Sr. QA Engineer

Ellkay, Llc; Indiana; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellkay, LLC is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer with healthcare-domain knowledge to drive data validation, test automation, and end-to-end quality engineering. You will serve as an SME for Epic and/or Oracle Health (Cerner) and strengthen QA through automation and scalable testing practices.

You will develop advanced SQL queries, design reusable frameworks, and integrate testing into CI/CD, validating data across EHR/EMR, HL7, FHIR interfaces, and related systems while ensuring HIPAA compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software QA/Quality Engineering experience in data validation and test automation.
• Hands-on Epic and/or Oracle Health (Cerner) experience with clinical workflows.
• Advanced SQL experience for ETL/ELT and data transformations.
• Proficiency in Python or another scripting language.
• Experience with automation frameworks, APIs, CI/CD, and healthcare interoperability standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a QA SME for Epic and/or Oracle Health (Cerner) and QA automation.
• Lead end-to-end validation of healthcare apps, DBs, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, interfaces.
• Define test strategies, scope, acceptance criteria, risks, and release readiness.
• Develop data validation and regression tests using Python.
• Build reusable automation frameworks and integrate tests into CI/CD.
• Validate patient, provider, encounter, lab, medication, financial, and operations data.
• Test platforms involving EHR/EMR, LIS, Revenue Cycle, ERP, HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON, REST.
• Trace data across systems, perform root-cause analysis, and support regression testing.
• Lead QA across projects, communicate risks, mentor engineers.
• Apply AI-assisted testing to improve design, data generation, and defect analysis.
• Ensure HIPAA/privacy/security and PHI/PII handling compliance.

Skills

Quality engineering

SQL

Python

CI/CD

Test automation

QA leadership

Problem solving

Healthcare data knowledge

Tools

Epic

Oracle Health (Cerner)

REST APIs

HL7

FHIR

Job description

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Engineering Shared Services Full Time IN

ELLKAY started out providing connectivity solutions to laboratories and within a few years, grew to also provide data management solutions to ambulatory organizations. ELLKAY is now a trusted data management partner in five healthcare segments. ELLKAY’s solutions continue to serve laboratories and ambulatory practices and have expanded to empower hospitals and health systems, healthcare IT vendors, ambulatory practices, health plans, and other healthcare organizations with cutting-edge technologies and solutions that drive their growth and interoperability strategies.

Today, ELLKAY remains true to our core values, building strong partner relationships and offering unparalleled service and support while providing innovative, scalable solutions to the challenges our customers face in today’s data-rich world.

ELLKAY's experience, customer-focused approach, and reputation for innovation, speed, and accuracy differentiate ELLKAY as a premier partner for your interoperability needs and data management strategy.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer with strong healthcare-domain knowledge and hands‑on experience in data validation, test automation, and end‑to‑end quality engineering. The candidate will serve as an SME for Epic and/or Oracle Health (Cerner) and strengthen QA through automation, reusable frameworks, and scalable testing practices.

• Serve as a Quality Engineering SME for Epic and/or Oracle Health (Cerner), including clinical workflows, data structures, and cross‑domain relationships.
• Lead end‑to‑end validation across healthcare applications, databases, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, interfaces, and integrated systems.
• Define test strategies, validation approaches, scope, acceptance criteria, risks, and release‑readiness recommendations.
• Perform source‑to‑target reconciliation, validating record counts, mappings, transformations, business rules, completeness, accuracy, referential integrity, duplicates, and missing values.
• Develop advanced SQL queries to validate large healthcare datasets and investigate discrepancies.
• Design automated data‑validation and regression tests using Python or a comparable programming language.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Validate patient, provider, encounter, clinical, laboratory, medication, financial, and operational data.
• Test healthcare platforms and integrations involving EHR/EMR, LIS, Blood Bank, Revenue Cycle, ERP, HL7, CCD/C‑CDA, FHIR, XML, JSON, and REST APIs.
• Trace data across systems, investigate defects, perform root‑cause analysis, and collaborate with engineering teams through resolution and regression testing.
• Lead QA activities across multiple projects, communicate quality risks and status, and mentor QA engineers.
• Apply AI‑assisted testing to improve test design, automation, test‑data generation, data analysis, and defect investigation.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, privacy, security, and PHI/PII handling requirements.

Qualifications:

• Strong Quality Engineering experience in healthcare data validation and test automation.
• Hands‑on Epic and/or Oracle Health (Cerner) experience, including clinical workflows and data structures.
• Advanced SQL and experience testing ETL/ELT pipelines, databases, and data transformations.
• Proficiency in Python or a comparable scripting language.
• Experience with automation frameworks, regression testing, APIs, integrations, and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of healthcare data and interoperability standards.
• Experience leading QA projects, performing root‑cause analysis, and mentoring team members.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Working knowledge of AI‑assisted testing or Generative AI is preferred
• 5+ years of experience in software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering, including data validation and test automation.
• 3+ years of experience testing healthcare applications, integrations, or healthcare data.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with advanced SQL, ETL/ELT or data‑pipeline testing, and automation using Python or a comparable language

Additional Information:

ELLKAY is committed to fostering a collaborative and high‑performance work environment that supports innovation, teamwork, and professional growth. Most roles are designed to operate from our office locations to encourage effective collaboration and engagement across teams.Any alternative work arrangements may be considered at the company’s discretion based on role requirements and business needs.

ELLKAY, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.