Description

Strong preference will be given to candidates with experience supporting one or more of the following:

• Connecticut DSS or other State Government agencies
• Human Services (HHS)
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Medicaid Eligibility
• Eligibility and Benefits Management Systems
• Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES)
• SNAP
• TANF
• Child Care Programs
• Healthcare Exchange implementations
• Money Follows the Person (MFP)
• Medicaid Waiver Programs
• Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
• Public Sector modernization initiatives
• Policy-driven enterprise applications

Candidates with experience interpreting State and Federal policies, eligibility rules, and healthcare terminology will be highly valued.

Required Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of Quality Assurance experience testing large enterprise applications
• Strong experience with both manual and automation testing
• Experience working throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong understanding of Quality Assurance methodologies, testing processes, and best practices
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders and technical teams
• Ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into detailed test scenarios and test cases
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments
• Experience using Jira for defect tracking and Agile project management

Technical Qualifications

Candidates should possess experience with many of the following technologies:

• Selenium
• TestNG
• Java
• Salesforce application testing
• REST API Testing
• SOAP Web Services
• Postman
• SQL for backend data validation
• Mobile Application Testing
• Progressive Web Applications (PWA)
• JSON/XML validation
• Git (preferred)
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) concepts

Strong understanding of:

• API and Web Service Testing
• Test Automation Frameworks
• Defect Lifecycle Management
• Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Test Planning
• Test Strategy
• Test Estimation

Testing Experience

Candidates should have hands-on experience performing:

• Manual Testing
• Automation Testing
• Functional Testing
• Regression Testing
• Smoke Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Integration Testing (SIT)
• End-to-End Testing
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• API Testing
• Backend Data Validation
• Cross-browser Testing
• Mobile Testing
• Salesforce Testing
• Defect Verification and Retesting

Key Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on manual and automated testing across multiple enterprise applications.
• Develop comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and automated test scripts based on business and technical requirements.
• Review business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, technical documentation, and design documents to identify testing needs.
• Participate in requirements walkthroughs, sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and design review sessions.
• Estimate testing effort and provide input into overall project planning and release schedules.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, system, API, and end-to-end testing activities.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using approved automation frameworks.
• Validate interfaces and integrations between enterprise applications and external systems.
• Perform backend database validation using SQL queries.
• Execute API and web service testing using industry-standard tools.
• Document test execution results and communicate testing progress to project leadership.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and manage software defects through resolution.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and validate software fixes.
• Ensure complete traceability between business requirements, test cases, and executed tests through the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, architects, project managers, vendors, and State business stakeholders.
• Support production implementations by performing release validation and post-production verification.
• Assist in continuously improving QA standards, automation frameworks, testing processes, and quality best practices.
• Mentor junior testers and share knowledge of testing methodologies and automation best practices when appropriate

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree