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IT - SCDHHS - IT Healthcare Consultant - Quality Assurance - Advanced

Job Title: Quality Assurance Tester

Location: Columbia, SC Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote).

Position Type: C2C/W2

Years of Experience: 08+ years

Duration of the Contract: 12 months

Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform tests on technical solutions to identify, isolate, and resolve issues.
• Initiate tests, analyze results, and provide solutions to technical problems.
• Develop test plans, QA processes, and UAT test cases for product management and software development teams.
• Design and support UI testing applications and regression testing software.
• Test software applications for stability, performance, and reliability.
• Implement test programs, including negative and usability testing.
• Lead quality assessment projects to identify defects, security gaps, and optimization opportunities.
• Design and execute automated testing scripts; support test deployment.
• Create QA documentation and detailed reports as needed.
• Follow established software testing governance policies and best practices; suggest improvements.
• Maintain defect databases, user reviews, survey data, and functional enhancements.
• Collaborate with product development teams and software engineers to improve performance and efficiency.
• Conduct reviews, walkthroughs, and inspections per governance standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years translating business requirements or policy documents into test scenarios/cases.
• 3+ years building test cases and scenarios into test systems.
• 2+ years testing IBM Curam software.
• Ability to document and support the creation of test scenarios/cases and execute test activities.
• Strong communication skills to publish status reports, highlight issues/gaps, and clearly articulate findings to development teams.

Preferred Skills

• 5+ years experience working with large enterprise or e-business systems.
• Strong understanding of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid) and related business processes.
• Proficiency with Atlassian tools — JIRA, Confluence.
• Experience with SDLC methodologies: Waterfall and Agile.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in technical, business, or a related field.

Equivalent years of experience may substitute for formal education.