UAT Lead Analyst

Employment Enterprises; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K retirement plan

Medical and dental benefits

Flex spending account

Pet Insurance

Credit Union Membership

Sick Leave

Worker Advantage discount program

Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

Job summary

Employment Enterprises is seeking an UAT Lead Analyst for a full-time contract based in McLean, VA. The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams to validate that new solutions meet operational and quality standards.

You will translate business processes into test cases, scripts, and data templates, while facilitating walkthroughs, readiness reviews, and issue resolution. Proficiency with Jira/Confluence and MS 365 is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in UAT, software testing, business analysis, product support, or a similar role.
• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute user acceptance testing for new functionality with business and product teams.
• Translate business processes into clear UAT test cases, scripts, and validation checklists.

Skills

UAT experience

Test planning

Stakeholder management

Test data coordination

Jira & Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, computer science

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft 365

Job description

Our client is a major financial enterprise dedicated to supporting housing markets and promoting sustainable homeownership nationwide. The UAT Lead Analyst will coordinate user acceptance testing across business and product teams to validate solutions meet operational and quality expectations. This is a full time contract position, onsite, based in McLean, VA, paying $52 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and product teams to plan and execute user acceptance testing for new functionality
• Translate business process flows and scenarios into clear UAT test cases, scripts, validation checklists, and test data using standardized templates
• Facilitate UAT walkthroughs, testing sessions, and readiness reviews to align participants on objectives, dependencies, and expected outcomes
• Coordinate tester access, environment readiness, test data, job aids, and supporting documentation required for effective UAT execution
• Track defects, blockers, risks, and open questions; ensure issues are documented, prioritized, assigned, and driven to resolution
• Consolidate testing results, summarize trends, and communicate status, risks, and readiness concerns to stakeholders and leaders
• Identify opportunities to improve UAT processes, documentation standards, and cross-team collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, computer science, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• Experience in UAT, software testing, business analysis, product support, or a similar role
• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills, including handling conflicting feedback constructively
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence, including managing test activities, tracking progress, and documenting outcomes
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
• Preferred: familiarity with basic testing concepts (defect triage, test planning, execution coordination) and experience in mortgage or financial services environments

What We Offer

• 401K retirement plan
• Medical and dental benefits for qualifying professionals or Fixed Indemnity Health Benefits
• Flex spending account
• Pet Insurance
• Credit Union Membership
• Sick Leave available where mandated by law
• Worker Advantage discount program membership
• Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Employment Enterprises, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, assign, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, U.S. Veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.

Employment Enterprises, Inc is the parent company of Temporary Solutions, Inc. Temporary Solutions is a workforce solutions company based out of 10550 Linden Lake Plaza, Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20109. You can reach our recruiters about this job and more at 703-361-2220 or email [e-mail].

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