Senior Software Test Engineer (Manual)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Test Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Mainframe Automation, Manual Testing, Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), Structured Query Language (SQL)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Senior Software Test Engineer (Manual)

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Software Test Engineer Senior supporting the New York State Department of Heath Medicaid Management Information System. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Software Test Engineer Senior you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Software Test Engineer Senior joining our team to support New York State (NYS) Department of Heath Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) program.  This position is based at the GDIT’s office at Riverview Center in Menands, NY.

As a software Test Engineer Senior supporting the eMedNY Systems Integration Team, you will be trusted to have an excellent understanding of software integration testing best practices, experience with manual testing tools and have knowledge of health care claims processing.  We are looking for a qualified candidate who has a passion for quality to help ensure the systemic integrity of NYS MMIS. Experience with a MMIS, mainframe technologies such as the COBOL programming language and CICS, testing web based user interface applications, and APIs/Web services is highly desired.

HOW A TEST ENGINEER SENIOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Attend functional requirements definition and project design meetings as requested
• Provide effort and duration estimates associated with the testing phase of the SDLC
• Design and develop integration test plans and identify regression test scenarios
• Execute test cases and scenarios associated with integration test plans for complex applications and processes
• Capture integration test results and generate test results documentation
• Provide and review test results documentation with the customer and other stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with Test Automation Engineers and other Integration Test team members
• Actively participate in project and team meetings
• Adhere to program testing standards associated with the creation and publication of testing artifacts and related documentation
• Stay abreast of industry testing trends, and remain current with industry standards and best practices
• Assist in production and other support activities, and ad hoc testing activities that may arise
• Perform research activities as assigned

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Required Experience: The position requires 5+ years of testing experience in a distributed environment; Mainframe and Open Systems are required.

• Required Technical Skills:
  • SQL Tools - SPUFI, QMF, Redash, MongoDB Compass etc.
  • Mainframe Tools – TSO/ISPF
• Required Skills and Abilities:
  • Experience in writing queries in RDBMS and Document-oriented databases.
  • Strong knowledge of healthcare
  • Proficient in Waterfall and Agile SDLC methodologies.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to communicate with customers, support personnel, application development personnel and management
  • Ability to work in a team environment with multiple team members, as well as productively as an individual.
• Preferred Skills:
  • MMIS related claims and ancillary transaction processing
  • Knowledge of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - HIPAA X12 5010 and NCPDP D.0
  • COBOL Programming Language
  • IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)
  • IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) Mainframe Source Code Management
  • IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) Test Management
  • Proficient with applications developed in Java and Angular technologies, browser compatibility testing
  • Knowledgeable in ETL testing using DataStage, Testing Spring Batch Applications, Web services / API Testing using POSTMAN
  • Experience in working with databases – DB2 – Z/OS and LUW, PostgreSQL, MongoD