IT Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Our client is seeking to hire a motivated IT Senior Quality Assurance Analyst to join its Medicaid Systems Development (MSD) team. The Quality Assurance Analyst’s primary role is to support Community Partners. You will assist in managing the testing activities for CP; in addition, you will also support other MSD applications. You will conduct requirement analysis, design and develop test cases, and execute them manually and automatically. You will capture defects in the tracking system and develop day-today test metric reporting. You will also provide backup support for the test manager.

Requirements

DETAILED LIST OF JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As directed, provide oversight of day-over-day testing activity and support.
• Participate in weekly meetings with the team as required.
• Participate in the defect triage meetings, providing information about defects and route cause analysis.
• Participate in defect remediation meetings to work on extended pending and warranty defects.
• Participate in Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions involving cross-functional teams.
• Develop and execute test cases and test scripts for end-to-end system testing.
• Create and deliver test plans and cases - create effective and reusable test scripts based on functional requirements and use cases.
• Provide oversight, coordinate, and prepare test plans and scenarios within and outside the scope.
• Performing requirements verification testing, functional testing, security testing, regression testing, positive and negative testing, and ADA testing.
• Analyze test results and make confident decisions and recommendations.
• Efficiently execute system and user acceptance testing, document all testing results and ensure that defects are recorded and tracked.
• Document all testing results and ensure defects are recorded and tracked.
• Work with the QA technical team during data setup for performance testing.
• Perform a critical test results analysis, make confident decisions and recommendations, and adhere to escalation processes to ensure accountability and issue resolution.
• Participate in scope review sessions with the business analyst (BA) and subject-matter expert (SME) teams.
• Work with SQA Manager and across project teams to ensure testing completion meets project deadlines.
• Work closely with the testing team and resolve testing-related issues/concerns.
• Do the Gap analysis create new possible test scenarios and add them to the testbed.
• Develop test automation scripts and provide technical support.
• Develop and maintain testing issue documentation and adhere to escalation processes to ensure accountability and issue resolution.
• Technical skills in Oracle or SQL Server Development suites
• IBM Test Manager, HP Load Runner, HP QTP, Jira, MS Office software.
• Develop and distribute Test Summary Reports after each cycle.
• Efficiently execute system and user acceptance testing, document all testing results and ensure that defects are recorded and tracked.
• Document all testing results and ensure defects are recorded and tracked.
• Work with the QA technical team during data setup for performance testing.
• Perform a critical test results analysis, make confident decisions and recommendations, and adhere to escalation processes to ensure accountability and issue resolution.
• Participate in scope review sessions with the business analyst (BA) and subject-matter expert (SME) teams.
• Work with SQA Manager and across project teams to ensure testing completion meets project deadlines.
• Work closely with the testing team and resolve testing-related issues/concerns.
• Do the Gap analysis create new possible test scenarios and add them to the testbed.
• Develop test automation scripts and provide technical support.
• Develop and maintain testing issue documentation and adhere to escalation processes to ensure accountability and issue resolution.
• Technical skills in Oracle or SQL Server Development suites
• IBM Test Manager, HP Load Runner, HP QTP, Jira, MS Office software.
• Develop and distribute Test Summary Reports after each cycle

REQUIRED SKILLS (Special Skill Set, Abilities, Knowledge:

• Broad knowledge of testing approaches and techniques for certifying software acceptance.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in project teams, providing relevant quality assurance services to a broad audience.
• Highly analytical and able to independently analyze test results and confidently make decisions and recommendations.
• Expertise in backend testing and writing SQL queries, including complex subqueries and joins. •