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The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Information Technology, is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Business Analyst to join our $TARS Applications Team in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Business Analyst will support the $TARS Application within the Office of Information Technology and will be responsible for interfacing with the Office of Child Support Services to review requirements, lead JAD sessions, schedule meetings, prepare test plans, and create system requirement documents for use by system analyst to produce detail design documents for specific projects.

*Local Candidates*

Job Responsibilities:

Writes and maintains test plans based on software requirements and design documents
Participates in the development of change control standards and procedures that appropriately fit the
needs of the technical team and updates these procedures as the needs change.
Verifies that system requirements are traceable, consistent, complete, and testable.
Writes checklist to track all components involved in application changes
Performs requirements, design and code walk through /reviews as requested
Recommends corrective action to ensure compliance with test plans.
Develops and maintains comprehensive documentation on all standards and ensures that the information
is appropriately published and distributed
Verifies that software applications perform in accordance with system requirements and specifications
Tests software applications for concrete, consistent, observable results.
Tests new change control and testing tools to ensure proper installation and maintenance and to measure
tool performance
Verifies function, performance, integration, and acceptance test results are in accordance with application
and departmental standards
Measures the severity of failures and defects in accordance with test plan guidelines.
Accurately and thoroughly documents application performance failures and defects during each quality
review session.
Clearly and accurately communicates test results to programming staff and/or appropriate management
staff.
Regularly enters issues/defects related to the test life cycle or change control environment into applicable
tracking system.
Updates applicable tracking system with problem solutions and status.
Conducts testing meetings, as necessary, for problems encountered during the test life cycle.
Acts as liaison for application groups and external agencies
Assists users in developing test plans, test scripts, and implementation plans as requested
Provides reports showing status and activity in the change control environment to technical teams and
appropriate management staff.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related area
Three (3) years' experience as an IT Business Analyst (requirements gathering, business process
mapping.)
Demonstrated knowledge of Testing methodology and practices.
Must have good knowledge of Microsoft Project/Sharepoint Workspace planning too
Must have excellent customer service skills with strong decision making capabilities
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills


Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience with Health and Human Services Systems
Previous experience in state government