Quality Assurance Analyst – Advanced
Location: Columbia, SC 29201 (Fully Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months
Employment Type: Contract
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst (Advanced) to support enterprise-level system testing initiatives within a healthcare-focused environment.
This role will function as a system testing specialist, supporting enrollment, eligibility, and claims-related systems, including document management and workflow solutions. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in test planning, automation, and system integration testing, along with a proactive approach to identifying risks and improving system performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and QA/UAT processes
- Perform system, integration, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing
- Design and support UI testing and automation frameworks
- Ensure application reliability, stability, and performance
- Conduct negative testing, usability testing, and quality assessments
- Identify risks, defects, and improvement opportunities; escalate issues as needed
- Maintain and track defects in testing tools and databases
- Collaborate with developers, product teams, and stakeholders to resolve issues
- Support test automation scripting using established guidelines
- Review vendor test plans, scripts, and results for quality assurance compliance
- Participate in walkthroughs, inspections, and governance reviews
- Monitor testing progress, report status, and address deviations
- Document test scenarios, execution results, and defect reports
- Ensure adherence to QA standards, policies, and best practices
- Communicate testing status, gaps, and risks to leadership and project teams
Required Skills & Experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong English proficiency
- 5+ years of experience translating business requirements into test cases and scenarios
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- 3+ years of experience with test automation frameworks (Sahi Pro and/or Selenium)
- Working knowledge of QA process frameworks (e.g., SPICE, TPI, TMMI, CMMI)
- Hands-on experience with test design techniques such as:
- Equivalence class partitioning
- Pairwise testing
- Experience with test design tools such as PICT or similar
Preferred Skills
- 5+ years of experience in large enterprise or e-business systems
- 3+ years of healthcare or Medicaid systems experience
- Knowledge of HIPAA EDI transactions and X12 standards
- Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)
- Experience working in both Agile and Waterfall (SDLC) environments
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Technical, Business, or Healthcare-related field ORequivalent work experience (year-for-year basis)
Work Environment
- Fully onsite role in Columbia, SC
- Collaborative environment working with cross-functional teams including developers, architects, and business stakeholders
- Focus on delivering high-quality, scalable, and compliant healthcare system solutions
For more details reach at resumes@navitassols.com.