Business Quality Analyst

Location: Columbia, South Carolina, United States; hybrid with 3 days onsite weekly and potential transition to fully onsite. Candidates must be South Carolina residents or willing to relocate before the start date.

Salary: $40–$50 per hour.

Company

hirify.global is a global services firm with more than 9,000 associates and over 40 years of experience delivering talent and technology solutions across public and commercial sectors.

What you will do

• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements, user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria, workflows, and functional specifications.
• Translate stakeholder and product-owner needs into technical solutions with development teams.
• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for new and existing applications.
• Perform regression, integration, and user acceptance testing; identify, track, retest, and coordinate resolution of defects.
• Review application logs, SQL data, and system performance to validate functionality and troubleshoot issues.
• Maintain testing documentation, test coverage, and automated test suites where applicable; support Agile releases and post-implementation validation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of overall software analysis and testing experience.
• 5+ years of Business Analysis experience, including requirements gathering, process analysis, workflow documentation, and stakeholder management.
• 5+ years of Software QA/Testing experience, including test planning, execution, defect tracking, and test-result documentation.
• 2+ years of business process design experience.
• Hands-on experience with TFS/Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio, SQL Server, MS Project, Balsamiq, Microsoft Office Suite, and legacy enterprise systems.
• Experience working in State, Federal, or Local Government environments.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with 3 onsite days weekly and possible transition to fully onsite.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting SNAP, TANF, or Early Child Care & Education programs.
• Experience with test automation and enterprise application integrations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time contract position with hybrid work arrangements.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement account.
• Paid sick leave and/or other paid time off where required by applicable law.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application, interview, testing, and selection process.