Engineer III - Test Environment Management

Overview

The Engineer III – Test Environment Management is the lead position assisting the Manager, Technical Test Data & Environment in directing, controlling, and managing the enterprise-level test environments. It includes using procedures, tools, and resources to manage multiple components like software, hardware, databases, test data, and applications. You work collaboratively with the infrastructure team and TDM Engineers to ensure Test Environments are ready with necessary test data for Test execution and Delivery teams.

You will train and guide TEM‑Engineers as needed. The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHP’s Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation.

Perks

• CalPERS retirement
• 457(b) option with a contribution match
• Generous paid time off- vacation, holidays, sick
• State of the art fitness center on-site
• Medical Insurance with Dental and Vision
• Paid life insurance for employees with additional options
• Short-term, and long-term disability options
• Pet care insurance
• Flexible Spending Account – Health Care/Childcare
• Wellness programs that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Career advancement opportunities and professional development
• Competitive salary with annual merit increase
• Team bonus opportunities

• Lead the design and development of test environment strategy and plans to support initiatives within assigned domains. Identify the environment’s requirements to effectively support the overall release cycles. Analyze existing environments and identify requirement gaps and immaturities. Develop and execute a plan to resolve, driving to closure in a timely manner.
• Lead collaboration with Test Delivery and UAT Test Coordination teams to accommodate Test environment needs for QE engineers and UAT testers. Collaborate with Application Support, Internal Development, and Data Integration teams and external vendor teams in setting up the test environments for product upgrades/releases. Interact with project managers, Test Delivery and Governance managers to sequence projects for testing in a limited number of testing environments.
  
  Manage the coordination of efforts to configure environments and tracking the status of environment configuration activities.
• Collaborate with the infrastructure team to configure a database or set up and configure several VMs to facilitate testing through understanding the technical requirements to set up test environments.
• Prioritize Environment Build & Change Requests. Build, Reserve, Refresh, Reuse & Reclaim environments for project use as a mechanism to optimize our infrastructure resources.
• Facilitate and resolve any environmental contentions/conflicts between the stakeholders.
• Setup environment configurations, create environment maps, and generate environment matrix using a Test Environment Management tool.
• Provide details on progress on the various environment requests for several applications and Data integration processes. Monitor & Report environment set up progress.
• Use project planning and forecasting tools.
• Work together with Test Data Management resources to ensure the test data is masked and ready for test execution.
• Provide subject matter expertise in compliance review meetings.
• Support a continuous release schedule across multiple groups.
• Maintain advanced knowledge of the work effort involved to set up and configuring operating systems, networks, databases, and application servers involved in the creation of end-to-end testing environments.
• Lead Test Environment/Data management teams. Lead, guide, and train other resources.
• Perform any other duties as required to ensure Health Plan operations and department business needs are successful.

Education & Experience

• A minimum of eight (8) years of Information systems and Quality Engineering experiences. Minimum five (5) years of experience working in Test Environment/Test Data Management
• Experience working with various Product Vendors. Demonstrated ability in Design and developing test environment strategies and plans
• Demonstrated track record of organizing and tracking the progress of multiple projects across the software…