Senior UAT & Business Analyst

Position Summary

The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) is seeking a Senior UAT & Business Analyst to support the Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) division. Reporting to the CAPS Senior Manager of Technical Solutions, this role serves as a senior-level resource responsible for User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Quality Assurance (QA), Business Analysis, Requirements Management, and Release Readiness activities across enterprise applications and integrated systems.

Key Responsibilities

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) & Quality Assurance
• Develop and maintain comprehensive UAT strategies, testing approaches, test plans, and test scenarios.
• Create and execute manual and automated test scripts for:
• Functional Testing
• Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• End-to-End Testing
• Data Validation Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Lead and coordinate UAT execution activities across projects and operational initiatives.
• Review requirements, system designs, interfaces, and workflows to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Manage the complete defect lifecycle including:
• Identification
• Logging
• Triage
• Prioritization
• Escalation
• Retesting
• Resolution
• Track and report testing metrics, defect trends, test coverage, execution progress, and quality risks.
• Support post-production validation and production issue analysis.
• Business Analysis & Requirements Management
• Participate in Joint Application Requirements (JAR) and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions.
• Gather, analyze, validate, and document business and functional requirements.
• Collaborate with SMEs, Business System Owners (BSOs), vendors, project managers, and technical teams.
• Develop user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, and business process documentation.
• Facilitate requirements walkthroughs, knowledge-sharing sessions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Translate business requirements into testable scenarios and validation criteria.
• Test Automation & Continuous Improvement
• Lead test automation initiatives and identify opportunities to reduce manual testing efforts.
• Develop automation strategies and roadmap recommendations.
• Implement and maintain automated regression testing solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend testing frameworks, methodologies, and automation tools.
• Improve regression coverage and testing effectiveness across CAPS systems.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Program Support
• Partner with vendors performing Unit Testing and System Integration Testing (SIT).
• Cook up testing schedules, dependencies, risks, and release readiness activities.
• Support business users throughout testing, implementation, and adoption phases.
• Provide status reporting and executive updates on testing activities and quality outcomes.
• Support continuous process improvement and enterprise quality assurance initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline; equivalent experience accepted.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in:
• Quality Assurance (QA)
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Business Analysis
• Enterprise Application Support
• Minimum 3 years of experience in:
• Test Automation
• Test Automation Strategy Development
• Automated Testing Frameworks
• Strong experience developing:
• Test Strategies
• Test Plans
• Test Cases
• Test Scripts
• UAT Documentation
• Experience analyzing:
• Business Requirements
• Functional Requirements
• Use Cases
• User Stories
• Experience with:
• Data Validation
• Data Reconciliation
• Enterprise Application Testing
• Reporting Validation
• Hands-on experience with:
• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Smartsheet
• Similar QA/Test Management Platforms
• Experience with automation tools such as:
• Selenium
• Playwright
• Cypress
• TestComplete
• Power Automate
• UFT
• Experience with:
• Power BI
• Microsoft Fabric
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with automated business processes and enterprise data systems.
• Experience supporting Georgia Gateway Integrated Eligibility System.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with:
• Data Warehousing
• ETL Processes
• Data Pipelines
• Experience with system configuration and implementation support.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Experience working in government, human services, eligibility, or benefits environments.

Preferred Certifications

• CBAP
• PMI-PBA
• ISTQB Certified Tester
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

About Varmoda

Varmoda is a federal IT solutions provider founded in 2020 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, delivering citizen-centric public services across Financial Assistance, Public Benefits, and Security & Defense domains. Our five-layer architecture — Salesforce (Engagement), Databricks (Data), ServiceNow (Orchestration), Pega (Decisioning), and Oracle HR (Capacity) — puts data at the common thread of every solution we build for federal agencies and the citizens they serve. Varmoda holds CMMI Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001, ISO 20000, and ISO 27001 certifications, and is recognized as a V3 veteran-friendly employer.

Why Varmoda

• Growth opportunity within a fast-scaling federal IT firm
• Direct impact on citizen-facing federal programs
• Competitive benefits including 401k, health insurance, Paid Time Off, Life Insurance and others — customize per role/location
• Veteran-friendly (V3) workplace culture
• Equal Employment Opportunity