Quality Assurance Analyst – Project Lead - SOSC

Title: Quality Assurance Analyst – Project Lead
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Columbia, SC (Onsite)

Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst – Project Lead to work on complex, change-oriented initiatives within the healthcare domain. This role offers the opportunity to design and execute robust testing strategies, ensuring the delivery of reliable and stable technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform testing on technical solutions to identify and resolve issues.
• Develop test plans, QA processes, and UAT procedures for product management and software development teams.
• Maintain SDLC traceability from requirements to test cases and components.
• Design and execute user interface and regression testing.
• Test software for reliability, stability, and usability, including negative testing.
• Create and run automated test scripts; manage deployment of tests.
• Participate in defect triage, retesting, and resolution.
• Prepare quality assurance documentation and status reports.
• Follow established software testing governance policies and recommend process improvements.
• Conduct reviews, walkthroughs, and inspections in alignment with governance standards.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years translating business requirements or policy documentation into test cases and scenarios.
• 5+ years building test cases and scenarios into test systems.
• 3+ years of in-depth healthcare operations knowledge (preferably Medicaid).
• 3+ years communicating and publishing test status reports, including detailed issue documentation.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with formal test design tools.

Preferred Skills:

• 5+ years in large enterprise or e-business systems.
• 3+ years with manual/automated testing tools such as Azure DevOps, Atlassian JIRA, and Confluence.
• 3+ years in both waterfall SDLC and Agile delivery environments.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical, business, healthcare, or related field (experience may substitute for degree).

Certifications:

• Technical or Project Management certifications preferred but not required.