User Acceptance Tester - Intermediate - User Acceptance Tester

Intermediate User Acceptance Tester

Responsibilities

• Assist in evaluation and management of project scope (Business Requirements Documents BRDs/Functional Design Documents FDDs) with the State UAT Leads
• Work with State Agency Leads, Program Managers and designated UAT representatives to understand business requirements/processes and act as a liaison between State Agencies and State Vendors as needed (also, to work on cross-agency UAT as and when needed based on release scope mix).
• Work closely with the project and development team to understand the project roadmap, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria; thoroughly review requirements to develop UAT test prep schedule, applicable test plans and test cases to ensure adequate test coverage.
• Prepare the execution calendar and account/environment request.
• Consolidate and review all scripts and scenarios to ensure they align with scope (BRDs/FDDs) and business processes.
• Perform SQL queries as required to gather and validate data in support of UAT testing.
• Review and manage test scripts and defects in JIRA and JAMA (logging tickets, testing, etc.).
• Manage the defect identification and logging process.
• Review issues identified by analysts.
• Collaborate with both technical and business-oriented project team members to resolve defects and ensure the Quality Assurance effort is meeting expectations and on schedule.
• Attend all UAT-related meetings; provide UAT status updates and report testing metrics to State UAT Manager

Requirements

• Minimum of seven (5) years of UAT experience planning, preparing, and executing test cases
• Knowledge and prior experience testing with Health and Human Services systems, along with Program knowledge (SNAP/RIW/CCAP/LTSS/Medicaid/Familiarity with Affordable Care Act (ACA) In
• Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) processes, testing strategies, and project management methodologies
• Proficiency with SQL queries and ability to Query Database as required; provide data to support testing of programs.
• Preferred familiarity with automated testing frameworks and scripts
• Preferred experience using Selenium to Develop and execute tests through automations tools and support various software releases.
• Hands-on experience creating and executing test cases.
• Experience developing a schedule based on testing timelines.
• Prior experience testing interfaces /Third party vendors
• Ability to QA deliverables before they are submitted.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills