Senior QA Analyst

V Group Inc.; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

V Group Inc. is recruiting a Senior UAT & Business Analyst for the State of Georgia DECAL project. Georgia‑local candidates only, with remote work and quarterly onsite requirements.

The senior BA will lead UAT, define test strategies, and coordinate QA across CAPS systems for a 12+ month engagement. The role blends hands‑on BA work with UAT leadership, requiring strong experience in test automation, regression, data validation, and collaboration with vendors and end users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in QA/UAT/BA roles supporting enterprise systems.
• Experience with test automation strategy and transitioning manual tests.
• Proficient in developing test scenarios, scripts, and execution plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead UAT activities and test strategy development across CAPS systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, SMEs, BSOs, vendors, and project managers.
• Perform both BA and UAT responsibilities as needed.
• Develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test scripts.
• Coordinate defect lifecycle and release readiness activities.
• Track testing metrics, risks, and progress for leadership.
• Drive regression test optimization and automation initiatives.
• Support post-implementation validation and QA best practices.

Skills

QA/UAT/BA roles

Test automation

Test strategies

Automation tools

Test management tools

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

TestComplete

Power Automate

UFT

Jira

Azure DevOps

Smartsheet

Job description

Direct End Client: State of Georgia – Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL)

Job Title: Senior UAT & Business Analyst

Duration: 12+ Months

Location: Georgia – Local Candidates Only; Remote with minimum quarterly onsite requirement

Interview Type: Not Provided

Ceipal ID: SGA_QA505_PT

Job Code: 810505

Scope of Project

The Child and Protective Care Services division (CAPS) Senior UAT & Business Analyst reports to the CAPS Sr. Manager of Technical Solutions. Under broad supervision, this role is responsible for leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test strategy development, business analysis activities, and quality assurance coordination across CAPS systems and related enterprise applications.

This position serves as a senior-level quality and business analysis resource responsible for ensuring systems, data, integrations, reporting solutions, and business processes meet business requirements, Federal/State policy standards, and operational expectations. This role bridges the gap between business stakeholders, SMEs, Business System Owners (BSOs), developers, vendors, and testing teams to ensure successful solution delivery and release readiness.

The ideal candidate is a highly skilled and versatile professional with strong expertise in manual and automated testing, test strategy development, regression suite optimization, defect management, business process analysis, and requirements management. This role requires the ability to operate both strategically and hands‑on, shifting between UAT leadership responsibilities and Business Analyst functions based on project and operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Joint Application Requirements (JAR) and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions for assigned Change Requests (CRs) and Maintenance & Operations (M&O) initiatives to support requirements gathering, solution validation, and testing readiness.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Business System Owners (BSOs), vendors, technical teams, and project managers to analyze, document, refine, and validate business and functional requirements.
• Serve as an individual contributor performing both Business Analyst and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) responsibilities based on project, operational, and organizational needs.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive UAT strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and testing approaches aligned with business objectives, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and project timelines.
• Review business requirements, functional specifications, system designs, interface documentation, and business workflows to ensure complete and risk‑based test coverage.
• Create, execute, and maintain manual and automated test scripts for functional, integration, regression, end‑to‑end, data validation, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Lead and coordinate UAT activities across assigned projects, including test execution, issue tracking, test evidence documentation, business validation, and release readiness support.
• Partner with vendors responsible for Unit Testing and System Integration Testing (SIT) to improve testing alignment, strengthen overall quality coverage, and reduce duplicate testing efforts between SIT and UAT processes.
• Collaborate with project managers, testing teams, business users, and external partners to manage testing timelines, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and implementation of readiness activities.
• Facilitate requirements of walkthroughs, knowledge‑sharing sessions, and testing reviews to ensure a clear understanding of business expectations, system functionality, and testing objectives.
• Manage the full defect lifecycle including defect identification, logging, triage, prioritization, escalation, retesting, resolution validation, and status reporting utilizing approved enterprise testing and defect management tools.
• Track, analyze, and communicate testing metrics, execution progress, defect trends, test coverage, quality risks, and UAT results to leadership, stakeholders, and project teams.
• Analyze, review, refine, and enhance existing regression test suites to improve testing efficiency, business‑process validation, and overall regression coverage across CAPS systems.
• Lead test automation initiatives by developing automation strategies, identifying automation opportunities, recommending appropriate frameworks and tools, and implementing automated regression testing solutions to reduce manual testing effort and improve quality outcomes.
• Support post‑implementation validation, production issue analysis, continuous process improvement initiatives, QA/UAT best practices, and additional CAPS Program Administration activities as assigned.

Required/Preferred Skills

• Quality Assurance (QA), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and/or Business Analysis roles supporting enterprise systems — Required — 5 years
• Test automation, including automation strategy development and transitioning manual testing processes — Required — 3 years
• Developing test strategies, test cases, test scripts, and executing functional, regression, integration, end‑to‑end, and UAT testing — Required — 3 year
• Experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestComplete, Power Automate, UFT, or similar technologies — Required — 3 years
• Hands‑on experience with QA and test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or similar platforms — Required — 3 years

Preferred

• Experience working with data systems and automated business processes.
• Experience creating or using systems for automated testing.
• Experience organizing and analyzing data to inform decision making.
• Knowledge of Georgia Gateway Integrated Eligibility System.
• Knowledge of system development and configuration.
• Advanced skills in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Familiarity with data warehousing, ETL processes, or data pipelines