QA Release Management Analyst , Campus Applications & Data,

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Campus Applications & Data, a unit within the Office of the Chief Information Officer, provides application systems development and best practices for enterprise and unit-specific software supporting administrative, academic, and public service functions.

Within this unit, the Student Integrated System (SIS) team is responsible for designing, configuring, testing, and maintaining software applications that support key campus functions, including admissions, enrollment, registration, financial aid, student accounts, advising, and the student portal. The team focuses on system improvements as well as automation & performance testing to better meet the needs of the campus community.

The QA Release Management Analyst 3 serves as an experienced Quality Assurance analyst within the Student Integrated System (SIS) team. This position aligns quality assurance initiatives and testing standards with institutional priorities and SIS development cycles to safeguard data integrity, system reliability, and service excellence for the campus community.

This position is responsible for developing, executing, troubleshooting, and maintaining both automated and manual tests, as well as evaluating, revising, applying, and documenting technical quality assurance protocols and methods to inspect and validate a variety of IT processes, programs, and products. This role also prepares for, supports, and implements performance testing each release period, providing analysis and suggestions for system performance improvements.

Additionally, the QA Release Management Analyst 3 performs analysis to identify trends and suggests corrective actions, supports compliance with UC and external quality assurance standards, and provides consultation and guidance to Berkeley IT teams in improving their quality assurance practices and automated testing capabilities.

The First Review Date for this job is:
October 8, 2026

For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Quality Assurance & Performance Testing - 75%

• Applies advanced quality assurance (QA) concepts to perform complex testing procedures, ensuring that all information systems products and services meet organizational standards and end-user requirements.
• Analyzes, develops, and conducts complex software testing to verify proper system operation, identifying and reporting any defects. Executes regression and validation testing to assess the impact of new code changes on existing functionality. Re-tests resolved issues to verify corrections and surface any newly introduced defects.
• Collaborates with business analysts, developers, infrastructure & database teams, security analysts, and UX analysts to analyze, define, develop, and validate the functionality and expected outcomes of complex test plans via “if-then” and other test-driven script development as well as performance testing.
• Analyzes, designs, builds, and maintains complex automated test scripts, test plans, and test execution plans. Evaluates automation tools, contributes to tool selection and installation, and supports the establishment of testing standards for automation. Executes complex automated test scripts as part of ongoing QA efforts.
• Performs complex analysis of failed scripts and works directly with developers and…