Quality Assurance Engineer 6-months contract Remote Job ID 2023-8496 Solugenix is assisting a client, a prestigious health insurance company, in their search for a Quality Assurance Engineer. This is a 6-months contract opportunity with Remote. Description: Reporting to the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager, Information Technology (IT) Quality Management, the Software Quality Assurance Engineer II will perform test planning, manual test case authoring, scripting automated scripts, test execution, review test activities, test reporting on assigned tasks and deliverables of QA consultants. The Software Quality Assurance Engineer II plays a major role to improve the quality, functionality, reliability, and usability of software products for Clients. The Software Quality Assurance Engineer II is responsible to review the business requirements and create test plans, test cases, and automated scripts, execute tests according to Client policy, guidelines, and SQA industry best practices, and escalating as appropriate. The Software Quality Assurance Engineer II will need to stay abreast of the latest industry test tools, test approaches, Information Technology skills, Client systems, applications, and technologies to contribute proactively and continually to improve the quality of Client systems. Adhere to Client test management best practices including requirements gathering, test case creation, test case execution, defect management, metrics, and reporting. The Software Quality Assurance Engineer II will contribute to building, enhancing, and maintaining the Client Continuous Testing Framework. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems Instead of degree, equivalent education and/or experience may be considered. Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems – Preferred. At least 5 years as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer role including functional and non-functional testing activities. ETL testing experience. EDI 834 files testing experience. Experience participating in the review of business requirements to develop test strategy, deploy risk-based testing tactics, writing test plans and test cases. Experience as an Author of automated scripts according to Software Quality Assurance industry test automation best practices. Experience executing manual test cases and automated scripts to detect and report defects. Experience effectively communicating quality-related matters across an organization and project teams. Experience participating in DevOps initiatives to shift left in testing approach. Experience collaborating in blended teams with onsite, nearshore, and offshore project resources. Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, Agile methodologies, and Waterfall methodologies. Working knowledge of health domains such as Member portals, Provider portals, Healthcare Finance, Health Services, and Claims. Black box testing capabilities. Backend testing capabilities using SQL. Test Automation capabilities. Responsibilities: Review business requirements, system documentation, and project assets to create robust, accurate, usable test artifacts (test plans, test cases, automated scripts, reports) to ensure results align with business needs. Analyze requirements and effectively apply appropriate testing techniques to ensure comprehensive testing coverage on time. Create or assist in creating, socializing, and presenting test approach, test artifacts, testing process, and test metrics with appropriate teams. Prepare test data and ensures readiness of test environment before test execution. Ensure adherence to software quality criteria, policy, guidelines, and industry best practices. Promptly and effectively escalates issues as appropriate. Proactively engages with development teams and project team members to help promote the prevention of defects early in the project/development lifecycle. Participate in and/or lead test case reviews, user stories, risk assessments, requirement reviews, sprint reviews, backlog grooming sessions, and retrospectives. Execute tests (manual and test automation) to validate expected results. Publishes and socializes testing results and metrics to enable business decisions and promote continuous improvement. Identify and appropriately escalates non-standard results and other quality issues. Effectively logs defects and quality concerns using test management systems and any other reporting systems per Client policy and guidelines. Help drive the adoption and consistent usage of industry-standard quality best practices, testing methodologies, and the maturity of the Continuous Testing Framework at Client. Preferred: 1 to 2 years collaborating in blended teams with onsite, nearshore, and offshore project resources. Experience defining processes and procedures for all automated platform and application testing including the development and maintenance of automated scripts. Experience executing automation testing including tests using open-source tools such as Cucumber, JUnit, Jenkins, and Selenium. Experience working with stakeholders and Business Systems Analysts to refine business requirements. Hands-on testing experience on healthcare systems such as QNXT, Facets, Syntranet, or equivalent. Familiarity with EDI transactions (834, 835, 837) for organizations and trading partners to electronically communicate. Performance testing, Security testing, Mobile testing. Understanding of programming concepts and skills such as Python, Java, C, C++, R JavaScript, MATLAB DevOps, CI/CD. Certification: International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Certification. Pay Range for CA, CO, NJ, NY, WA: $58/hour to $59/hour. Starting rate of pay offered may vary depending on factors including but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training and/or experience. About the Client Our client is one of the world’s leading health insurance companies based out of Los Angeles, CA. About Solugenix: Solugenix is an information technology services company known for its deep experience and knowledge in providing comprehensive technology services, solutions, and talent support for companies around the world. The company offers a variety of cutting edge and talent support solutions to promote growth and cutting-edge advancement to our esteemed clients and candidates. We provide these talent support solutions on a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire basis. We also have additional resources from our staffing partners to ensure the right match and expertise for the best result. For over 50 years, global and local brands have trusted Solugenix as an added resource and partner in taking steps to ensure their immediate and future success. In addition to generating ground-breaking, industry-defining solutions, Solugenix has been delivering the talent and support needed to make it happen. We are dedicated to partnering with clients and candidates whose core values also foster a culture of professionalism, teamwork, and integrity. External Company Name: Solugenix Corp External Company URL: www.solugenix.com Street: 1055 W. 7th Street Telecommute: No