Sr. User Acceptance Testing Analyst

Company Profile 

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions.  Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team.  Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.  

Overview 

We are seeking a Senior UAT Analyst to support a fast-paced service delivery environment. This role will be responsible for leading and executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities across complex, integrated systems while coordinating closely with multiple development and delivery teams. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on testing expertise, excellent stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to translate testing outcomes into clear, executive-level insights. This position requires qualified candidates who live in the continental US. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, visa transfer or C2C candidates.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive UAT test plans, test scenarios, and test cases aligned with business and operational requirements.
• Define and validate success criteria to ensure solutions meet business, customer, and operational expectations.
• Lead integrated operational testing, ensuring end-to-end workflows perform as designed across systems and platforms.
• Perform hands-on testing and validation as needed, including regression, functional, and integration testing.
• Identify, log, prioritize, and track defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Partner with development teams to manage defect triage, resolution, and retesting.
• Ensure timely closure of issues and validate fixes meet acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate UAT efforts across three concurrent development teams, ensuring testing activities are aligned and dependencies are managed.
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, developers, and operations teams to support successful releases.
• Act as a key liaison between business and technical teams during testing cycles.
• Produce clear, concise executive-level readouts on UAT status, overall quality, risks, and readiness for release.
• Communicate testing progress, blockers, and mitigation strategies to leadership and stakeholders.
• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support go/no-go decisions.

Requirements:
• 7+ years of experience as a UAT Analyst, Business Analyst, or Test Lead in a complex technology environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required preferably in Business, IT, or Computer Science
• Proven experience leading UAT in a service delivery or operational environment.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and UAT best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage testing across multiple development teams simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to executive audiences.
• Telecom or cable industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with integrated, enterprise-scale systems and operational platforms.
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM, or similar).

Compensation

Sand Cherry Associates is required by Colorado law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range considers a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a consulting engagement with an expected annual salary of $115,000-$130,000. Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.

Benefits:
Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.