Business Analyst + Quality Assurance (Remote)

What you'll do:

Our BA+QA personnel are responsible for understanding projects and their associated business processes. They gather requirements, define them into specifications, identify and close any requirement gaps, work with dev leads to divide and plan projects into sprints, assist/execute QA, and assist in the change order process.

This is a client facing role.

This is a fully remote, full time position.

• Understand technically complex projects, changes, and business processes
• Gather requirements, define them into outlines, flowcharts, functional wireframes (no design needed)
• Gather feedback and close any gaps found on these requirements and specifications
• Work with UX/UI/dev leads/PMs to divide and plan the project into sprints and explain the projects to devs and designers
• Work with dev leads/dev teams to QA the result of each sprint and the resulting integrated project and remediate any issues
• Creation and execution of QA test plans
• This position is predominately Manual Testing + Regression Testing but may involve some Automated Testing in the future
• Communicate with clients to gather and work with dev teams to implement feedback.
• This role stands alongside the PM and works with UX, the dev lead and QA team
• Your ultimate role is to ensure whats being built matches client needs/expectations/requirements and that the dev team understands and develops towards that goal

Requirements:

• BA experience (3 years minimum)
• Experience gathering requirements from stakeholders/clients
• Experience writing outlines/flowcharts/functional wireframes
• Experience organizing sprints and communicating requirements
• Experience in a Manual Software QA capacity (3 years minimum)
• 3+ years working in a QA management role
• 3+ years working in a QA support role
• Experience with the development of websites, webapplications, and mobile apps
• Highly competent with project management and bug tracking software
• A history of mentoring and or coaching others with a focus on balanced feedback while effectively communicating development needs
• Experience developing and executing test plans

Nice to haves:

• Some coding ability or experience
• Experience with Automated QA testing

Education

• Bachelor' s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, Project Management, QA, or related field; or equivalent work experience

About Us

Applied Imagination is a web consulting, design, and development agency based in Atlanta, Georgia. We are a team of innovative and creative thinkers who build amazing things. Our clients ask us to translate complex ideas into simple solutions that make life better and grow businesses. Founded out of a love of building, each one of us is passionate about creating great digital technology.

Our team moves fast on a variety of projects and technologies, in an environment where ideas need to be communicated concisely and effectively. Our ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills to interact with clients, designers, developers, marketers and senior management alike.

What Applied Imagination Offers

• Healthcare package
• Advancement opportunities
• Paid time off + paid holidays
• Employee and Community Events
• Fun, casual environment
• 401k with match