Quality Assurance Technical Lead (IT)

Posting Date

01/16/2026

5200 Virginia Way, Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027, United States of America

Technical Lead, Quality Assurance

General Purpose of the Job

Lead level abilities to deliver Quality Assurance activities for the DaVita Village related to a specific functionality.   Able to develop and mature activities in their area of specialty.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Test Lead, Management, and Coordination

• Lead distributed teams at program level

• Lead program from QA perspective

• Coordinate and communicate with Project resources across the distributed teams to complete assigned projects

• Active participation in project ceremonies and lead as necessary

  Escalates items appropriately – but is capable of driving appropriate resolution for 90%+ issues in area of specialty themselves

• Document and lead risks mitigation plans during project lifecycle

• Lead process improvement initiatives

Test Design and Execution

• Estimate effort required to perform all QA activities assigned

• Review requirements and design documents to ensure adequate understanding to develop test plans, test scenarios and test cases

• Creates and executes test cases to ensure appropriate test coverage

• Recommend improvements and/or corrections to developers for products assigned

• Lead defect triage meetings

• Mine for data, backend validation, and perform data quality analysis via SQL

Test Documentation and Closure

• Document status and final reports for QA activities

• Troubleshoots and resolves or recommends solutions to a diverse range of complex software testing problems. Provide solution to fix the root cause and lead the fix as applicable

• Assist with UAT as needed for data creation

Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree required
• 8 - 10 years experience in testing environment

Specialized Experience, Training, Education, or Qualifications

• Expert knowledge Agile, Waterfall and Iterative frameworks

• Expert knowledge of software testing, quality assurance best practices

• Expert  knowledge with Test Management and Automation tools

• Advanced DB testing experience with one or more DB platforms

• 6+ healthcare domain knowledge

• Minimum 10 years of relevant QA experience with multiple release cycles

• Large scale interconnected system experience

• Experience and skills in mentoring co-workers

• Ability to lead a program from QA perspective

• Experience in leading distributed teams at Program level

• Demonstrated strengths in coordinating, attention-to-detail, follow-through, reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

• Possesses solid project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures.

• Knowledge of Performance and Automation Testing practices and capabilities

• Possess strong people and communication skills

Here is what you can expect when you join our Village:

• A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
• Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
• Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
• Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
• A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
• Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.

About Information Technology

The Information Technology Department designs, develops and maintains software programs required to keep DaVita on the leading edge of medical technology. DaVita's Information Technology Department has both clinic facing and non-clinic facing subgroups that provide our clinician teammates the tools to provide quality patient care. DaVita IT utilizes designers, developers, system architects, project managers, application architects, nurses, trainers and many more professionals to incorporate the technology needs of our clinicians, business and physician customers.

Join us as we pursue our vision "To Build the Greatest Healthcare Community the World has Ever Seen."

Why wait? Explore a career with DaVita today.

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