Business/Test Analyst

Ask IT consulting; Hyattsville (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ask IT Consulting Inc. is seeking a senior IT Business Analyst to define and interpret business and customer needs, creating detailed requirements and leading SDLC activities.

You will drive QA artifacts, release readiness, and testing across teams, including conducting JAD sessions and design reviews. The role requires 10+ years in business analysis, strong communication, and hands-on experience with database systems and modeling techniques, supporting government or distributed systems is a

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in business analysis and UAT testing for large, complex projects.
• Experience in requirements analysis, workflow diagrams, and business process analysis.
• Proven ability to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret business and customer needs; create detailed requirements documents.
• Lead review and analysis of current and future business processes.
• Manage all SDLC phases with focus on validating business needs and testing.
• Produce QA artifacts, test plans, cases, and release readiness reports.
• Lead JAD sessions and design reviews to ensure alignment with user requirements.
• Create RTM and RTM gap analyses; track issues and resolutions.
• Coordinate change requests, LOE estimates, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Business analysis

SDLC

Requirements elicitation

UAT testing

QA artifacts

JAD sessions

RTM

Data modeling

SQL Server

Oracle

Visual FoxPro

Rational tooling

Prototyping

Use cases

Process modeling

Team leadership

Tools

IBM Rational Suite

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

Ask IT Consulting Inc. visualizes itself as a leader in IT services and staffing in coming years. With strong dedication and commitment of our employees, we would surpass all our competitors establishing the wider channel of media marketing building a better connection with clients.

Job Description

Analyzes, defines and interprets business and customer's business and technical needs, and creates detailed requirements document.
Leads and participates in the review, analysis, and evaluation of current and future business processes.
Leads and participates in all phases of the software development life cycle, with focus on defining the underlying business needs, documenting those needs, validating conceptual systems designs, and involves hands-on in comprehensive system and UAT testing.
Makes and maintains all QA testing related IT artifacts including test plans, test cases, test steps based on and beyond requirements, test metrics, test summary reports and release readiness reports, performs test data preparation, test execution, records defects in the tracking system and provides status and test completion reports.
Leads JAD sessions and design reviews in order to ensure design meets user requirements. Manages assigned enhancements, automations and implementations from concept through implementation.
Produces Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and RTM gap analysis reports.
Ensures all tests are conducted and documented according to standards.
Be responsible for overall success of testing, including results verification and releases.
Tracks and manages open issues and plans and works on resolution.
Analyzes change requests (CRs), fix descriptions as needed working with concerned stakeholders, provide the level of effort (LOE) estimates and timely status updates on business analysis and requirements development tasks.
Leads requirements elicitation, requirements walk through and scrum standup meetings attended by internal and external stakeholders. Attends and participates in team, review, status and all other meetings as needed.
Position Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship
Minimum Ten(10) years of experience in business analysis, making requirements and system and UAT testing in large, complex, and strategic projects.
Experience in business process analysis, requirements analysis, and workflow diagrams.
Proven ability to work independently and as a team.
Minimum of 4 years of demonstrated successful use of SDLC methodologies or demonstrated knowledge of business processes related to the business area supporting.
Working knowledge with testing client server applications, web applications, web services, security, performance, user interface, Sec.508 compliance.
Hands-on working experience in DB systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, Visual FoxPro.
Good understanding of web application and client/server architectures
Attention to detail and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to set priorities and handle multiple projects concurrently.
Extensive PC skills including Microsoft office tools such as Word, Excel, VISIO, Power Point and SharePoint.
Hands-on experience with CM and testing tools such as IBM Rational suite of tools
Experience in accurately modeling requirements using at least one if not more of the following: Functional Decomposition, Data Flow Diagrams, User Context Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Workflow modeling, Use Cases, Process Modeling, Prototyping
Demonstrated leadership skills including experience in coaching, mentoring.
Nice to Have:
Experience working in distributed systems
Experience working in Government projects

Additional Information

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