Mapping Communication Documentation Analyst

COOLSOFT; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

COOLSOFT in Richmond, VA seeks a Mapping Communication Documentation Analyst for a contract role. You will lead requirements elicitation, document business needs, and ensure alignment with SDLC and agile practices during design and development meetings. Start date is 11/02/2026 with an 8-month engagement and end date 06/30/2027.

The role emphasizes analyzing mapping and communication documentation, performing manual testing, and creating testing plans to verify requirements meet specs.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, SDLC, and agile methodologies such as Scrum.
• Experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources for complex documents.

Responsibilities

• Conduces project initiation activities to identify problems and objectives related to computer applications.
• Documents requirements for new applications or enhancements and ensures they meet agency standards.
• Produces SDLC compliant Requirements Definition documents with clear, complete requirements in a timely manner.
• Attends design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements.

Skills

Agile Applications Development

System Analysis

Mapping

Communication Documentation

Job description

Mapping Communication Documentation Analyst

(Jobs in Richmond, VA)

Requirement id 159381

Job title Analyst

Job location in Richmond, VA

Skills required Agile Applications Development, System Analysis, Mapping, Communication Documentation

Open Date 21-Oct-2026

Close Date

Job type Contract

Duration 8 Months

Compensation DOE

Status requirement ---

Job interview type ---

Job Description Analyst: Agile Applications Development, System Analysis, Mapping, Communication Documentation

Start date: 11/02/2026

End Date : 06/30/2027

Submission deadline: 10/27/2026

Client Info: VDACS

Note:

• *Hybrid
• *In Person Only
• *Candidates must be located in Virginia, preferably within Richmond or surrounding areas.

Description:

• Conducts project initiation activities to identify new problems and objectives related to computer applications and identifies issues to be addressed in the Requirements Definition Phase.
• Conducts requirements elicitation and documentation for new applications or enhancements to current applications.
• Works with business and Information Systems staff to determine needs and produce an SDLC compliant Requirements Definition document that completely and clearly defines the requirements within the established time frame.
• Ensures documented requirements are clear, concise, complete, and meet established agency guidelines and standards.
• Assists with the development of applicable processes and templates as needed and directed by project leadership to ensure documentation is in a standard, easy to use, and repeatable format.
• Attends application design and development scrum meetings to represent business needs and requirements during design and development processes.
• Write and execute system test plans to verify the system meets all documented requirements.
• Perform manual testing on web applications and verify successful completion of test plans.
• Create testing plans to confirm that application meets requirements and design specifications.
• Document bugs and application insufficiencies with sufficient information to allow a developer to reproduce issues so they can be corrected.
• Assist with the development of user testing scripts for User Acceptance Testing.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Extensive experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, system development life cycle, and agile application development methodologies such as Scrum.
• Extensive experience defining and documenting user requirements from multiple sources, with the ability to prepare complex documents to effectively relay these requirements to both business users and developers.
• Extensive experience supporting application development, maintenance, and implementation, systems analysis and design, and business process improvement.
• Extensive experience defining and documenting business processes and mapping or developing processes in a new system.
• Experience manually performing testing on a web application.
• Considerable experience in testing complex systems to determine that business needs are met.
• Ability to write and execute test plans and scripts according to identified standards.
• Experience conducting meetings and documenting project decisions.
• Ability to identify and document bugs or insufficiencies in a web application.
• Ability to successfully participate in a development team, help foster a team environment, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Familiarity with web application software development projects using .Net.
• Familiarity with documenting requirements in Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

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