Senior Business Analyst

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special!

Halvik is seeking a Senior Business Analyst / QA Analyst / Trainer to support the U.S. Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). of the Chief Digital & Information Officer (OCDIO) Digital Factory capacity task order. Operating under DOT's IT Modernization Initiative (ITIM-) and the 2025–2029 "Path to 1

DOT IT" strategy, the program delivers modernized, secure, and resilient applications through a Software Factory, Capacity-as-a-Service (CaaS) model. Halvik provides Agile Scrum teams for Development, Modernization, and Enhancement (DME) work, along with tiered Operations, Maintenance, and Enhancement (OM&E) support for a portfolio of DOT mission applications hosted within the USDOT IT security boundary.

This multidisciplinary role bridges business needs, product quality, and user adoption. The Senior Business Analyst / QA Analyst / Trainer translates business requirements into clear, testable backlog items; leads quality assurance activities under the program's Mandatory Iteration-Level Testing & Validation Framework; and develops training materials and delivers instructor-led sessions so stakeholders are fully enabled to use new or enhanced system capabilities.

The position contributes directly to the end-client's objectives by ensuring that every release is accurate to mission requirements, meets the Definition of Done, keeps defect rates low, and is adopted successfully by DOT users.

• Strategic Execution
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  Lead requirements elicitation during Discovery Sessions and ongoing backlog refinement, translating business needs into well-formed user stories with clear, testable acceptance criteria (including security-relevant criteria) that trace back to the MVP/MBI Roadmap and are ready for sprint planning.
• Operational Oversight
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  Manage day-to-day QA workflows across Development, QA, UAT/Staging, and Production environments. Ensure each backlog item, defect, enhancement, and release candidate meets the Definition of Done, with objective test evidence (executed scripts, screenshots, logs, and pass/fail results) attached to the Government-furnished Jira ticket before work is marked complete.
• Collaboration
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  Coordinate with the Government Product Owner, Operating Administration stakeholders, the Scrum Master, developers, and the ISSO to clarify requirements, run sprint demonstrations, coordinate user acceptance testing, and solicit user feedback. Organize that feedback in a clear, traceable way and manage it within Government-provided ticketing systems.
• Technical Performance
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  Plan and execute risk-based testing across the required categories, including smoke, end-to-end, scenario-based, persona-based, regression, integration/API, data integrity, Section 508 (WCAG 2.0 A/AA) accessibility, configuration, and release-readiness testing. Help keep the defect rate below the program's five percent Maximum Allowable Defect Rate (MADR) and monitor the health of the defect backlog.
• Test Documentation and Automation
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  Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and scenario and persona scripts; document the rationale for any testing category not performed; and support the progressive transition from manual to automated testing as Government tools become available.
• OM&E Quality Support
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  Validate defect fixes, security patches, configuration changes, hotfixes, and minor enhancements for…