Medicaid QA Tester

12923 - IT - SCDHHS - Quality Assurance Analyst - Advanced - Junior Tester

Location - Columbia SC - Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 days remote).

Duration - 12 Months

Start Date - 25 August 2026

Last Date of submission - 31 July 2026

The State of South Carolina is looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst - Advanced (Junior Tester)

Why is this position open: New Position - The Quality Assurance Tester will be assigned to projects for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), in collaboration with the SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO).

Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.

Required skills on resume

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

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

2+ years knowledge of manual testing techniques (functional, regression, smoke, usability, boundary testing)

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

Preferred skills

Certification - Technical and/or Project Management certifications from recognized sources are desirable.

2 years experience with large enterprise or e-business systems

3 years experience using QA tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, or similar

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

Scope of the Project:

The Quality Assurance Tester - Advanced will be assigned to projects for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS), in collaboration with the SCDHHS Project Management Office (PMO).

The PMO is responsible for staffing all SCDHHS projects as well as establishing and monitoring IT related governance and standards, which are followed by all enterprise project teams.

the Medicaid Agency for SC.

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 SCDHHS 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