Quality Assurance Analyst I

Center For Health Information And Analysis•Boston, MA

1d•$75,826 - $112,960•Hybrid

About The Position

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is seeking a skilled Quality Assurance Analyst to join their Data Operation and Technology (DOT) Group. This role involves testing CHIA-developed web-based applications, data intake, and warehousing systems. The analyst will design, develop, document, and execute tests to ensure applications meet business requirements. The position requires strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills for reporting issues, and the ability to work independently. This is a full-time position reporting to the Manager, Software Test.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
Minimum of 4 years software testing or equivalent experience required.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills, along with excellent documentation skills.
Ability to work independently with little guidance.
Ability to quickly learn new software applications and techniques as related to data submission/compliance and application testing.
Ability to analyze processes and information, identify problems and trends, and develop effective solutions and strategies.
Creative thinking and resourcefulness to fulfill testing requirements with existing in-house toolsets.
Ability to stay well organized, detailed and process oriented when under pressure to meet development deadlines.
Able to adapt to shifting priorities based on business needs and multi-task.
Health Information and Analysis Industry knowledge.
Experience working with large scale Database Systems like SQL Server, PostGresSQL, Snowflake.
Experience working with ETL Tools like Talend Data Fabric and IBM DataStage.
Experience with Agile Software Development & Testing methods for deployment in cloud environments, preferably MS Azure a plus.
One (1) year of full-time or equivalent part-time, professional, or practical experience in information technology applications development or any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.
An Associate's degree or higher in a related field may be substituted for the required experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Agile Software Development & Testing methods for deployment in cloud environments, preferably MS Azure

Responsibilities

Create and document test plans and test files in accordance with business requirements for applications under test.
Conduct manual and/or scripted tests against applications under test to ensure business requirements are met.
Thoroughly document test case results utilizing tools such as MS Excel, Teams, Azure DevOps, CHIA collaboration tools and others.
Document issues in CHIA bug tracking applications, detailing functionality requirements deficits.
Perform troubleshooting to assist in identification of resolutions to both technical and non-technical problems.
Collaborate with and provide information and support to Application Developers to assist in corrective actions.
Create detailed test cases to evaluate the quality of web applications and systems built within CHIA.
Create and execute test cases using ‘production quality synthetic’ data sets to ensure application data integrity.
Provide testing estimates to management and project team, based on test cases.
Review and provide feedback to Business Analysts on application and systems requirements documents.
Attend and / or lead bug triage meetings with development and business teams.
Triage, logging and tracking of production bugs for CHIA Web Applications as applicable.
Comply with CHIA data security requirements and assist in identifying potential data security risks.