Business Analyst/QA Analyst

Position Description:Repost of 94625, open to previously submitted resources if they are still available and interested. - See attachments for feedback from the last posting. - Remote for now and then on-site to the extent that we support on-site work (we are 100% remote now and anticipate 1 day every other week in future). Any non local submissions must be willing to relocate. Strongly prefer local resources. Description of Duties: 50% - Develop test plans/scenarios/cases/scripts to ensure appropriate test coverage. Provide direction to developers to implement solutions per requirements. Execute testing based upon documented test cases/scripts and ensure applications tested meet customer defined business requirements per documented user acceptance criteria. Conduct user acceptance testing with end users to ensure implemented solution meets expectations. Document and track software defects as well as issues with performance and usability. 30% - Identify, evaluate, and document business needs and objectives, operational processes and procedures, problems and requirements. Understand the business case, and gaps in documented business process (as is vs. to be). Perform requirements elicitation/documentation/management, as well as use case documentation (standard, alternate, and error) to assist developers in creation of solutions to meet business objectives. Leverage understanding to document meaningful user acceptance criteria for user stories. Capable of facilitating communication between stakeholders from all levels of the organization while objectively identifying and resolving conflict. 20% - Identify and document processes and procedures related to Business Analysis and Quality Assurance standards, including opportunities for improvement. Prepare release documentation in advance of production deployment. Identify candidates for test automation, document test flow and data requirements/dependencies, and implement using approved tools. Required Skills Windows Server Experience Intermediate SQL Server/Database Testing Experience (Tables/Views, Stored Procedures) Intermediate Test Strategy, Test Data Preparation/Management Experience Intermediate SDLC - Agile (Scrum, Kanban) Experience Intermediate STLC Agile Testing Experience Intermediate MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) Experience Nice-To-Have Skills Database Testing Experience (Indexes, Triggers, SQL Jobs) Business Intelligence, ETL, and Reporting Testing Experience (Tableau, SSIS, SSRS) Automation Testing Experience (UI Selenium; Web Services Postman, SoapUI; Load/performance Jmeter) Intermediate TFS/VSTS/Azure DevOps Experience (Agile lifecycle model, test/defect management)