QA & Testing Advisor

MUST HAVES:

• 7+ years of experience creating test strategy for all end-to-end test efforts, including the testing roadmap, data plan, execution approach
• 7+ years of experience working on full SDLC testing efforts (System, functional, integration, E2E and regression)
• 7+ years of experience working on QE optimization of Mainframe testing, backend / db2 environments

Duties:

• Strong knowledge in overall STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle) starting from requirement analysis, functional test design and execution, exposure to automation etc
• Ability to design the strategy for all end-to-end test efforts, including the testing roadmap, data plan, execution approach, communication cadence, and identification of risks/dependencies.
• Ability to work with the assigned testing points of contacts and TPO's, facilitate successful cross-functional coordination across all teams.
• Ability to Align with client and other Health Plan clients regarding the recommended strategy, approach, and test scenarios to ensure comprehensive end-to-end testing is completed.
• Execute all the required testing efforts (System, functional, integration, E2E and regression) and Ability to manage all end-to-end testing efforts, provide E2E status reporting.
• Ability to socialize, escalate and assist in remediation of project issues/risks, dependencies & questions.
• Must be able to manage multiple assignments with deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and documentation skills
• Strong problem-solving, analytical skills, team handling and task management skills
• Self-directed, highly adaptive to changing priorities and innovative thinking and possessing a keen eye for detail.
• Comfortable working independently or as part of a team
• Providing guidance to team members for quality improvements and best practices

Skills:

• Software Testing Life Cycle
• Quality Assurance and Engineering
• QE optimization
• JIRA
• Strategic Thinking
• Mentorship
• Quality Review and Agile (Scrum / Kanban)
• QE Automation
• Java
• Cucumber
• Testing and other automation testing framework
• Functional
• E2E
• Regression
• Integration
• Performance & Security testing
• Mainframe testing
• Backend / db2

Education:

• High School diploma or Bachelor's degree preferred

Required Skills:

• Back End
• Cobol
• Mainframe
• QA
• Problem-Solving

Additional Skills:

• Self-Directed
• Documentation
• Cadence
• Remediation
• Test Design
• Java
• Life Cycle
• Kanban
• Software Testing
• Testing
• Agile
• JIRA
• Requirement Analysis
• Cucumber