GDOT Jr. QA Analyst

Title: Junior QA Analyst Software Testing & Quality Assurance

Location: Hybrid - Atlanta GA

Duration: Contract Full-Time 13-Month Contract

Job Description: We are hiring a Junior QA Analyst / Junior Quality Assurance Tester to support full test lifecycle execution across a large-scale government IT environment. This QA Analyst role involves manual testing UAT facilitation defect management and Agile-based quality assurance across custom applications and GIS components.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Create document and execute test plans and manual test scripts; analyze results and report defects and anomalies through the lens of business end users
• Support UAT scenario development alongside business subject matter experts and business analysts and facilitate UAT activities with end users
• Collaborate with PMO business partners and vendor technical delivery teams to understand and validate business requirements against system behavior
• Perform system testing regression testing performance testing security testing and post-go-live validation across custom applications
• Document Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirm application readiness for UAT
• Participate in defect triage meetings and sprint demos; report weekly testing status to the QA Testing Lead
• Identify bottlenecks and risks in testing timelines and communicate proactively to management
• Test GIS components and support quality assurance across mid-to-large-scale software development projects

Skills:

• Quality assurance / QA testing / software quality assurance
• Manual testing / automated testing / test script execution
• Test plan creation / test case documentation / test results evaluation
• UAT facilitation / user acceptance testing / UAT instruction preparation
• Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) documentation
• Defect management tools / defect triage
• Agile methodology / Scrum / SDLC
• System testing / regression testing / performance testing / load testing / security testing / parallel testing / post-go-live validation
• GIS component testing / custom application testing
• GitHub / ServiceNow
• Cross-functional team collaboration / stakeholder communication
• Mobile device testing (a plus)
• Public sector experience (a plus)
• CAST / CSTE / CSQA / CMSQ certification (preferred)

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Business or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• 3 5 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing
• Experience on mid-scale or large-scale system development projects
• Ability to review and analyze system specifications business requirements and design documents
• Strong verbal written and cross-functional communication skills