Job Description :
For each project, the quality assurance analyst will be working with the project teams, and will be expected to create or participate in creating:
A QA test strategy, QA test plan, QA test cases, and QA test closure defect documentation
A requirements traceability matrix
Other documentation as requested (i.e., meeting notes, documented processes, change requests, and status reports)
Project Requirements:
Work with the appropriate resources to define and write Functional and Technical Testable Requirements (Waterfall) and/or User Stories and Acceptance Criteria (Agile
Have complete understanding of all functional and technical Requirements and/or Acceptance Criteria.
Approve Requirements if asked to perform QA project lead duties.
Have complete understanding of Design document to ensure the design complements the Requirements. Approve Design document if asked to perform QA project lead duties.
Work with the QA Supervisor and/or QA Lead to create the Level of Effort (LOE) estimate for all testing activities within the project.
Work with the QA Supervisor and/or QA Lead to create the Test Strategy.
Work with the QA Supervisor and/or QA Lead to create the Test Plan.
Work with Business Analyst, Developers, and DBA’s in defining detailed and reusable Functional, System Integration, and Regression test cases and completing Requirements Traceability Matrix.
Write detailed and reusable Functional, System Integration, and Regression Test Cases.
Assist the Performance Engineer in determining business flows to be scripted and utilized in Performance/Load testing.
Assist the Automation Engineer in determining test cases to be scripted and utilized in smoke / regression testing.
Accurately document all defects in the defect tracking tool in a timely manner.
Attend and participate in the Defect Triage and Review meetings.
Assist in managing the overall scope of the testing effort.
Complete required QA documentation in an accurate and timely manner. Provide edits to QA documentation as necessary if the project’s Requirements change, if scope changes, if testing schedule changes, etc.
Provide QA leadership to assigned project, when requested.
Provide support to the UAT team, if requested.
Provide, in timely manner, status of assigned project when requested.
Execute manual and automation Test Cases for various test types (smoke, functional, regression, etc.
Execute all Test Cases according to the Test Plan, or explain why risk-based / priority testing is executed
Required Skills :
Seven (7) years’ experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst
A B.S. or B.A. Degree (4 year) substitutes for seven years of experience, or an Associate’s Degree (2 year) substitutes for two years of experience.
Five (5) engagements/projects lasting a minimum of three (3) months each in a Quality Assurance Analyst role.
Desired Skills :
Computer Science or Information Technology degree
Experience planning and executing end to end testing of integrated systems including validation of the integration layer.
Experience writing and executing basic SQL query commands
Experience utilizing RTC as a defect reporting tool
Experience with IBM Cúram solution for healthcare reform and/or downstream integrated systems that consume or use the Curam data.
Resources is from the five state area (MN, IA, WI, SD, ND