QA Lead Tester, Colorado

The QA Lead of Enterprise Testing Services at Kaiser Permanente is responsible for quality assurance and testing. This includes the design, development and implementation of testing procedures; the creation of test plans, cases and scripts to support testing objectives; and the implementation of quality assurance and testing methodologies, processes, standards and tools.

As a QA Lead you will supervise the various aspects of quality assurance testing work activities; serve as a subject matter expert for specific programs/applications; develop and execute project plans that are aligned with and follow appropriate project delivery processes for the testing phase; and ensure appropriate technical testing resources for projects. You must be accountable for time and resource estimates for projects; analyze requirements to determine feasibility for testing; and validate external specifications to verify testability. You must ensure the proper configuration of Mercury Quality Center (Test Director) for your project(s). You must also create test plans, cases and scripts, testing matrices for more complex applications and ensure they support testing objectives; ensure tests are executed and analyzed properly; analyze, review and communicate test data requirements;see that unresolved problems/issues are properly documented, escalated and monitored; review testing documentation deliverables; and ensure defects are reported and managed appropriately. Additionally you will evaluate/escalate all unresolved issues to management; conduct client interviews in order to perform requirements and prepare appropriate documentation/presentation materials to communicate/validate information; develop presentations for upper management; maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and recommend implementation as appropriate; train team members on testing methodology, standards and tools and review their work; and contribute to the development of new theories and methods.

Every week, Kaiser Permanentes Application Systems Management (ASM) group achieves another remarkable benchmark in IT systems delivery of clinical, insurance, financial and administrative information. Its all part of an immense and ongoing migration to a national IT system to better serve our millions of members throughout the country with quality health care. Oracle and DB2 are our database standard. Windows NT is our desktop standard. Working in the ASM group not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best inemotional intelligence because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them.

Basic Qualifications:
This position requires 6-8+ years of related experience as a Functional Tester, Quality Analyst, Performance Tester, Performance Engineer, Defect Analyst or Automation Engineer.
The candidates must possess exceptional analytical skills. Must be able to understand complex integrated systems and derive test cases from technical internal/external design documents, requirements, story boards and workflows.
Good understanding of software development life cycle
Excellent verbal, written communication and problem solving skills.
Experience and proficiency with MS-Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as MS-Visio and MS-Project.
Experience and proficiency with Mercury Quality Center (Test Director)
Experience with CaliberRM and StarTeam tools for tracking requirements and associated documentation
Experience with Automated Testing Tools (WinRunner or QuickTest Pro).
Highly proficient in writing test plans, test cases, test procedures and test reports.
Must be able to work cooperatively as part of a large or small local and remote testing team.
Good organization and planning skills; must be able to adjust priorities with changing needs of the projects.
The candidate should have a good grasp of how to achieve quality in a project both through testing and quality assurance activities.
Creation of Status reports and defect tracking

Preferred Qualifications:

B.S. in Computer Science or relevant technical engineering discipline is required.
Six to Seven years total of demonstrated structured system testing experience.
System testing experience in one of the following healthcare industry domains is highly desirable:
Experience working in IT systems related with HealthCare Insurance Industry.
Experience in Practice Management, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Medical Claims & Billing, Appointment Scheduler and Transcriptions systems.
Exhibit an understanding of interface messaging brokers as well as the HL7 communications protocol.


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