Cloud Software Test Analyst

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

IT Quality Assurance

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Software Testing, Software Testing Process, Software Testing Tools

Certifications:

Experience:

3 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) provides healthcare information technology services and resources to support the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

As a Cloud Software Test Analyst, you will provide testing and analysis to support the program in addition to supporting the mission of migrating the IDR Teradata data and ETLs from Informatica to the Snowflake Cloud.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:    

• Review and analyze user stories, acceptance criteria, business requirements, system requirements and technical specifications.
• Develop test scenarios, document test cases, create test data/files, compile test summary documentation and provide work estimation for testing tasks.
• Ensure that the final product satisfies the requirements and meets end-user expectations.
• Provide cross functional support to help resolve defects.
• Make recommendations to improve overall quality.
• Effectively communicates with management scrum masters on status and critical issues.
• Collect and communicate findings from test results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant technology and trends in IT quality assurance.
• Collaborate with team, resource manager, and scrum masters to identify risks and mitigation activities.
• Recommend and implement corrective actions as needed to address unplanned technical, functional and resource issues.
• Ensure new processes are documented and reviewed with team.
• Participate in agile meetings including the daily scrum, backlog grooming, sprint planning, program increment (PI) and retrospective meetings.
• Participate in special projects as required.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• 5+ years of software testing experience, such as data warehouse ETL testing and data quality management
• Experience with Agile methodology.
• Solid back-end testing experience in writing and executing SQL queries.
• Knowledge of various software testing methods.
• Ability to review, test and evaluate the work of others by participating in Peer Reviews.  
• Candidate must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder to be considered for this position.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD:

• Health Care Experience
• Atlassian (Confluence, Jira)
• TestRail
• Test Director
• Teradata
• Informatica (PowerCenter, DEI)
• Snowflake
• Datastage
• AWS (S3, CLI, EMR, EC2, Glue, Cloudtamer)
• Databricks
• Experience with automated testing and developing test scripts

ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, recommends improvement to support quality.
• Ability to be flexible to changing demands and priorities.
• Excellent teamwork and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a cooperative member of the team.

LOCATION:

Remote

CLEARANCE:

Ability to obtain a Public Trust: candidate must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years and pass a public trust background investigation.

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• 401K with company match

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $81,600 - $110,400. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual require