Data Governance & QA Analyst — Hybrid

California Franchise Tax Board; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

California Franchise Tax Board is seeking a Data Governance Analyst Specialist to join the IT department in a fast-paced environment. You will test and implement software applications, analyze business and technical requirements, and translate them into robust test cases while tracking defects.

You may lead in a technical capacity and collaborate with IT partners to deliver quality system changes. The role emphasizes test planning, documenting specifications, and ensuring compliance with SDLC

Qualifications

• Experience in testing reports and dashboards.
• Experience analyzing design documentation and requirements; identifying gaps in design and business requirements.
• Experience writing and executing test scripts and completing follow-up results documentation.
• Experience with testing tax systems or similar integrated applications.
• Experience using testing tools.
• Experience in and demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing assignments and priorities and work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of FTB's organizational structure, business program areas, technology architecture, tax systems, applications, processes, and/or functions.
• Knowledge of data reporting techniques, such as data tables, graphs, charts, and statistical methods.
• Experience planning, organizing, and managing multiple simultaneous workloads, priorities and/or deliverables.
• Facilitating meetings with technical and non-technical staff.
• Experience developing system documentation such as requirements, specifications, presentations, policies, procedures, graphical diagrams, mock-ups, test cases, scripts and/or training materials.
• Experience working within the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including requirements gathering & analysis, testing, training, implementation, and working with partners in analysis, development, and test.
• Experience researching and troubleshooting technical issues, identifying and recommending potential solutions.
• Experience writing and executing Structured Query Language (SQL) queries to identify specific data conditions.
• Experience with data reporting software tools such as Tableau, Business Objects, and Pega Real-Time Reports.

Responsibilities

• The Data Governance Analyst tests and implements software to meet business needs.
• Analyzes requirements and translates them into test case scenarios.
• Performs quality assurance activities related to system test scripts and defect tracking.
• Generates decision documents and conducts independent research to propose cost-effective solutions.
• Collaborates with IT partners and management to troubleshoot defects and implement changes.
• May lead technical or workload tasks and coordinate with team members.

Skills

Test dashboards

Requirements analysis

Test scripting

SQL queries

Data reporting

SDLC experience

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Communication skills

On-call support

Tools

Tableau

Business Objects

Pega

Job description

California Franchise Tax Board is seeking a Data Governance Analyst Specialist to join the IT department in a fast-paced environment. You will test and implement software applications, analyze business and technical requirements, and translate them into robust test cases while tracking defects.

You may lead in a technical capacity and collaborate with IT partners to deliver quality system changes. The role emphasizes test planning, documenting specifications, and ensuring compliance with SDLC