Quality Assurance Analyst

Job Title: Quality Assurance Analyst

Location: Columbia, SC (Hybrid) - Only local candidates from SC will be considered for this role

Duration: 12 Months (with possible extension)

Direct Client

Responsibilities:

·       Develop test plans, QA and/or User Acceptance Testing processes and test cases for product management and software development teams.

·       Develop and maintain SDLC traceability from test cases to requirements and designs/software components

·       Design and support user interface testing of applications and regression testing.

·       Test software applications for reliability and stability.

·       Implement testing programs to perform quality assurance on technical applications including negative testing and usability.

·       Design and/or run automated testing scripts with oversight for deployment of tests

·       Participate in defect triage, retest, and resolution

·       Create quality assurance documentation and reports as required

·       Adhere to established software testing governance policies, best practices and guidelines and recommend improvements

·       Perform reviews, walkthroughs, or inspections and adhere to established governance standards.

Required Skills:

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

·       5 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios; building test cases and scenarios into test systems

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

·       3 years should be able to communicate and publish status reports of all open issues and gaps found during the test phase, and articulate the details to the Development teams

·       3 years of direct hands-on experience with formal test design tools

Preferred Skills:

·       5+ years of large enterprise or e-business systems experience.

·       3+ years proficient in the use of manual or automated testing tools such as Azure DevOps or Atlassian JIRA, and Confluence

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

·       None required. Technical and/or Project Management certifications from recognized sources are desirable.