Data Test Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology

17h•Remote

About The Position

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Data Test Engineer supporting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Program Integrity (CPI) on the Unified Case Management (UCM) system. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Data Test Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on our ability to add a software tester that will verify the quality of data that supports interactive and dynamic user-interface solutions that enhance the investigative capabilities against fraud, waste, and abuse within CPI.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related discipline
2+ years of relevant manual and/or automated Software Quality Assurance experience
Ability to write and modify PostgreSQL or SQL scripts for testing
Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA and/or TestRail
Functional testing for an IT system or database
Agile or SAFe experience
Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to integrate information from multiple sources
Problem-solving mindset
Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects at the same time
Ability to work independently
Self-motivated, well-organized and strict attention to details
Superior written and oral communication skills

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with CMS or medical data systems or tools
Familiarity with large, complex data sources using PostgreSQL or SQL and experience with data migration and/or maintenance activity
Experience testing in both on-premise and AWS cloud environments
Knowledge of web scripting languages
Demonstrated ability to advance technical skills to support testing
Experience testing ETL, Reporting, and/or APIs
Experience testing for Section 508 Compliance using JAWS or other similar tool(s)
Ability to understand and execute against customer business requirements
Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with customers and internal cross-functional teams
Ability to understand and manage customer expectations and software implementation methodology
Agile certification in SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Agilist, CSM or other agile certifications
Experience with CodeCept or similar JavaScript or Playwright automation tool
Test automation

Responsibilities

Integrate with a cross-functional, remote team to execute risk-based test coverage and meet sprint goals delivering high quality software both in a collaborative team environment and independent assignments
Use your expertise in QA test execution and test automation, as applicable, to validate back-end data, reporting/ETL data, and front-end web application functionality
Be an instrumental player of a SAFe scrum team throughout the life cycle of the software implementation processes
Validate the development of system solutions to satisfy customer’s business needs
Analyze, document, and communicate system and business processes as it relates to testing
Provide technical support to existing and prospective customers for UAT testing
Provide inputs for and execute against test plans
Assist with design, creation, and execution of test cases and scenarios
Perform functional, non-functional, regression, system, and performance testing
Record actual results and compare to expected results
Document and perform root cause analysis of relevant defects and issues
Work independently and interact regularly with government and non-government stakeholders at multiple levels of authority
Produce the evaluated test/defects reports and take part in software walkthroughs
Become knowledgeable in the UCM application and functionality to allow you to support requirement analysis, provide accurate estimates, and develop test coverage to reduce risk and delays on the program deliverables