QA Engineer/ Healthcare

Job Description:
QA Engineer to support the CMS Burden Reduction / CMS Interoperability program. This role is heavily focused on API testing and validation of HL7 FHIR-based healthcare APIs, ensuring regulatory compliance, data integrity, and high-quality end-to-end integrations across complex healthcare systems.

Responsibilities
API-Focused End-to-End Testing
Own and execute end-to-end API and integration testing for CMS Burden Reduction initiatives
Validate HL7 FHIR-based REST APIs including payloads, schemas, headers, authentication, and error handling
Perform deep API validation across upstream and downstream systems and integration partners
Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and regulatory compliance across API workflows
Agile & Program Enablement
Participate in Pre-PI Planning, PI Planning & break-outs, Release retrospectives, and Technical Design walkthroughs
Engage in Sprint Planning, daily stand-ups, and System Demos as part of System QA/QE
Test Planning, Design & Execution
Contribute to Test Strategy during PI Planning (scenarios, dependencies, risks, regression impact)
Provide end-to-end test estimates for assigned features (story points)
Define and review Acceptance Criteria using GIVEN-WHEN-THEN format
Design, automate, and execute end-to-end test scenarios (positive, negative, integration)
Identify test data needs and provide inputs for integrated test environment setup
Execute tests based on business priority and critical paths
Walk through test evidence and provide demos for feature acceptance
Defect Management & Governance
Collaborate with Product Owner, Architects, Developers, RTE, and QE Leads on defect management
Support warranty and post-production validation
Maintain daily Jira updates for features, test execution, and defects
Requirements

Required Skills & Experience

8+ years of experience in End-to-End / Integration QA
Strong hands-on API testing expertise (must-have)
Extensive experience using Postman for API validation
Strong knowledge of HL7 FHIR, Healthcare Interoperability, and CMS Burden Reduction
Experience with Playwright for API and UI integration scenarios
Strong experience with Jira for test and defect management
Experience working in Agile / SAFe environments

Additional Skills

Daily Stand-Ups
System Demos
Pre-Pi Planning
Pi Planning
Release Retrospectives
Technical Design Walkthroughs
Test Data Identification
Playwright
JIRA
REST APIS
Sprint Planning
Integrated Test Environment Setup
Data Integrity
Feature Acceptance Demos
Ci/Cd-Aligned Testing
Nucural
Agile
Safe
Test Strategy
Acceptance Criteria Definition
Test Automation
Test Execution
Defect Management
Regulatory Compliance

Minimum Degree Required:

Bachelor''s Degree