Quality Assurance Analyst

Location: Columbia, SC 29201
Work Location: Fully Onsite – 5 Days/Week
Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
• 5+ years of experience translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios, including building test cases/scenarios into test systems.
• 3+ years of experience with Sahi Pro and/or Selenium Automation Framework.
• Experience designing and developing Test Automation Scripts using established Test Automation Guidelines.
• Working knowledge of at least ONE of the following:
  • SPICE
  • TPI
  • TMMI
  • CMMI OPF
  • OPD
  • PPQA
• Direct hands-on experience with formal test-design techniques including:
  • Equivalence Class Partitioning
  • Pairwise Analysis
• Experience with PICT or equivalent orthogonal-based test-design tools.

Preferred Skills

• 5+ years of large enterprise or e-business systems experience.
• 3+ years of Medicaid or healthcare experience.
• Strong understanding of healthcare/Medicaid operations and business processes.
• Experience with X.12 Standards and HIPPA EDI Transactions.
• Proficiency with the Atlassian tool suite – JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience working in a standard SDLC/Waterfall methodology.
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment.

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in a Technical, Business, or Healthcare field

OR

• 5+ years of equivalent Quality Assurance experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop test plans, QA processes, UAT processes, test cases, and test scenarios.
• Design and support user-interface and regression testing.
• Test software applications for reliability and stability.
• Perform:
  • Smoke Testing
  • System Integration Testing
  • End-to-End Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Negative Testing
  • Usability Testing
• Design and develop automated test scripts.
• Identify defects, testing gaps, risks, and areas for optimization.
• Maintain and track defects and functional improvements.
• Work with product development teams and software engineers to resolve quality issues.
• Ensure projects comply with established software-testing governance policies, standards, and best practices.
• Perform reviews, walkthroughs, and inspections.
• Review and provide oversight of vendor Unit Testing and System Integration Testing plans/results.
• Prepare and review:
  • Test Plans
  • Test Scripts
  • Test Scenarios
  • Test Reports
• Track testing progress against established targets and report exceptions or impediments.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, technicians, business stakeholders, and management throughout testing activities.

Additional Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to write requirements and Use Cases.
• Strong proficiency in English.
• Ability to document test scenarios, test cases, and testing results.
• Ability to communicate and publish status reports covering open issues and testing gaps.
• Ability to clearly articulate defects and testing findings to development teams.