User Acceptance Tester Analyst; UAT Senior - III; DOA

Position: User Acceptance Tester Analyst (UAT) Senior - III (DOA)
## User Acceptance Tester Analyst (UAT) Senior - III (DOA)
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JR103250#
** Department
* * Department of Administration#
** Division
* * Information Technology/Computers#
** Salary**$ - $#
** Job Profile
** JC-- User Acceptance Tester Analyst (UAT) Senior - III (DOA) (Non-Union Executive Branch Agency Employees)#
** Scheduled Work Days & Work Hours
** Monday
- Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm35 Hours
- Non-Standard#
** Job

Requisition Number
** JR103250 User Acceptance Tester Analyst (UAT) Senior - III (DOA) (Open)#
** Pay Grade
** C00143 A#
** Classification
* * User Acceptance Tester Analyst (UAT) Senior - III (DOA)#
** Class Definition
**** GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES**:
Within the Department of Administration (DOA), Division of Enterprise Technology Strategy and Services (ETSS), to perform, organize, direct, supervise and coordinate the oversight of testing and quality assurance activities related to technology deployments, maintenance and support operations of technology platforms and services; to be responsible for the enforcement and rollout of centralized standards, procedures, and policies within ETSS for cross-agency medium and large departments;

and to do related work as required.  
** SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
** Works under the administrative supervision of a superior with considerable  latitude for the exercise of independent judgement in the application of testing and quality assurance; work is subject to review through consultations and written reports for satisfactory performance and conformance to established policies, procedures, rules and regulations.  
** SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
** Plans, coordinates, supervises, and reviews the work of technical, and clerical staff engaged in systems testing, analysis, programming, technical/network technicians, and electronic data programming procedures.
** ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:
*** Within the Department of Administration (DOA), Division of Enterprise Technology Strategy and Services (ETSS), to lead resources in testing and quality assurance activities including oversight of systems integration testing (SIT), ownership of user acceptance testing (UAT), oversight of all testing resources (state resources, contractors and/or vendors), and oversight/ownership of all testing related sub-processes.
* To lead UAT planning including scope and capacity verification, scheduling, scope distribution, testing group assignment (state resources, contractors and/or vendors), test suite development for proper test coverage, test data planning, test environment planning, and resource planning.
* To assist in the planning and lead the verification of the necessary lower environments for executing user acceptance testing.
* To lead the identification, review, and approval of system integration testing (SIT) entrance and exit criteria to ensure criteria are robust and met prior to entering into UAT.
* To lead UAT execution for patch and major application releases. This includes review, and approval of UAT entrance and exit criteria, daily operation of UAT activities, generation of UAT status reports, risk/issue escalation, and contingency test planning, as needed.
* To lead utilization and review of Regression, Smoke, Performance, Security, and ADA testing.
* To lead utilization of any testing tools including accessibility and code review tools such as, but not limited to, JAMA, JIRA, Selenium, Sonar Qube, and JAWS.
* Support IT program leadership and financial management in long term strategic planning and resource forecasting as it pertains to testing and quality assurance.
* To provide onboarding and mentoring to new user acceptance analysts and testers.
* To do related work as required.
** REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT:
**** KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES:
** A thorough knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures involved in the administration of testing and quality assurance for information technology management systems as described above; the ability to apply such knowledge in the overall planning, organization, direction, coordination, and administration of associated management and support functions. A thorough knowledge of modern management principles and practices; the ability to apply such knowledge, principles, practices and methods;

the ability to plan, organize, direct and supervise the work of a professional, technical and clerical staff engaged in the modification of information technology management systems; the ability to communicate effectively with subordinates, superiors, and the department personnel; and related  capacities and abilities.
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* EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

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* Education:

** Graduation from a college of recognized standing with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Management Systems, or a closely related field such as Business Management or Public…