QA Tester (Bilingual Spanish/English)

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JOB DETAILS:
Position:QA Manual & Automation Tester (Bilingual Spanish/English)
JOB REF#:44935
Duration:12 Months (On-going Contract)
Location:Hybrid - Hartford, CT 06106
Pay Rate:$44.75 (W2 only) or $50.00 (INCORPORATED), (Not accepting 1099 or C2C)

Must be LOCAL or willing to relocate at your own expense (MUST work onsite 2 days each week)

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

QA Test Analyst (Manual & Automation), performs functional QA activities involving Spanish-language screens, correspondence, notices, messages, workflows, and other resident-facing content. The tester must be capable of independently reviewing Spanish-language content for functional accuracy, consistency, completeness, and alignment with the approved English-language requirements and expected business outcomes.

Spanish-language proficiency is being sought specifically because of the testing responsibilities associated with this assignment. Candidates will be evaluated based on their ability to perform the required QA responsibilities and demonstrate the language proficiency necessary to validate Spanish-language application functionality and content.

This role will work closely with business stakeholders, developers, business analysts, solution architects, project managers, and technical teams to ensure applications meet business requirements, technical specifications, State policies, and federal regulations.

The ideal candidate has experience testing complex enterprise systems within State government, Human Services, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, or Eligibility programs. Candidates who understand policy-driven applications and business terminology used in public-sector environments will be highly successful in this role.

Candidates should demonstrate professional working proficiency in both ENGLISH & SPANISH, including the ability to:
Read and comprehend complex Spanish-language application content.
Validate Spanish translations against approved English-language requirements and source content.
Test Spanish-language screens, fields, labels, instructions, error messages, alerts, and other user-facing functionality.
Validate Spanish correspondence, notices, forms, and other resident communications.
Identify incorrect, incomplete, inconsistent, misleading, or contextually inappropriate Spanish-language content.
Validate that Spanish and English application experiences provide consistent business functionality and outcomes.
Develop and execute test cases specifically covering Spanish-language functionality.
Document Spanish-language defects clearly for business and technical teams.
Communicate identified discrepancies to English-speaking project stakeholders.
Perform regression testing of Spanish-language functionality following application changes.
Candidates should be prepared to demonstrate the level of Spanish-language proficiency necessary to perform these job-related testing responsibilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Perform hands-on manual and automated testing across multiple enterprise applications.
Perform dedicated testing and validation of Spanish-language application functionality and resident-facing content.
Compare Spanish-language functionality and content against approved English requirements and expected business outcomes.
Validate Spanish screens, correspondence, notices, messages, forms, labels, instructions, and application workflows.
Develop comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and automated test scripts based on business and technical requirements.
Develop test scenarios specifically addressing Spanish-language functionality and content.
Review business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, technical documentation, and design documents to identify testing needs.
Participate in requirements walkthroughs, sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and design review sessions.
Estimate testing effort and provide input into overall project planning and release schedules.
Execute functional, regression, integration, system, API, and end-to-end testing activities.
Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using approved automation frameworks.
Validate interfaces and integrations between enterprise applications and external systems.
Perform backend database validation using SQL queries.
Execute API and web service testing using industry-standard tools.
Document test execution results and communicate testing progress to project leadership.
Identify, document, prioritize, and manage software defects through resolution.
Clearly document defects involving Spanish-language content or functionality so they can be understood and resolved by business and technical teams.
Participate in defect triage meetings and validate software fixes.
Ensure complete traceability between business requirements, test cases, and executed tests through the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, architects, project managers, vendors, and State business stakeholders.
Support production implementations by performing release validation and post-production verification.
Assist in continuously improving QA standards, automation frameworks, testing processes, and quality best practices.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
** Candidate will perform a significant amount of their testing work in Spanish, not just speak Spanish occasionally. **
5+ years of Quality Assurance experience testing large enterprise applications
Strong hands-on manual testing experience
Experience with test automation and automated testing frameworks
Professional working proficiency in English and Spanish sufficient to perform Spanish-language application and content validation
Experience working throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Strong understanding of Quality Assurance methodologies, testing processes, and best practices
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience working directly with business stakeholders and technical teams
Ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into detailed test scenarios and test cases
Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments
Experience using Jira for defect tracking and Agile project management
Strong attention to detail, particularly when comparing English and Spanish application content
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Candidates should have hands-on experience performing:
Multilingual or localized application testing, preferably involving Spanish-language content
Manual Testing
Automation Testing
Functional Testing
Regression Testing
Smoke Testing
Integration Testing
System Integration Testing (SIT)
End-to-End Testing
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
API Testing
Backend Data Validation
Cross-browser Testing
Mobile Testing
Salesforce Testing
Defect Verification and Retesting

Strong understanding of:
API and Web Service Testing
Test Automation Frameworks
Defect Lifecycle Management
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Test Planning
Test Strategy
Test Estimation

Candidates should possess experience with many of the following technologies:
Selenium
TestNG
Java
Salesforce application testing
REST API Testing
SOAP Web Services
Postman
SQL for backend data validation
Mobile Application Testing
Progressive Web Applications (PWA)
JSON/XML validation
Git
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) concepts

DESIRED SKILLS/NICE TO HAVE'S:
Medicaid programs and policies
Medicare programs
Money Follows the Person (MFP)
Eligibility determination processes
Healthcare terminology
Human Services operations
Federal and State compliance requirements
Benefits administration systems
Policy-driven business rules
Regulatory compliance testing
SNAP
TANF
Child Care Programs

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Calance Consultant Benefits Offerings:
- EPO/PPO Medical Plans
- HMO/PPO Dental programs
- Vision - VSP (Vision Plan Summary)
- 401K Retirement vesting program (VOYA)
- Paid Bi-Weekly/Direct Deposit
- Flex Spending Plan
- Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD or LTD plans