Quality Assurance Analyst - Advanced - Junior Tester

Scope of the Project

The Quality Assurance Tester – Advanced will be assigned to projects for our Client, in collaboration with the Client's Project Management Office (PMO).

The PMO is responsible for staffing all Client 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.

• Demonstrate proficiency in the Client's test processes and SDLC tools
• Demonstrate ability to translate functional and technical requirements and technical designs into test cases
• Develop and execute functional and technical test cases under the direction of test leads and senior testers
• Create and maintain SDLC traceability from test cases to requirements and designs/software components; assist in generation of requirement traceability matrices
• Participate in defect triage, retest, and resolution
• Create quality assurance documentation and reports as required

Required Skills:

1. 2 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios

2. 2 years knowledge of manual testing techniques (functional, regression, smoke, usability, boundary testing)
3. 3 years deep knowledge of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid), business processes

Preferred Skills:

1. 2 years' experience with large enterprise or e-business systems

2. 3 years' experience using QA tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, or similar
3. 3 years prior experience working in a standard SDLC (waterfall methodology) & in an AGILE delivery environment

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.

Additional Skills/Duties

• Develop and execute test cases; clearly communicate and document test status and defects identified

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills