[Hiring] Business Analyst / Functional Tester @Cardinal Technology Systems

Role Description

Cardinal Technology Systems Corp. is currently seeking a Business Analyst / Functional Tester to work for our company.

• Support business analysis, Agile project delivery, functional testing, and documentation activities for IT systems and software development initiatives.
• Work closely with stakeholders, product owners, developers, testers, and project teams to:
  • Gather requirements
  • Document business processes
  • Create user stories
  • Develop test cases
  • Support functional testing
  • Track defects
  • Ensure system functionality aligns with business and customer requirements
• Support Agile/Scrum project activities, including:
  • Backlog management
  • Sprint planning
  • User story development
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Defect tracking
  • Project documentation
• Use Jira to manage user stories, tasks, defects, sprint activities, project progress, and related documentation.
• Create, execute, and maintain functional test cases and test scripts to support:
  • System testing
  • Regression testing
  • User acceptance testing
  • Defect validation
• Prepare and maintain documentation such as:
  • Requirements documents
  • Process flows
  • Meeting notes
  • Test documentation
  • User guides
  • Standard operating procedures
  • Status updates

Qualifications

• Eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government PUBLIC TRUST / SECRET / TOP SECRET Clearance.
• 5–7+ years of relevant experience supporting IT systems, software development, system modernization, application enhancement, or enterprise technology projects.
• 5+ years of experience working as a Business Analyst, Functional Tester, Business Systems Analyst, QA Analyst, Scrum Master, or similar role supporting IT systems or software development projects.
• Must have experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business, functional, and system requirements.
• Must have experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, requirements documentation, and related project artifacts.
• Must have experience creating, executing, and maintaining functional test cases and test scripts.
• Must have experience supporting functional testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, and defect validation.
• Must have experience documenting defects, tracking issues, and coordinating with developers, testers, and business stakeholders to support resolution.
• Must have hands-on experience using Jira to manage user stories, tasks, defects, sprint activities, and project progress.
• Must have experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and supporting Scrum ceremonies.
• Must have experience preparing project documentation, requirements traceability matrices, test documentation, user guides, standard operating procedures, status updates, or similar documentation.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

Requirements

• Experience supporting business analysis, functional testing, Agile delivery, or software/system implementation projects is preferred.
• Scrum Master certification, Agile certification, or related project management certification is preferred.
• Experience supporting federal government IT projects is preferred.
• Experience with requirements traceability and mapping requirements to test cases is preferred.
• Experience supporting Oracle, ERP, financial systems, case management systems, or other enterprise applications is preferred.
• Experience with test management tools, automated testing tools, defect tracking tools, Confluence, SharePoint, Visio, ServiceNow, or Azure DevOps is preferred.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, metrics, business process flows, workflow diagrams, or system process documentation is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Paid Life
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave
• Semi-monthly pay cycle