Business Analyst - REMOTE

General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services to the U.S. government. The Business Analyst will provide expertise in business process and system analysis and design, collaborating with stakeholders to improve tools and streamline processes.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with stakeholders and product teams to decompose large epics into features and user stories that can be understood and approved by members of the development team
• Envision, develop, and create requirements to improve tools to streamline processes to gain efficiencies and improve key metrics
• Meeting with product design team to determine testing parameters, ensuring that developed user stories are completed accurately
• Working with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools
• Engineering and implementing solutions and providing recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Creating and executing test plans, test cases, and test scripts for accessibility validation
• Managing test data architecture definition and Providing validation testing of different system and data sets for cloud migrations
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results, including three or more of the following:
• Data validation testing
• Functional testing
• Performance and load testing
• Usability testing
• Accessibility (508) testing of web and mobile applications to ensure compliance with Section 508, WCAG 2.1, and other relevant standards with accessibility laws, regulations, and emerging technologies to ensure ongoing compliance and innovation
• Troubleshooting errors and streamlining the test procedures
• Use JIRA as agile lifecycle tool, along with SalesForce functional and administrative features
• Automating and improving development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Documenting as-is state of the environment, performing a gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Utilizing tools such as Axe, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and other assistive technologies to assess accessibility
• Acting as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members

Requirements:

• 3 + years of related experience
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security/Suitability Clearance
• US Citizenship Required
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 3 years related IT experience
• 3 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 3 years of working experience in DevSecOps environment with actual/active working experience in an Agile environment
• 3 years of experience with Git Source Control Management (SCM) providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• Knowledge or experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines
• Knowledge or experience working in one or more cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Proven experience with accessibility testing and a solid understanding of Section 508 and WCAG standards
• Proficiency with accessibility evaluation tools and assistive technologies