DescriptionWe are open to supporting 100% remote work anywhere within the US. ICF is hiring a Quality Assurance Analyst to deliver new test functionality and support existing frameworks. This position requires strong deductive reasoning, attention to detail, persistence, patience, and creativity. The individual will work with our component, integration, internal development teams, and Business Analysts teams to analyze, build and maintain test frameworks and suites across all test phases. The individual also work with our business, development, and testing teams to analyze, build and maintain processes across the organization.The WorkYou will be part of an established team supporting our General Services Administration (GSA) client in Washington, DC. The ICF team at GSA performs custom software development to modernize the legacy platform into a cloud platform using modular design standards. The team works closely with clients and other contractors to ensure the performance and reliability of the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) public-facing, mission-critical applications.What you'll be doing:
Work with IT and business stakeholders to define the system requirements and design approach and write corresponding user stories and acceptance criteria
Create functional artifacts such as a data dictionary, roles matrix, or process diagram
Coordinate with developers and testers to ensure a shared understanding of business requirements
Obtain clarifications from product owners and other stakeholders as needed
Develop an understanding of the client processes and procedures and recommend improvements to the end user experience
Write test plans and test cases for all user stories
Perform functional and regression testing within sprints
Perform smoke testing and integration testing of applications after deployments
Support automated testing by writing test scripts using the Gherkin syntax
Ensure all pages meet 508 compliance requirements using WAVE, AMP, and JAWS
What you must have:
Bachelor’s degree and 1 or more years of work experience as a business analyst/tester OR 5 or more years of work experience (with no degree requirement)
1 or more years of experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria
1 or more years of experience facilitating requirements gathering meetings with clients and end users
1 or more years of experience testing and logging defects, and working with developers to ensure defects are appropriately resolved
US Citizenship or Green Card Holder required (required by federal government for this position)
What we'd like you to have:
Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) including recent successful experience with agile methodologies (scrum)
Ability to push creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and client mindsets
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to communicate difficult sensitive information tactfully
Strong analytical, organizational and product management skills
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