Business & Quality Assurance Analyst - EF140

Title: Business & Quality Assurance Analyst - EF140

State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist III

Hiring Range: $86,500 - $94,500

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Department of General Services

Location: Monroe Building

Agency Website: https://dgs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Department of General Services (DGS) is looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Business QA Analyst to support our mission of service excellence across the Commonwealth of Virginia. This role is ideal for a motivated professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoys solving complex business problems with technical solutions.

Reporting to the BA/QA Manager, the Business QA Analyst serves as a key liaison between the Information Systems & Services (ISS) division and business units. The role involves analyzing business workflows, supporting system improvements, documenting requirements, and performing software testing. You’ll help ensure system upgrades, enhancements, and data-driven improvements meet both technical and business needs. Primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a liaison between ISS and business units to gather requirements and support system solutions.
• Analyze current business processes and identify improvements or system enhancements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including requirements, workflows, and test plans.
• Develop and execute test scripts for system upgrades, patches, and new feature rollouts.
• Participate in system refreshes, upgrades, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Support disaster recovery planning and ensure systems stay compatible with modern technologies.
• Respond to end-user requests for corrections, enhancements, or assistance.
• Coordinate production modifications and document results.
• Ensure compliance with administrative policies and procedures.
• Provide ongoing support through effective documentation for user, operational, and project needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience working as a Business Analyst in fields such as HR, Finance, Procurement, Real Estate, Facilities Management, or Laboratory Science.
• Applied knowledge and experience with change control and release management processes.
• Experience with requirement elicitation for software systems and applications using interviews, document analysis, observation, or similar methods.
• Experience in system and business documentation such as process and data flow diagrams, user and functional requirement documents, and business cases.
• Experience creating and executing test plans and conducting manual and/or automated testing to include system, regression, and QA testing.
• Demonstrated experience conducting gap analysis to identify differences between as is and to-be states of business processes and system functionality.
• Experience with data mapping, data integration, or working with structured data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to work with technical and non-technical staff.
• Proficient with MS Office products including Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Experience creating training documentation and conducting training sessions for technical staff or end users.
  
  

Additional Considerations

• Ability to use SQL to write queries
• Experience with one or more of the following applications – LIMS, eVA, Peoplesoft Finance, Asset works
• Experience with Gemini/Dev Ops, or other issue tracking/testing software
  

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