Quality Assurance Analyst - Advanced - Junior Tester

Quality Assurance Tester
- Advanced

Position is hybrid in Columbia, SC: 4 days in office, 1 day remote. Candidate must be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.

Scope of the Project:

• The Quality Assurance Tester
  - Advanced will be assigned to projects for the Agency, in collaboration with the Agency Project Management Office (PMO).
• The PMO is responsible for staffing all Agency projects as well as establishing and monitoring IT related governance and standards, which are followed by all enterprise project teams.
• Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position attractive.

Daily

Duties / Responsibilities:

Responsible for performing tests on technical solutions to isolate and solve issues. Initiates tests, analyzes results, and finds solutions to technical problems.

• Demonstrate proficiency in Agency test processes and SDLC tools
• Demonstrate ability to translate functional and technical requirements and technical designs into test cases
• Develop and execute functional and technical test cases under the direction of test leads and senior testers
• Create and maintain SDLC traceability from test cases to requirements and designs/software components; assist in generation of requirement traceability matrices
• Participate in defect triage, retest, and resolution
• Create quality assurance documentation and reports as required

Required Skills (Rank in Order of Importance):

• 2 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios
• 2 years knowledge of manual testing techniques (functional, regression, smoke, usability, boundary testing)
• 3 years deep knowledge of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid), business processes

Preferred Skills (Rank in Order of Importance):

• 2 years' experience with large enterprise or e-business systems
• 3 years' experience using QA tools such as Jira, Azure Dev Ops, Test Rail, or similar
• 3 years prior experience working in a standard SDLC (waterfall methodology) & in an AGILE delivery

Required

Education:

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

Required

Certifications:

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

Additional Skills/Duties:

• Develop and execute test cases; clearly communicate and document test status and defects identified
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills