Programmer Sr (Automation Test Engineer)

Job Title: Programmer Sr (Automation Test Engineer)

Client: CalOptima Health

Location: Onsite Full Office (Orange County, CA) (Need Locals - Southern California)
Schedule: Monday to Friday | 8:00 AM 5:00 PM

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Job Summary: CalOptima Health is seeking an experienced and motivated Automation Test Engineer to join their ITS - Application Development team. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining automated testing solutions for web and internal business applications. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in automation frameworks, hands-on programming with C#, and a commitment to enhancing QA processes in a fast-paced environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

95% - Program Support

• Participates in a mission driven culture of high-quality performance, with a member focus on customer service, consistency, dignity and accountability.
• Assists the team in carrying out department responsibilities and collaborates with others to support short- and long-term goals/priorities for the department.
• Drives scoping, planning, creating, executing and monitoring automated test activities for web applications.
• Develops and maintains quality assurance (QA) measures and testing standards for new applications, products and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout their development/product lifecycles.
• Documents and enforces test automation practices for the development team and develops automation test scripts to test automation functionality.
• Uses test automation software programs to set up test scripts, designs and develops test automation scripts and preconditions to examine product functionality, content and user acceptance.
• Tests, analyzes and improves product performance during the development of software or applications. Analyzes, designs and develops systems and applications.
• Works with the full software development lifecycle of new projects, writes and maintains documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, changes and corrections.
• Consults with stakeholders and users to gather information about needs, objectives, functions, features and other requirements.
• Collaborates with applications support teams to identify production defects and create plans to correct issues.
• Provides support for existing business systems by maintaining and enhancing existing web and client-based applications, modifies existing programs to conform to system changes and addresses and solves complex customer service tickets.
• Advises and works with user departments to resolve specific or complex problems.
• Participates in code reviews and provides technical feedback and suggestions for improvement.
• Participates in agile activities, including design review, requirements review, designs and automates test plan/cases and contributes to product testability.
• Provides advice, technical guidance, subject matter expertise and training on automated testing tools and processes.

5% - Other

• Completes other projects and duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or related field PLUS 5 years of QA test automation development experience with Selenium required; an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the position such as those listed above may also be qualifying.
• 3 years of programming experience with C# required.
• 3 years of experience with Visual Studio 2019+ or Azure DevOps/Team Foundation Server/Git required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years of programming experience with Transact SQL (Microsoft SQL Server).
• Experience using other test automation tools and frameworks like Playwright, SpecFlow, Jenkins and Cypress.
• Experience with web services, such as RESTful or SOAP services.
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, etc.).
• Experience with defect tracking tools and technologies.
• Experience implementing complex enterprise solutions.
• Health care industry experience.

Knowledge & Abilities:

• Develop rapport and establish and maintain effective working relationships with CalOptima Health's leadership and staff and external contacts at all levels and with diverse backgrounds.
• Work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Work a flexible schedule; available to participate in evening and weekend events.
• Organize, be analytical, problem-solve and possess project management skills.
• Work in a fast-paced environment and in an efficient manner.
• Manage multiple projects and identify opportunities for internal and external collaboration.
• Motivate and lead multi-program teams and external committees/coalitions.
• Utilize computer and appropriate software (e.g., Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and job specific applications/systems to produce correspondence, charts, spreadsheets, and/or other information applicable to the position assignment.