Quality Assurance Analyst
Listed on 2026-01-11
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IT/Tech
Systems Analyst, Data Analyst
Quality Assurance Analyst
Department: M365
Employment Type: Contract / Temp
Location: M365CS
S-IRS-REM
Quality Assurance Analyst
WHO WE ARE:
STAHL Companies provides the Program Management for its Channel of Commercial Technology companies in Government that consist of Small Businesses and New Technology start-ups.
STAHL advocates for policies that can improve government services and maintain our government’s competitive advantage, by bringing more technology into government programs.
STAHL Companies advocates on behalf of our nation’s innovative, new technology and small businesses looking to work with the U.S. government. We do this by aligning the voice of our small business members with advocacy for change in federal policy that will make the government market more accessible to small businesses and the commercial technology ecosystem.
The Channel’s founding Technical Board Members include former government leaders and IT executives passionate about bringing best‑of‑breed technology to the government.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Quality Assurance Analyst to join our team!
The Quality Assurance Analyst ensures the accuracy, reliability, security, and compliance of Microsoft 365 (M365) solutions, configurations, and processes across a complex enterprise environment. This role validates system behavior, assesses risks, tests Power Platform solutions, confirms governance and compliance controls, and ensures that configurations and enhancements meet defined requirements. The analyst works closely with engineers, developers, architects, and security teams to support high‑quality cloud operations and solution delivery.
Key Responsibilities- Conduct functional, configuration, and security validation across Microsoft 365 services, ensuring solutions meet technical and business requirements.
- Review, assess, and confirm M365 configurations—including permissions, policies, DLP rules, retention settings, sharing controls, and authentication logic—for accuracy and alignment with governance standards.
- Perform QA reviews of Power Apps, Power Automate flows, and Power BI dashboards to ensure functional behavior, data integrity, usability, and compliance.
- Execute testing and validation on customizations within Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, One Drive, Azure AD, and Power Platform.
- Review and validate Purview‑based data protection, classification, and data lifecycle configurations to ensure proper coverage of sensitive and high‑risk data.
- Validate operational and security behavior of Copilot features and AI‑driven capabilities across the M365 ecosystem.
- Validate AvePoint Online Services configurations, including tenant governance, DLP, backup rules, auditing, and automation for completeness and correctness.
- Support troubleshoot‑and‑analyze activities by identifying root causes, documenting defects, reproducing issues, and validating corrective actions.
- Review and verify implementation of enterprise policies such as data retention, classification rules, auditing, and conditional access.
- Track and validate Security Change Requests, ensuring changes adhere to documentation, approval processes, and compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with engineers, administrators, developers, and security teams to ensure all changes and deployments maintain high quality and low risk.
- Assist in the development of test plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and validation documentation for system updates and enhancements.
- Prepare QA summaries, defect reports, test validation results, and readiness assessments for leadership and project teams.
- Participate in risk assessments, quality reviews, configuration change boards, and implementation planning sessions.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by recommending enhancements to quality processes, testing frameworks, and governance standards.
- Maintain detailed documentation of findings, test outcomes, defects, and validation steps to support transparency and traceability.
- Communicate risks, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders, including technical and non‑technical audiences.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,…
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