Cloud Software Test Analyst

Type of Requisition:

Incumbent

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

IT Quality Assurance, MicroStrategy, Test Case Design, TestRail, Test Scenarios

Certifications:

None

Experience:

1 + 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 Medicare Part D Prescription Drug program.

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.
• Perform system testing in AWS utilizing Databricks
• Participate in special projects as required.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• B.S. / B.A. Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• 1+ year of experience with Agile methodology.
• 1+ year of experience with SQL. 
• 1+ year of back-end testing experience in writing and executing SQL queries.
• 1+ year of experience testing in AWS
• Ability to review, test and evaluate the work of others by participating in Peer Reviews.   
• Knowledge of various software testing methods.
• Ability to quickly understand complex business logic, translate requirement changes into test scenarios, and perform system testing in a cloud-based system.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD:

• Healthcare, Claims, Medicare Part D experience - strongly preferred
• Cloud testing
• ETL testing
• Backend database testing
• Jira
• Confluence 
• TestRail
• Databricks
• Python
• Snowflake
• MicroStrategy 
• 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 pass a public trust background investigation and meet the residency requirement for having resided in the US for at least (3) three out of the last (5) five years.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 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 $85,000 - $115,000. This