Software Tester

Location & Work Arrangement

• Location: Columbia, South Carolina
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid
• Contract: This is a Contract position.
• Pre-Employment Check: State mandatory background checks (Criminal, Credit, E-Verify) are required.

Key Responsibilities

• Test Development: Develop robust test plans, QA/User Acceptance Testing (UAT) processes, and detailed test cases from business requirements and policy documentation.
• Execution & Analysis: Initiate tests, including negative testing and usability, analyze results, and find technical solutions to isolate and solve issues.
• Advanced Testing: Lead projects to perform quality assessments that expose security flaws, reveal defects, and identify areas for optimization.
• Automation: Design and/or run automated testing scripts and design/support user interface testing and regression testing software.
• Documentation & Reporting: Create quality assurance documentation and reports, communicate and publish status reports on all open issues/gaps, and maintain a database of product defects (e.g., in tools like JIRA).
• Governance: Adhere to established software testing governance policies and recommend improvements to best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Test Case Development: 3 years experience translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios.
• Test System Implementation: 3 years experience building test cases and scenarios into test systems.
• Curam Experience: 2 years experience testing IBM Curam software.
• Communication: Ability to communicate and publish status reports of all open issues and articulate details to Development teams.
• Documentation: Proven ability to document and support the development and execution of testing activities.

Preferred Skills

• Enterprise Experience: 5 years large enterprise or e-business systems experience.
• Domain Knowledge: Deep knowledge of healthcare operations (preferably Medicaid) and related business processes.
• Tool Proficiency: Proficient in the Atlassian tool suite, including JIRA and Confluence.
• Methodologies: Prior experience working in both standard SDLC (Waterfall) and AGILE delivery environments.

Education

• Required Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or related field. Relevant years of experience may substitute for formal education.