- Role: User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Analyst
- Hybrid Role in Vienna, VA
- JD:
- Description
- Seeking a contractor to provide User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support for system updates, planned releases, issue resolution efforts, and business initiatives. This role is responsible for helping ensure that business requirements are met and that system changes function as expected before implementation.
- The contractor will work closely with business partners, project teams, and stakeholders to review requirements, create and execute high-quality UAT test cases, document results, identify issues, and validate resolutions. A key responsibility of this role is to ensure that test cases are comprehensive, repeatable, and designed to support future automation efforts. The contractor will help establish and maintain testing documentation that meets quality standards and enables efficient transition to automated testing where appropriate.
- The position plays a critical role in maintaining quality standards, reducing operational risk, improving testing efficiency, and supporting the successful delivery of business initiatives. By validating business requirements, creating high-quality test cases, and ensuring automation readiness, the contractor will help improve release readiness, increase test coverage, and support successful business outcomes.
- Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain high-quality User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans, test cases, test scripts, and supporting documentation.
- Create comprehensive, repeatable, and well-structured test cases that align with business requirements and support future automation efforts.
- Ensure test cases are automation-ready by following established standards, maintaining clear test steps, expected results, and reusable test assets.
- Review and validate business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure complete testing coverage.
- Execute testing activities for system updates, enhancements, defect resolutions, releases, and business initiatives.
- Identify, document, track, and validate issues discovered during testing.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, and project teams to resolve testing-related issues and ensure requirements are met.
- Evaluate testing processes and identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and automation readiness.
- Support testing efforts across multiple initiatives and prioritize activities to meet project timelines and delivery commitments.
- Provide regular testing status updates, risk assessments, and recommendations to project stakeholders.
- Support release readiness activities, including pre-implementation validation and post-implementation verification.
- Participate in issue triage, root cause discussions, and resolution reviews.
- Maintain testing documentation, evidence, and audit artifacts in accordance with compliance, governance, and organizational standards.
- Ensure testing deliverables meet quality expectations and support successful implementation of business solutions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by promoting testing best practices and helping establish consistent standards for UAT and automation-ready test design.
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of User Acceptance Testing (UAT), quality assurance, or business validation experience.
- Proven experience developing high-quality UAT test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test scenarios.
- Experience reviewing and validating business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure complete test coverage.
- Demonstrated ability to create well-structured, reusable, and automation-ready test cases that support future automated testing efforts.
- Experience executing functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Experience documenting test results, defects, risks, and recommendations for resolution.
- Experience working in Agile and project-based environments supporting multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Experience using test management and defect tracking tools.
- Automation-Focused Requirements
- Understanding of automated testing concepts and best practices.
- Experience designing test cases with automation readiness in mind, including maintaining consistent test data, clear expected results, and repeatable steps.
- Ability to identify opportunities for automation and collaborate with automation teams to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
- Experience ensuring testing documentation and test assets meet standards required for automated execution.
- Required Soft Skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Strong collaboration and partnership skills when working with business stakeholders, product owners, and project teams.
- Ability to communicate testing status, risks, issues, and recommendations effectively to stakeholders.
- Adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Desired Skills
- Experience supporting fraud prevention, fraud operations, risk management, or financial services organizations.
- Experience working with automation testing tools and frameworks.
- Knowledge of test case design techniques and testing best practices.
- Experience preparing and maintaining automation-ready testing assets.
- Familiarity with continuous testing and quality management processes.
- Experience supporting complex system implementations and production releases.
- Experience with compliance, audit, and governance requirements related to testing activities.
- Ability to mentor team members on UAT best practices and quality test case development.
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