Quality Assurance Analyst

Role: Quality Assurance Analyst

Location: Columbia, SC (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ months

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Job Description:

Scope of the Project:

The Quality Assurance Tester - Advanced will be assigned to projects for the client, in collaboration with the Project Management Office (PMO).

The PMO is responsible for staffing all projects as well as establishing and monitoring IT related governance and standards, which are followed by all enterprise project teams. Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position attractive.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

Responsible for performing tests on technical solutions to isolate and solve issues. Initiates tests, analyzes results, and finds solutions to technical problems.

Develop test plans, QA and/or User Acceptance Testing processes and test cases for

product management and software development teams.

Develop and maintain SDLC traceability from test cases to requirements and designs/software components.

Design and support user interface testing of applications and regression testing.

Test software applications for reliability and stability.

Implement testing programs to perform quality assurance on technical applications including negative testing and usability.

Design and/or run automated testing scripts with oversight for deployment of tests

Participate in defect triage, retest, and resolution

Create quality assurance documentation and reports as required.

Adhere to established software testing governance policies, best practices and guidelines and recommend improvements.

Perform reviews, walkthroughs, or inspections and adhere to established governance standards.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

5 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios; building test cases and scenarios into test systems

3 years deep knowledge of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid), business processes

3 years should be able to communicate and publish status reports of all open issues and gaps found during test phase and articulate the details to the Development teams

3 years direct hands on experience with formal test design tools.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

5+ years large enterprise or e- business systems experience.

3+ years proficient in use of manual or automated testing tools such as Azure DevOps or Atlassian JIRA and Confluence.

3+ years prior experience working in a standard SDLC (waterfall methodology) & in an AGILE delivery.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

Bachelor s degree in a technical, business, healthcare or related field. Years of experience can substitute for formal education.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

None required. Technical and/or Project Management certifications from recognized sources are desirable.