Senior Agile BA UAT Tester with Azure DevOps

Title: Senior Agile BA UAT Tester with Azure DevOps

Duration: 3+ Months

Location: Austin, Texas 78701. The working position is On Site.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Gather, analyze, and document user requirements, business processes, and system issues to support automation initiatives and improvements to existing applications. Elicit and document business needs for new system development and translate requirements into welldefined user stories.
• Create comprehensive user stories, define clear acceptance criteria, and conduct manual testing, including mobile application testing. Develop wireframes to support intuitive, usercentered design. Collaborate closely with stakeholders to validate requirements and gather feedback on solutions.
• Participate in or lead Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Provide guidance to development teams by answering questions on user stories and serving as the interface between the developers and stakeholders.
• Perform quality assurance (QA) reviews of user stories to ensure acceptance criteria, nonfunctional requirements, and overall readiness are fully met.
• Coordinate and guide User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with business stakeholders, ensuring timely signoff and documenting additional work items for backlog consideration.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation and assist in preparing proposals for new system enhancements.
• Provide consultation on application analysis, troubleshoot system issues, and recommend effective solutions.
• Adhere to all TDA policies and procedures.

STAFF BASELINE REQUIREMENTS:

• Attend scheduled meetings,
• Meet deadlines,
• Organize and manage assigned tasks,
• Work efficiently and effectively in performance of essential functions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• 8 Years of Required Agile methodologies, user story creation, working as part of an Agile team as a Business Analyst, participating in all Agile ceremonies, and leading Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, and Retrospective sessions.
• 8 Years of Required Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar.
• 8 Years of Required Performing highly complex (senior-level) business analysis work.
• 8 Years of Required Working under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
• 8 Years of Required Preforming quality assurance (QA) reviews of user stories to ensure acceptance criteria, nonfunctional requirements, and overall readiness are fully met.
• 8 Years of Required Coordinate and guide User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities with business stakeholders, ensuring timely sign off and documenting additional work items for backlog consideration.
• 8 Years of Required Identify opportunities to improve business processes through automation and help prepare proposals and/or wireframes to develop new systems.
• 8 Years of Required Consulting on the analysis of an application, troubleshoots system problems, and implements solutions.