Quality Engineer - National Remote - 2290012

UnitedHealth Group; Great Falls Crossing (VA); Remote; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company is seeking a Software Tester to ensure high-quality software delivery. You will engage in various testing activities, mentor junior testers, and collaborate within a scrum team. The role offers flexibility to telecommute within the U.S. and is part of a mission-driven organization focused on health equity.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software testing.
• 2+ years in test scenario/test case design.
• Experience in UI, smoke, E2E, and integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop test cases and prioritize testing activities.
• Execute test cases and report defects.
• Mentor and direct other testers.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

SQL

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Selenium

Cucumber

SOAP UI

Postman

RestAssured

Job description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to startCaring. Connecting. Growing together.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in walk-through, inspection, reviews, and user group meetings for quality assurance
• Develop test cases and prioritize testing activities
• Execute all the test case and report defects, define severity and priority for each defect
• Carry out regression testing every time when changes are made to the code to fix defect
• Prepare the status report of testing activities
• Mentor and direct other testers in automation and software engineering principles
• Develop in-depth system and application knowledge to provide higher test quality and coverage
• Constantly evaluate and enhance the test automation strategy and approach
• Collaborate as part of the scrum team in grooming user stories and development of acceptance criteria for the user stories
• Share and communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to staff, business sponsors, managers, and technical resources in clear concise language that is appropriate to the target audience
• Participate in communities of practice to share knowledge, learn, and innovate
• Research and implement tools that support faster delivery with high quality
• Reviews the work of other testers
• Develops innovative approaches
• Sought out as expert
• Serves as a leader/ mentor to test team

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 3+ years of accomplished experience in software testing
• 2+ years of experience in test scenario/test case design skills and knowledge of quality standards
• 1+ years of experience in UI, smoke, E2E and integration testing
• 1+ years of experience in feature beta testing, Early Adopter, or user acceptance testing
• 1+ years of experience with strong communication and customer collaboration
• 1+ years of experience in SQL skills and experience working with any one RDBMS
• 1+ years of experience working in a CI/CD environment like Jenkins for application deployment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Health care domain experience
• Experience with DevOps
• Experience working with complex XML/JSON, EDI X12, SQL transactions
• Tools Knowledge: Selenium with java, Cucumber (BDD), SOAP UI, Postman, RestAssured
• Datawarehouse/ ETL testing experience
• Good knowledge on Automation framework preparation / usage

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

The salary range for this role is $71,600to $140,600annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Deadline:This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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