QA Test Engineer I

Reporting Accountability: Delivery Manager

Working Location:On-Site in Waterloo Iowa or hybrid

Work Hours Classification: Full-Time 8am-5pm CST Monday-Friday

Responsibilities/Duties of the Job

The QA Test Engineer I should demonstrate the ability to contribute by providing quality collaboration between team members and key stakeholders. This role demonstrates a high understanding of quality assurance testing necessary to perform test scenarios and other tasks. Testing will include web applications mobile apps or any other software products. ISTQB and/or other tester scheme certification is necessary to conduct testing at the level needed. QA Test Engineer I is expected to continue to perform foundational elements of Jr QA Test Engineer responsibilities. This position will help the QA Test Engineer I advance to QA Test Engineer II or Senior QA Test Engineer.

• Create and execute detailed functional regression and usability test cases according to the Acceptance Criteria and document results
• Understand business requirements and translate them into test scenarios including elaborate and well thought out edge cases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with developers and other team members to identify and report defects.
• Create and execute detailed functional regression and usability test cases according to the Acceptance Criteria and document results
• Research refine and create work items and tasks for entire team understanding
• Keep TFS up to date on all PBIs tasks hours and results
• Continue to stay in-tune to new industry testing methodologies and tools.
• Ability to read understand and write simple test cases in software code.
• Follows through on issues until appropriately resolved.
• Participate and lead through test automation efforts-including designing developing and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Support risk management activities and implement continuous Test Process Improvement
• Follows strict confidentiality and HIPAA privacy and security guidelines.

Position Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• Bachelors Degree and participation in an internship in a related field preferred.
• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) at least or equivalent.
• Helpful to understand healthcare management health sciences or business management or equivalent work experience with quality assurance and process improvement activities and/or data analysis
• Must comply with continuing education per Company regulatory contractual and accreditation requirements

Skills and Competencies:

• Knowledge of state and federal healthcare laws and regulations and accreditation standards
• Excellent critical thinking problem solving time management and organizational skills
• Strong documentation skills and communication skills particularly in standard operation procedures to successfully operate across multiple departments and stakeholders.
• Commitment to maintaining a high level of competence in quality assurance performance improvement and data analysis concepts.
• Basic knowledge of computer concepts information systems(e.g. excel formulas pivot tables graphs trendlines etc.)
• Effective written/verbal skills.
• Effective skills at teamwork and team facilitation.
• Customer service focused.

Physical Requirements:

• Operation of office equipment and using technology efficiently such as computers phones misc. office equipment
• Visual abilities to include reading distance vision and peripheral vision
• Moving throughout the VGM facilities when needed.

This job description reflects the general duties of the job but is not a detailed description of all duties which may be inherent to the position. Reasonably related additional duties may be assigned to the individual Associate.

VGM Group Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex pregnancy national origin disability genetic information military or veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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