Quality Assurance Analyst

Talent Software Services, Inc.

Columbia, SC

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$50–$55 Per Hour
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Atlassian JIRA, Automation, Best Practices, Bug Tracking/Defect Management, Business Processes, Business Solutions, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Communication Skills, Database Administration, Debugging Skills, Documentation, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), English Language, Formal Verification, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Healthcare, Integration Testing, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Medicaid, Negative Testing, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Control, Regression Testing, Requirements Management, SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis), Selenium, Smoke Testing, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Testing, Status Reports, System Integration (SI), System Test, Test Automation, Test Case, Test Design, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Scenario, Test Scripts, Test Tools, Testing, Use Cases, Waterfall Model of Software Development, Writing Skills, eBusiness
LOCATION
Columbia, SC
POSTED
7 days ago

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Execution

  • Develop:
    • Test plans
    • QA processes
    • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) processes
    • Test cases and scenarios
  • Perform:
    • Smoke Testing
    • System Integration Testing (SIT)
    • End-to-End Testing
    • Regression Testing
    • Negative Testing
    • Usability Testing
  • Test software applications for:
    • Reliability
    • Stability
    • Performance
    • Efficiency

Automation & Quality Assurance

  • Design and develop test automation scripts using automation guidelines
  • Support user interface testing and automation frameworks
  • Participate in quality assessments to:
    • Identify defects
    • Expose security flaws
    • Recommend optimization opportunities
  • Maintain defect tracking databases and testing documentation
  • Ensure adherence to QA governance policies, standards, and best practices

Collaboration & Reporting

  • Coordinate with:
    • Product development teams
    • Software engineers
    • Architects
    • Leadership teams
    • Vendors
    • Internal stakeholders
  • Provide:
    • Test plan reviews
    • Test script/scenario reviews
    • Test report preparation and review
  • Track testing progress against targets and resolve exceptions
  • Publish status reports for open issues and testing gaps
  • Communicate testing outcomes and defects clearly to development teams

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of Quality Assurance and Quality Control experience
  • 5+ years translating:
    • Business requirements
    • Policy documentation
    • Functional requirements
      into test cases and scenarios
  • 3+ years of experience with:
    • Sahi Pro
    • Selenium Automation Framework
  • Experience designing and developing automated test scripts
  • Strong knowledge of formal testing methodologies including:
    • Equivalence Class Partitioning
    • Pairwise Analysis
  • Experience with test design tools such as:
    • PICT
    • Equivalent orthogonal testing tools
  • Working knowledge of at least ONE of the following:
    • Spice
    • TPI
    • TMMI
    • CMMI OPF
    • OPD
    • PPQA process areas

Preferred Skills

  • 5+ years supporting large enterprise or e-business systems
  • 3+ years of Medicaid or healthcare industry experience
  • Deep understanding of:
    • Healthcare operations
    • Medicaid business processes
  • Experience with:
    • X12 Standards
    • HIPAA EDI Transactions
  • Proficiency with Atlassian tools:
    • JIRA
    • Confluence
  • Experience working within:
    • SDLC / Waterfall methodologies
    • Agile environments

Required Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in:
    • Technical field
    • Business field
    • Healthcare field
  • OR 5+ years of equivalent Quality Assurance experience

Additional Skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong English proficiency required
  • Ability to:
    • Write requirements and use cases
    • Document test scenarios and test cases
    • Execute testing activities effectively
    • Communicate issues and risks clearly to stakeholders and development teams

About the Company

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Talent Software Services, Inc.