Quality Analyst

Quality Analyst

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative, and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Quality Analyst to join our team in Montgomery, Alabama. This can be a remote position with limited travel to the client's site.

The Quality Analyst will work closely with the State staff, acting as a trusted partner supporting testing standardization, planning and review through the full system life cycle of program projects. The QA will participate in the DDI life cycle for projects ensuring compliance with testing standards and quality of testing outputs. The QA will also advise the Senior QA and the members of the State's Quality program on testing execution.

The Quality analyst will support the NTT DATA project manager and the State Agency Program Manager for each project on activities related to testing.

Job Responsibilities Include:

• In collaboration with State's quality organization review program testing standards and strategy documentation for gaps, and problems bringing them to the attention of the State leadership.
• Provide advice and suggest updates to the above documentation.
• Develop a strong understanding of business domain, requirements and solution design by attending Development, Design, and Implementation (DDI) meetings and reviewing contractor artifacts that inform the test cases.
• Be familiar with contractual requirements related to testing specifically and support the State in enforcing those requirements.
• Review project test plans and test scripts against requirements and design artifacts to identify testing coverage gaps and issues in test scripts pre-execution. Provide comments and recommendations to the contractor and the State.
• Identify any significant issues or risks in the contractor's testing execution.
• Review testing results, including artifacts providing evidence of testing.
• Work with the State Quality organization to support the business users in their development of UAT test cases.
• Support UAT testers in execution and analysis of UAT test results and associated defects.
• Identify and report requirements with inadequate test coverage.
• Review and comment on testing deliverables created by the contractor.
• Monitor testing activity progress for each testing phase, actual versus planned testing progress as reported on by the testing team (contractor or UAT testers).
• Have a good understanding of multiple software development methodologies and ensure alignment with project goals.
• Provide input to weekly and monthly report of activities, risks, issues, observations, findings, recommendations
• Support monthly project summary for reporting to CMS

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in IT testing and test case development
• 5+ years of experience in Medicaid domain knowledge related to Claims processing and preferably claims data warehouse
• 3+ years using testing tools and test tracing to requirements
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Preferred Skills:

• UAT Testing experience with EDI, Healthcare data, od data warehousing
• Experience facilitating meetings
• Experience reviewing test deliverables and processes for quality and completeness
• Experience in test case development, execution, defect identification, and reporting
• Experience developing and reviewing implementation deliverables
• Experience with data conversions, performance testing, parallel testing, security testing, and interface testing
• Experience in working on projects with multiple vendors
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $81,400 - $145,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance. This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.