IA-DOM-DOIT SDP4 Application Product Analyst/Tester

About the role

The Iowa Department of Management (DOM) is seeking an Application Product Analyst/Tester to join their systems team. This position will test applications supporting Child Welfare, Child Care Assistance, Food Assistance, Family Investment Program, Medicaid, and Child Support.

Responsibilities

• Test applications to verify against specifications and validate product feature concepts for future and current requirements using manual testing processes and automated regression testing suites.
• Create master data test plans.
• Write scripts for automated regression testing.
• Create and maintain testing data/regions.
• Maintain documentation in study library or tools provided for knowledge management and future benchmarking.
• Assist in business process redesign initiatives; evaluate how system enhancements can improve process flow and business functionality.
• Collaborate with system development and client-facing teams to clarify requirements and translate them into actionable product features.
• Engage with technical teams and SMEs to clarify and refine business requirements.
• Perform various types of testing, including user acceptance, functional, regression, and usability testing.
• Validate “to-be” processes during documentation updates and ensure accurate reflection of business process changes.
• Interpret business requirements and system documentation; contribute to end-user documentation and knowledge libraries.
• Work closely with quality assurance and development teams to ensure accurate migration of changes into production environments.

Requirements

• Experience working on multi-million-dollar projects in large enterprise environments.
• Experience writing master data test plans.
• Ability to review both business and technical documentation.
• Ability to independently schedule UAT tasks and risk-based testing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Extracting and documenting business rules embedded in third-party utilities and other data manipulation products, both in business and functional aspects.
• Able to accurately prepare written correspondence that is coherent, grammatically correct, effective, professional, and engaging.
• Demonstrated ability of high levels of interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability of self-motivation, self-direction, and ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use third-party tools and system utilities.
• Visualize and propose solutions that cross multiple platforms.