Senior QA Engineer - Test Strategy & Mentorship

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401k contribution programs

Incentive programs

Job summary

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a software test engineer to develop, modify, and execute test plans, scenarios, automated scripts, and programs to ensure outgoing software meets quality standards. You will develop and run tests to identify defects and document them for engineers and product owners to address.

You will also participate in design reviews and mentor junior staff while supporting the quality of various software systems and applications across the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in IT, Engineering or CS or 4 years additional related experience
• 5 years of software development or testing experience
• Strong programming skills

Responsibilities

• Analyze moderately complex requirements, operational problems, specifications and change requests. Produce test plans and test cases to determine presence and scope of potential code defects.
• Monitor accurate and thorough test cases, scripts and data with pre-determined results within specified scheduled dates. Perform test execution of all assigned test cases.
• Lead and mentor team of testers in support of projects and day-to-day testing efforts, including associates, contractors and third-party resources

Skills

SDLC knowledge

Software testing

Programming skills

Database experience

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Bug tracking system

Databases

Job description

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a software test engineer to develop, modify, and execute test plans, scenarios, automated scripts, and programs to ensure outgoing software meets quality standards. You will develop and run tests to identify defects and document them for engineers and product owners to address.

You will also participate in design reviews and mentor junior staff while supporting the quality of various software systems and applications across the business.