About this Business Analyst - QA Tester role at A-TEK Inc.
Empower, Innovate, Impact! At Team A-TEK, we EMPOWER people to drive INNOVATION that IMPACTS mission!
A-TEK operates at the intersection of mission and innovation by applying our deep domain expertise across the federal markets. Embracing our digital-first strategy, A-TEK provides enhanced capabilities in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. Our solutions are designed to modernize, automate, secure, protect, and enhance the operations of our federal clients, ensuring they stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Our work is fueled by a passion to serve our clients’ needs and to protect the safety and welfare of Americans. That passion shapes how we nurture our most valuable asset – Our Employees. A-TEK actively cultivates the talent that drives our success and fosters a creative, challenging, and mission-driven work environment for current and future employees.
The Business Analyst / QA Lead serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the technical delivery team while leading quality assurance activities throughout the software development lifecycle. This position is responsible for eliciting and documenting business requirements, managing the Agile product backlog, coordinating user acceptance testing, validating solution quality, and ensuring software releases meet business, technical, accessibility, and security requirements.
The Business Analyst / QA Lead collaborates closely with project leadership, software developers, and stakeholders to support the development, enhancement, modernization, and maintenance of enterprise business applications utilizing Agile methodologies. This is a hybrid position based in Washington, DC.
Key Responsibilities
Business Analysis
- Lead requirements elicitation through stakeholder interviews, workshops, and business process analysis.
- Analyze existing business processes and identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
- Develop business, functional, and non-functional requirements.
- Create Epics, Features, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and process documentation.
- Maintain and prioritize the Agile product backlog.
- Facilitate backlog refinement, sprint planning, and requirements review sessions.
- Develop workflow diagrams, process maps, and business process documentation.
Quality Assurance
- Develop test strategies, test plans, and test cases.
- Coordinate functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
- Validate software functionality against business requirements.
- Track software defects through resolution.
- Verify production readiness prior to software releases.
- Support release planning and post-release validation.
Documentation & Compliance
- Prepare business requirements documents, user guides, standard operating procedures, and technical documentation.
- Maintain requirements traceability throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Validate Section 508 accessibility compliance.
- Support documentation required for security and operational readiness.
Stakeholder Support
- Serve as the primary functional interface between business users and the development team.
- Facilitate meetings and communicate project status.
- Support demonstrations, training sessions, and end-user adoption activities.
- Assist with change management and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience performing business analysis for enterprise information systems.
- Minimum of three (3) years supporting Agile software development projects.
- Experience developing business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience supporting software testing and User Acceptance Testing.
- Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Tier 2 (Moderate Risk) Background Investigation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
- PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
- Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform
- Experience supporting Microsoft 365 applications
- Experience supporting Federal Government IT programs
Desired Competencies
- Business process analysis
- Requirements management
- Agile backlog management
- User story development
- Acceptance criteria development
- Test planning and execution
- Defect management
- User Acceptance Testing
- Section 508 validation
- Technical documentation
- Stakeholder facilitation
- Strong analytical and communication skills
Compensation
Salary Range: $115,000 – $125,000 annually (commensurate with experience)
Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) with employer match; paid time off; professional development opportunities.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on healthcare data processes that support critical regulatory functions. You will collaborate with dedicated professionals, work on meaningful projects, and contribute to improvements in public health systems.
Candidates may use tools (including AI) for proofreading or formatting; however, using any tool to fabricate, exaggerate, or misrepresent qualifications, experience, or work product is not permitted. We may assess application materials for job-related technical depth, internal consistency, and demonstrated hands-on experience, including through follow-up questions, skills assessments, or reference checks. Verification of education may be requested before or during the hiring process.
For security and identity verification purposes, participants may be asked to temporarily disable virtual backgrounds during portions of the call.
Misrepresentation or falsification may result in removal from further consideration. Candidates who need a reasonable accommodation in the application or interview process may request one.
A-TEK, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected Veteran status.
