IT - SCDHHS - Quality Assurance Analyst - Consultant

Job Title: Quality Assurance Analyst 

Location: Columbia, SC Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 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. No relocation allowed.

Project Scope:

The Quality Assurance Analyst will support enterprise-level healthcare IT initiatives for a South Carolina state Medicaid agency. The role involves working closely with the Project Management Office (PMO) and cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to IT governance standards, quality processes, and delivery timelines.

This position is ideal for candidates who thrive in complex, change-driven environments and have strong experience in healthcare systems, particularly Medicaid.

Key Responsibilities:

·        Perform functional, system, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to identify and resolve application issues.

·        Develop detailed test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and testing processes based on business and technical requirements.

·        Maintain full SDLC traceability from requirements through test cases and execution.

·        Execute manual and automated testing, including negative and usability testing.

·        Design and support UI testing and regression testing activities.

·        Participate in defect triage, retesting, and issue resolution with development teams.

·        Create and maintain QA documentation, metrics, and status reports.

·        Ensure compliance with established QA governance standards, policies, and best practices.

·        Conduct reviews, walkthroughs, and inspections of deliverables.

·        Communicate test progress, risks, issues, and gaps clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience:

·        5 years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios

·        5 years of experience building and executing test cases within test management systems

·        3 years deep knowledge of healthcare operations (Medicaid experience strongly preferred), business processes

·        3 years direct hands-on experience with formal test design tools

Preferred Skills:

·        5 years large enterprise or e-business systems experience.

·        3 years proficient in use of manual or automated testing tools such as Azure DevOps or Atlassian JIRA and Confluence

·        3 years prior experience working in a standard SDLC (waterfall methodology) & in an AGILE delivery

·        5 years of experience in Quality Assurance can substitute for formal education.