SENIOR SALESFORCE QUALITY ANALYST , CONTRACTUAL IT Systems Tenchincal Specialist

State of Maryland; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits subsidy

Leave accrual

Job summary

State of Maryland's Maryland Insurance Administration seeks a Senior Salesforce Quality Analyst to ensure QA of the enterprise Salesforce ecosystem and MuleSoft integrations. The role focuses on end-to-end testing, data integrity, and automation across CRM and API layers.

The ideal candidate has several years of Salesforce testing experience and a passion for automation, working in a hybrid Baltimore setting.

Qualifications

• Seven years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software.
• Experience with Salesforce testing and MuleSoft API validation is preferred.
• Knowledge of automation, Agile processes, and data validation across CRM and middleware.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Test Strategy: Define, design, and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases covering Salesforce functionality, UI, flows, and MuleSoft integrations.
• MuleSoft & API Testing: Validate REST/SOAP APIs and data mappings through MuleSoft using Postman/SoapUI/Anypoint Studio.
• Regression & Automation: Build and maintain manual and automated test suites for Salesforce and integrations.
• Data Validation: Verify data migrations and synchronization between Salesforce and connected systems via MuleSoft.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track defects with QA and dev teams.
• Agile Participation: Participate in sprint planning, refinement, and daily stand-ups.

Skills

Salesforce testing

MuleSoft API testing

Automation

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / MIS / IT-related field

Tools

Postman

SoapUI

Anypoint Studio

Job description

Introduction

The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is an independent State agency that regulates Maryland’s $46 billion insurance industry and protects consumers by monitoring and enforcing insurers’ and insurance professionals’ compliance with State law. Through the diligence of a highly professional staff of market analysts, financial analysts, accountants, lawyers, law enforcement officers, actuaries, complaint investigators, and others, the MIA works to facilitate a strong and competitive insurance marketplace where consumers are well informed and treated fairly. Staff members are subject matter experts who serve as a resource for lawmakers, consumers, and other public and private entities.

Introduction

The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is an independent State agency that regulates Maryland’s $46 billion insurance industry and protects consumers by monitoring and enforcing insurers’ and insurance professionals’ compliance with State law. Through the diligence of a highly professional staff of market analysts, financial analysts, accountants, lawyers, law enforcement officers, actuaries, complaint investigators, and others, the MIA works to facilitate a strong and competitive insurance marketplace where consumers are well informed and treated fairly. Staff members are subject matter experts who serve as a resource for lawmakers, consumers, and other public and private entities.

GRADE

STD0021

LOCATION OF POSITION

Baltimore City or Hybrid (between office and telework)

POSITION DUTIES

The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is seeking a meticulous and technically savvy Senior Salesforce Quality Analyst to oversee the quality assurance of our enterprise ecosystem. This position will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and data integrity of our Salesforce platform and its critical integrations driven by MuleSoft.

The Senior Salesforce Quality Analyst will sit at the intersection of CRM functionality and API middleware, designing robust test strategies that validate end-to-end business processes. The ideal candidate has several years of hands-on experience in Salesforce testing, and validating MuleSoft APIs, and a passion for automation.

Key Responsibilities Include

• End-to-End Test Strategy: Define, design, and execute comprehensive test plans and test cases that cover Salesforce functionality, user interfaces, custom workflows (Flows), and backend MuleSoft API integrations.
• MuleSoft & API Testing: Validate REST/SOAP APIs, data mappings, and transformations routed through MuleSoft. Perform payload validation, error-handling checks, and boundary testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, or Anypoint Studio.
• Regression & Automation: Build and maintain manual as well as automated testing suites for both Salesforce and integration endpoints to ensure continuous deployment stability.
• Data Validation: Verify complex data migrations, synchronization logic, and data integrity between Salesforce and downstream/upstream systems connected via MuleSoft.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track software defects to resolution. Collaborate closely with Salesforce Developers, MuleSoft Engineers, and Business Analysts to isolate bugs and reproduce edge cases.
• Agile Participation: Participate actively in sprint planning, refinement, and daily stand-ups to ensure QA scope is aligned with upcoming user stories and technical design documents.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Seven years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software.

Notes

• Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and thirty credit hours from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Management Information Systems or other information technology-related field to include coursework in application, communication, database or operating systems software technology for four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and one year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software for four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute experience operating computer systems; or scheduling, controlling input and output to process data on computer systems; or evaluating, implementing and maintaining computer hardware and software; or converting data from project specifications by developing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages on a year-for-year basis for a high school education.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems or other information technology-related field to include coursework in application, communication, database or operating systems software technology and three years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in the Computer Systems Operations classifications or Computer Systems Operations specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Desired Or Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Administrator
• MuleSoft Certified Developer or Integration Associate
• Platform App Builder
• Platform Developer I
• Salesforce Consultant (Service Cloud)
• Software Testing Certifications
• Production support experience
• Ability to support priorities beyond Salesforce related projects
• Experience with Box document management system

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

NOT APPLICABLE.

SELECTION PROCESS

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information in your resume to demonstrate that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. For education obtained outside the U.S., any job offer will be contingent on the candidate providing an evaluation for equivalency by a foreign credential evaluation service prior to starting employment (and may be requested prior to interview).

Benefits

Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents. As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits. You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.

Leave may be granted to a contractual employee who has worked 120 days in a 12 month period. This leave accrues at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.