Position: Quality Assurance Analyst - Project Lead
Duration: 12 Months from projected start date with Extension
Location: 1628 Browning Road Columbia SC 29210 Hybrid (4 days in office 1 days remote)
Special Requirement:
- Public Sector/Govt Experience Required
- ICD-10 and Medicaid experience is desirable.
- Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No relocation allowed.
Required Skills
- Bachelors degree in a technical business healthcare or related field. Years of experience can substitute for formal education. Technical and/or Project Management certifications from recognized sources are desirable but not required.
- 5 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases scenarios and test systems
- 3 years deep knowledge of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid) business processes
- 3 years of experience communicating and publishing status reports of all open issues and gaps found during test phase and articulating the details to the Development teams
Preferred Skills
- 5 years large enterprise or e-business systems experience
- 3 years proficient in use of manual or automated testing tools such as Azure DevOps or Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
- 3 years prior experience working in a standard SDLC (waterfall methodology) & in an AGILE delivery
- Technical and/or Project Management certifications from recognized sources are desirable.
Job Description:
The South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (SCDHHS) is the State Medicaid Agency for South Carolina. This agency is focused on the modernization of the States Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The modernization is a major undertaking for SCDHHS and requires major transformation of culture processes and technology. The modernization program supports the Departments transition from primarily a fee-for-service payor of claims towards a program and policy driver for health outcomes primarily through managed care programs. The programs strategy supports significant innovation in MMIS thinking and mindset and is aligned with MMIS innovation at the national level as well.
The Quality Assurance Tester - Advanced will be assigned to projects for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) the Medicaid Agency for SC.
Candidates who enjoy working on complex change-oriented projects will find this position attractive
Responsibilities
Responsible for performing tests on technical solutions to isolate and solve issues. Initiates tests analyzes results and finds solutions to technical problems.
- Develop test plans QA and/or User Acceptance Testing processes and test cases for product management and software development teams.
- Develop and maintain SDLC traceability from test cases to requirements and designs/software components
- Design and support user interface testing of applications and regression testing.
- Test software applications for reliability and stability.
- Implement testing programs to perform quality assurance on technical applications including negative testing and usability.
- Design and/or run automated testing scripts with oversight for deployment of tests
- Participate in defect triage retest and resolution
- Create quality assurance documentation and reports as required
- Adhere to established software testing governance policies best practices and guidelines and recommend improvements
- Perform reviews walkthroughs or inspections and adhere to established governance standards.
Required /Desired Skills:
- 5 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios
- 5 years building test cases and scenarios into test systems
- 3 years deep knowledge of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid) business processes
- 3 years should be able to communicate and publish status reports of all open issues and gaps found during test phase and articulate the details to the Development teams
- 3 years direct hands-on experience with formal test design tools
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- 5 years large enterprise or e-business systems experience.
- 3 years proficient in use of manual or automated testing tools such as Azure DevOps or Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
- 3 years prior experience working in a standard SDLC (waterfall methodology) & in an AGILE delivery
Required Education
- Bachelors degree in a technical business healthcare or related field. Years of experience can substitute for formal education.