[Hiring] Senior Agile Business Analyst/Tester @Koniag Government Services, LLC

Role Description

Koniag Professional Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior Agile Business Analyst/Tester to support KPS and our government customer. The position is remote and requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.

The Senior Agile Business Analyst/Tester will manage and oversee complex technology initiatives from requirements definition through testing and implementation. This role requires a strong combination of technical knowledge, Agile business analysis, user story development, UAT testing, JIRA expertise, and program management support.

The individual will serve as a bridge between business stakeholders, product owners, developers, QA teams, and program leadership. Responsibilities include:

• Partnering with business stakeholders, Product Owners, technical teams, and program leadership to understand business objectives, processes, and technology needs.
• Eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and validating functional and technical requirements.
• Creating and maintaining epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, business requirements, process flows, and supporting documentation.
• Writing clear, detailed, and testable user stories that can be readily understood and implemented by development and QA teams.
• Collaborating with Product Owners and development teams to refine and prioritize the product backlog.
• Supporting Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
• Serving as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Developing and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategies, test scenarios, test cases, and validation plans.
• Coordinating UAT activities with business users, QA, development, and product teams.
• Validating that delivered functionality meets documented business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Identifying, documenting, prioritizing, and tracking blockers and defects through resolution.
• Using JIRA to manage requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, defects, tasks, sprint activities, and reporting.
• Analyzing technical issues and working collaboratively with developers and technical leads to understand root causes and determine appropriate solutions.
• Developing an understanding of applications, integrations, APIs, databases, data flows, environments, and system dependencies sufficient to effectively support technical delivery.
• Supporting end-to-end software development and implementation activities, including requirements, development, testing, release, and post-production support.
• Tracking project and program-level risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and action items.
• Providing program management support, including status reporting, milestone tracking, meeting coordination, RAID management, dependency tracking, and preparation of management-level updates.
• Coordinating activities across multiple teams and workstreams to support delivery schedules and program milestones.
• Assisting with release readiness activities and ensuring outstanding defects, requirements, and UAT issues are appropriately addressed.
• Identifying opportunities to improve business analysis, testing, Agile delivery, and program processes.
• Maintaining accurate project documentation and providing clear communication regarding requirements, testing status, risks, issues, and delivery progress.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, QA Analyst/Tester, or similar role within technology delivery environments.
• Substantial experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Demonstrated experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting business and technical requirements.
• Extensive experience writing user stories and detailed acceptance criteria.
• Strong hands-on experience with UAT planning coordination, execution, and defect management.
• Advanced experience with JIRA, including managing user stories, epics, tasks, defects, workflows, dashboards, and reports.
• Strong technical understanding of software applications, system integrations, APIs, databases, data flows, and SDLC processes.
• Experience working directly with software development and QA teams.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into clear, actionable technical requirements and test scenarios.
• Experience creating test cases, test scenarios, test scripts, and traceability between requirements and testing.
• Experience identifying, documenting, prioritizing, and tracking blockers and defects through resolution.
• Experience supporting program and project management activities, including risks, issues, dependencies, milestones, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across multiple teams and workstreams.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), PMI-PBA, or similar certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
• ISTQB, CSTE, or other software testing certification.
• Experience with Salesforce, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or comparable Agile/ALM tools, Power BI, Tableau.
• Experience working with APIs, SQL, data validation, or other technical analysis tools.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale technology transformation or modernization programs.
• Experience working with distributed or cross-functional technology teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Commuter benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Company Description

Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services, and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward-leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery.

We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities.