, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Track, document, and report testing results, defects, risks, and quality metrics.
• Continuously improve test coverage, automation effectiveness, and QA processes.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related field required.
• 4+ years of experience in QA processes, methodologies, planning, and testing preferred.
• Demonstrated planning, analysis, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience testing web applications required.
• Experience with SQL and database validation testing, including select and join statements, preferred.
• Experience testing cloud and/or mobile applications.
• Hands‑on experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Experience with API testing and UI automation tools.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast‑paced environment.

EOE M/F/Disabled/VET

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please email at [e-mail] for assistance.

Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

United States Base Compensation: $81,000.00 - $101,000.00

The posted pay range for this position is an estimate based on current market data and internal pay structure. Final compensation may vary above or below this range depending on factors such as experience, education (including licensure and certifications), qualifications, performance, and geographic location, among other relevant business or organizational needs.

Azenta is a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and multiomics services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally. We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally. As a global leader in R&D multiomics services, Azenta Life Sciences, leads the way in providing superior data quality with unparalleled technical support to enable researchers around the world to advance their scientific discoveries faster than ever before.