Quality Assurance Analyst – Advanced - QAA 26-05280

Quality Assurance Analyst – Advanced

Location: Columbia, SC 29201 (Fully Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months
Employment Type: Contract

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst (Advanced) to support enterprise-level system testing initiatives within a healthcare-focused environment.

This role will function as a system testing specialist, supporting enrollment, eligibility, and claims-related systems, including document management and workflow solutions. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in test planning, automation, and system integration testing, along with a proactive approach to identifying risks and improving system performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and QA/UAT processes
• Perform system, integration, regression, smoke, and end-to-end testing
• Design and support UI testing and automation frameworks
• Ensure application reliability, stability, and performance
• Conduct negative testing, usability testing, and quality assessments
• Identify risks, defects, and improvement opportunities; escalate issues as needed
• Maintain and track defects in testing tools and databases
• Collaborate with developers, product teams, and stakeholders to resolve issues
• Support test automation scripting using established guidelines
• Review vendor test plans, scripts, and results for quality assurance compliance
• Participate in walkthroughs, inspections, and governance reviews
• Monitor testing progress, report status, and address deviations
• Document test scenarios, execution results, and defect reports
• Ensure adherence to QA standards, policies, and best practices
• Communicate testing status, gaps, and risks to leadership and project teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong English proficiency
• 5+ years of experience translating business requirements into test cases and scenarios
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Quality Control
• 3+ years of experience with test automation frameworks (Sahi Pro and/or Selenium)
• Working knowledge of QA process frameworks (e.g., SPICE, TPI, TMMI, CMMI)
• Hands-on experience with test design techniques such as:
  • Equivalence class partitioning
  • Pairwise testing
• Experience with test design tools such as PICT or similar

Preferred Skills

• 5+ years of experience in large enterprise or e-business systems
• 3+ years of healthcare or Medicaid systems experience
• Knowledge of HIPAA EDI transactions and X12 standards
• Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience working in both Agile and Waterfall (SDLC) environments

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical, Business, or Healthcare-related field OR equivalent work experience (year-for-year basis)

Work Environment

• Fully onsite role in Columbia, SC
• Collaborative environment working with cross-functional teams including developers, architects, and business stakeholders
• Focus on delivering high-quality, scalable, and compliant healthcare system solutions

For more details reach at resumes@navitassols.com.