QA & Testing Lead Analyst - HIH - Evernorth

Job Description Position Overview The Quality Analyst (QA) Tester upholds quality assurance standards and measures for the Health Information Interoperability team. The QA Tester gathers and analyzes data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements, enhancements, and will plan and support direct supervisor in executing, training, and supporting the team. This will include writing test plans and scripts for tracking defects and fixes in product development, software application development, writing test plans and scripts for application development, information systems, and operations systems. The QA Tester exercises considerable creativity, foresight, and judgment in conceiving, planning, and delivering initiatives. The QA Tester utilizes deep professional knowledge and acumen to advise functional leaders. The QA Tester focuses on providing thought leadership within Information Management but works on broader projects, which require understanding of wider business. Excited to grow your career We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply Our people make all the difference in our success. We are looking for engineer to develop, optimize and fine-tune AI models for performance, scalability, and accuracy. In this role you will support the full software lifecycle of design, development, testing, and support for technical delivery. This role requires working with both onsite and offshore team members in properly defining testable scenarios based on requirements/acceptance criteria. Responsibilities - Define test process including required test activities, deliverables and test schedule. Understand how changes impact work upstream and downstream including various back end and front-end architectural modules - Responsible for developing smoke, functional and regression test suites for GUI Front End, and Database backend - Document, maintain, and monitor software problems - Recommend strategies and methods to improve test plans and test processes - As a member of the scrum team, closely interact with both onsite and offshore team members. The onsite and offshore interactions include scrum team members (Scrum masters, developers, Product Owners and QA at onsite and offshore) - Define test data conditions and partners and works closely with Data team to obtain the data. - Actively participate in all phases of testing (In sprint functional testing, integration testing and regression) - Business requirement analysis, test design, defect logging and tracking - Actively engage in defect reporting and triaging - Adheres to the organization's Quality Engineering best practices Qualifications Required Skills: - Minimum of 5-8 years QA experience - 5+ years of Software Quality Assurance experience on enterprise level applications - Experience in writing intermediate to complex SQL queries, ability to determine the types of testing that must be conducted (i.e., data validation, regression, etc.), including evaluating the testability of requirements and create a comprehensive test plan that supports the business and technological solutions being delivered. - Extensive exposure to Back-end/ETL testing with high-level of SQL skills is required. Experience in API Testing - Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka - Exposure to large data sets and understand Data Quality Framework Knowledge of cloud technologies (Azure preferred) - Familiarity with at least one of the following languages: C# preferred; Java, Python, or JavaScript accepted - Experience in Design, development and implementation of QA strategy Must have broad knowledge experience with testing and modeling tools, and change management and test case generation techniques - Experience with test management and defect tracking tools Ability to collaborate with a team of Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Project Managers and Application Developers in various locations to test configuration of business requirements - Knowledge and experience in data masking methodologies - Familiar with Meta Data Management tools a plus - Exposure to Automation Testing and technologies a plus Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment - Adaptable and flexible to business demands, Well-developed problem solving and analytical skills - Excellent interpersonal communication skills - Prior experience in the Health Care industry preferred Required Experience & Education - Bachelor's degree in related field with 5-8 years of overall experience with at-least 5 years in each of the technical skills listed above Equal Opportunity Statement Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations. About Evernorth Health Services Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.