Functional Tester

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Functional Tester with strong Health and Human Services (HHS) and Integrated Eligibility (IE) testing experience. The ideal candidate will possess hands on expertise testing public assistance programs, including SNAP and TANF, validating eligibility determinations, benefit issuance processes, batch operations, and system integrations. This role requires strong analytical skills, deep functional testing expertise, and experience working with Azure DevOps in large scale government environments.

Key Responsibilities:

•         Review and interpret functional specifications, system requirements, business rules, and design documentation
•         Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive functional test cases and test scenarios
•         Perform integration testing, system testing, and user acceptance testing activities
•         Validate Integrated Eligibility business rules, eligibility determinations, and benefit calculations
•         Validate benefit issuance schedules, payment methods, outputs, and eligibility outcomes
•         Test batch processes including nightly, weekly, and monthly jobs, benefit issuance, file generation, reports, notices, and security roles
•         Conduct interface testing for inbound and outbound integrations involving eligibility data exchanges and downstream benefit systems
•         Validate flat file interfaces and SOAP UI based integrations
•         Utilize Azure DevOps for test case management, test execution, defect tracking, and requirement traceability
•         Perform backend validations and support data verification activities
•         Collaborate with business users, developers, analysts, and project stakeholders to ensure application quality
•         Work independently while effectively managing priorities and meeting project timelines

Required Skills:

•         Hands on experience testing Health and Human Services (HHS) systems
•         Strong Integrated Eligibility (IE) rules testing experience
•         Experience testing SNAP (Food Assistance) programs
•         Experience testing TANF (Cash Assistance) programs
•         Experience with benefit issuance and eligibility determinations
•         Ability to review and interpret functional specifications and system requirements
•         Experience across test planning, test execution, and test closure phases
•         Experience performing Integration Testing, System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing
•         Experience testing batch processes and benefit issuance workflows
•         Experience testing interfaces, flat files, SOAP UI services, reports, notices, and security roles
•         Hands on experience with Azure DevOps for test management and defect tracking

Preferred Skills:

•         Ability to write and modify SQL queries
•         Experience performing database validations
•         Knowledge of backend testing and validation techniques
•         Experience comparing data between legacy and modernized systems
•         Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

 Expected Deliverables:

•        Test Cases
•         Test Execution Results
•         Validation Results
•         Defect Reports
•         Integration Testing Deliverables
•         Batch Testing Results
•         Traceability Documentation
•         Test Summary Reports

 Education Requirement:

•        Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred.