Quality Assurance Specialist

Location:

Hartford, Connecticut Hybrid:
Required one day in office a week Pay Rate: USD 50.00 Per Hour w2 Position Overview

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.

This assignment has a substantial Spanish-language testing component.

Candidates should demonstrate professional working proficiency in both English and 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.

Strong preference will be given to candidates with experience supporting one or more of the following:

• Human Services (HHS)
• Medicaid
• Eligibility and Benefits Management Systems
• Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES)
• SNAP
• TANF
• Child Care Programs
• Healthcare Exchange implementations
• Money Follows the Person (MFP)
• Medicaid Waiver Programs
• Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
• Public Sector modernization initiatives
  
  Candidates with experience interpreting State and Federal policies, eligibility rules, and healthcare terminology will be highly valued.

• Five (5) or more years of Quality Assurance experience testing large enterprise applications
• 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