Senior IT Systems Tester / Business Analyst

Job Title: Senior IT Systems Tester / Business Analyst

Location with zip code: Arlington, VA (22204)

Duration: Full Time

Clearance Required: Secret

Job Description:

• We are seeking a senior-level hybrid IT Systems Tester / Business Analyst to support a fast-paced, high-performing federal contract team operating in an Agile environment. This position blends functional application testing (including regression testing) with business analysis responsibilities such as requirements gathering, workflow mapping, and mockup creation. This is a senior role: the candidate is expected to work independently with minimal oversight, exercise sound judgment on ambiguous requirements, and serve as a key point of contact between users, stakeholders, and the technical team.
• The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable working directly with end users and stakeholders, and able to translate business needs into clear, testable requirements while also validating that delivered functionality meets those needs. Candidates must be comfortable working with GitHub and Azure DevOps for source control, work item tracking, and sprint management, and must hold an active Secret clearance.
• This role requires full-time onsite presence at either our Merrifield, VA or Arlington, VA location and is well suited for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and tight delivery timelines.

Role & Responsibilities:

Testing:

• Design, execute, and document functional test cases for new features, enhancements, and bug fixes
• Perform regression testing to ensure existing functionality remains intact across releases
• Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) support, including coordinating test cycles with end users
• Identify, log, track, and verify resolution of defects using the team's issue tracking system
• Validate application behavior against documented requirements and acceptance criteria
• Support test planning, including test case development and traceability to requirements

Business Analysis:

• Elicit, document, and refine business and functional requirements through direct engagement with users and stakeholders
• Translate stakeholder needs into clear user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria
• Create wireframes, mockups, and workflow diagrams to communicate proposed solutions and current-state/future-state processes
• Facilitate requirements sessions, walkthroughs, and demos with users and technical staff
• Maintain requirements documentation and ensure alignment between business needs and development output
• Bridge communication between technical teams (developers, engineers) and non-technical stakeholders

Team Collaboration & Leadership:

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming/refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives)
• Manage and track work items, test cases, and defects using Azure DevOps boards and sprint backlogs
• Communicate testing status, risks, and blockers clearly and proactively to the team and leadership
• Collaborate closely with developers to clarify requirements and reproduce/troubleshoot defects
• Independently drive requirements and testing efforts on ambiguous or complex initiatives with limited direction
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for testing and requirements questions

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a combined or overlapping role involving software/application testing and business analysis
• Demonstrated experience with functional, regression, and UAT testing methodologies, including ownership of test strategy and planning
• Proven experience gathering and documenting requirements (user stories, use cases, functional specs) directly with stakeholders, including on complex or ambiguous initiatives
• Experience creating mockups or wireframes (tools such as Figma, Balsamiq, Visio, or similar)
• Experience developing or documenting process/workflow diagrams
• Solid experience working within an Agile/Scrum environment, including familiarity with sprint cycles, backlog management, and ceremonies
• Hands-on comfort with Azure DevOps and GitHub tracking tools (work item tracking, boards, sprint backlogs, test plans)
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise judgment, and manage competing priorities with minimal oversight
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work directly with end users and represent the team in stakeholder discussions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of SQL for data validation during testing
• Basic understanding of application architecture, APIs, or system integrations sufficient to support technical discussions
• Experience supporting a federal government client or contract environment
• Experience with defect tracking and requirements traceability matrices (RTMs).

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.

Recognized among Best Company to Work For by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated. 22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.