Business Analyst / Functional Tester (CMS-HIOS)

Role overview

Turn business needs into clearly specified, tested changes for a federal health insurance oversight system. You will work across requirements, hands-on functional testing, user support, and ongoing maintenance, collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams in an Agile delivery environment.

Responsibilities - Gather and document business and system requirements, then shape them into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and functional specifications. - Create test cases and data tied to requirements; test sprint work, explore edge cases, and confirm changes meet acceptance criteria. - Record reproducible defects, support triage and root cause analysis, and retest fixes through closure. - Investigate production issues with technical teams, clarify business impact, and help prioritize defects and enhancement requests. - Prepare and support user acceptance testing, track findings, and maintain traceability and release evidence. - Keep operational, process, and user documentation current as the system evolves.

Requirements - Experience eliciting and managing business or functional requirements and testing enterprise applications, including regression testing. - Experience tracking defects through resolution and working with Agile teams using Scrum or SAFe. - Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with care for edge cases and data variations. - Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and business audiences. - Experience with requirements or collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps.

Nice to have - Background supporting federal civilian agencies, healthcare regulatory systems, or application maintenance and production support. - Familiarity with incident, defect, and change management, federal IT governance, or the software development lifecycle. - Experience with user acceptance testing, release validation, or test tools such as TestRail, Zephyr, or Xray; awareness of accessibility testing is also useful. - Business analysis certification such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, or an Agile business analyst credential.

Benefits and work setup

The stated salary range is $110,000–$125,000, depending on experience. The role also offers potential annual bonus, medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, and a 401(k) match.