QA Test Analyst

Abacus Technology is seeking a Business Analyst to provide application quality assurance and testing support for NASA's Luna/NMC platform on the eMITS program at Johnson Space Center. This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities

• Develop risk-based test plans, cases, data needs, and entry/exit criteria with full coverage of critical and high-risk functions.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, workflow, role/permission, data-validation, usability, accessibility, interface, and smoke testing with clear, reproducible evidence.
• document, classify, track, communicate, escalate when required, and retest before closure.
• Prepare release-readiness assessments and conduct post-release validation.
• Produce monthly testing metrics and identify practical improvement opportunities.
• Maintain procedures, templates, and knowledge artifacts; support quarterly reviews and transition package preparation.
• Meet NASA Level of Confidence (LoC) requirements and complete all mandatory NASA training for access to systems.
• Experience with GitHub to access code repositories and track version control.
• Strong defect management skills including documentation, classification, tracking, and escalation.
• Experience preparing release-readiness assessments and conducting post-release validation.
• Able to maintain and update a government-visible work plan, track priorities, and meet committed testing activities.
• Able to produce testing metrics and identify improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Qualifications 6+ years experience supporting business analysis activities in IT or enterprise service environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience in application quality assurance and testing in IT or enterprise service environments.
• Experience with Google Docker for containerized testing environments.
• Experience with Google Cloud platform environments.
• Proficient in software testing methodologies and tools.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira.
• Able to develop comprehensive test plans with full coverage of critical and high-risk functions.
• Familiar with configuration management practices and Government change/control records desired.
• Experience with accessibility/usability testing and role/permission testing preferred.
• Strong written documentation skills and internal quality control prior to delivery.
• Must have solid communications skills and be capable of working with all levels of an organization.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled