Role: UAT Analyst Type: Contract-to-hire (converts at 6 months) Location: 100% REMOTE (must be US-based) *no third parties
Overview: Our client is seeking to hire a UAT Analyst. This is a 100% remote role and is 6-month contract to hire.
Summary: The UAT Analyst will designs the user acceptance testing process to verify that requirements and business objectives are successfully met. They will write test plans, engages with business users to determine if the delivered functionality satisfies the requirements, and works with development with resolve identified issues.
Essential Job Functions:
Reviews business requirements and functional specifications to understand the functional and technical requirements.
Develop user acceptance test plans by analyzing business requirements and engaging with project team members and subject matter experts as necessary.
Assist UAT lead in designing user acceptance testing process with business users, and setting up a testing schedule.
Tests functionality as business user or alongside business subject matter experts in order to test the delivered functionality in real-world scenarios and certify user acceptance criteria.
Assures that issues uncovered during testing are tracked and corrected.
Collaborates with external and internal development teams to address issues found during UAT, and validates that corrective actions taken by development resolve those issues.
Supports activities throughout the software development life cycle.
Collaborates and supports business analysts and business representatives during the requirements elicitation process as needed.
Responsible for validating UAT scenarios, test data creation, defect monitoring and regression during UAT and production validation activities.
Education and/or Experience:
Graduate degree or equivalent experience and 3+ years of experience working in a software quality assurance and/or UAT roles.
Software Testing (QA/UAT): 3 years
Automation Testing: Nice to have.
Traditional and agile software development life cycle: 3 years
Mortgage knowledge: Nice to have.
Strong communication skills.
Effective investigative and analytical skills.
Excellent writing skills.
Attention to detail.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to manage competing priorities, meet agreed upon deadlines, and deliver high-quality materials