Senior QA Analyst - Locals Only

##### **Job Summary** Under broad supervision, will provide adequate testing feedback to ensure enhancements and changes are operating effectively within the testing environment for the Dept. of Early Care \& Learning (DECAL). Agency: Dept. of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) **Local Candidates only** **Work Schedule: 8 to 5 Mon thru Fri; Remote but at minimum once a quarter, but more frequently as needed based on project needs.** The Child and Protective Care Services division (CAPS) Senior UAT \& Business Analyst reports to the CAPS Sr. Manager of Technical Solutions. Under broad supervision, this role is responsible for leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test strategy development, business analysis activities, and quality assurance coordination across CAPS systems and related enterprise applications. This position serves as a senior\-level quality and business analysis resource responsible for ensuring systems, data, integrations, reporting solutions, and business processes meet business requirements, Federal/State policy standards, and operational expectations. This role bridges the gap between business stakeholders, SMEs, Business System Owners (BSOs), developers, vendors, and testing teams to ensure successful solution delivery and release readiness. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled and versatile professional with strong expertise in manual and automated testing, test strategy development, regression suite optimization, defect management, business process analysis, and requirements management. This role requires the ability to operate both strategically and hands\-on, shifting between UAT leadership responsibilities and Business Analyst functions based on project and operational needs. Job Responsibilities * Participate in Joint Application Requirements (JAR) and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions for assigned Change Requests (CRs) and Maintenance \& Operations (M\&O) initiatives to support requirements gathering, solution validation, and testing readiness. * Collaborate with business stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Business System Owners (BSOs), vendors, technical teams, and project managers to analyze, document, refine, and validate business and functional requirements. * Serve as an individual contributor performing both Business Analyst and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) responsibilities based on project, operational, and organizational needs. * Develop and maintain comprehensive UAT strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and testing approaches aligned with business objectives, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and project timelines. * Review business requirements, functional specifications, system designs, interface documentation, and business workflows to ensure complete and risk\-based test coverage. * Create, execute, and maintain manual and automated test scripts for functional, integration, regression, end\-to\-end, data validation, and user acceptance testing