Quality Assurance Analyst

Alliant Health Solutions, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Alliant Health Solutions seeks a Quality Assurance Analyst to develop, implement, and maintain testing activities for custom and off-the-shelf applications developed and deployed by the company. The role includes defining testing approaches and strategies and creating test scripts. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and may require travel to customer locations or meetings.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience testing web-based technologies, particularly .NET.
Experience with end-to-end lifecycle management within an application development team.
Experience using source control tools.
Understanding of RDBMS, including the ability to execute simple SQL statements to verify test data.
Detail orientation, excellent problem-solving and communication skills, and a team-oriented, can-do attitude.
Customer-focused and able to work in a team environment with developers and IT staff.

Nice To Haves

Oracle 11g knowledge or experience is preferred.
Experience testing and validating reporting results.
Experience testing XML interfaces.
Experience with automated testing tools such as Mercury.
Experience testing healthcare-related applications.
Experience using Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Responsibilities

Perform functional application testing, including developing system test plans, test cases, test data, and expected and actual results.
Develop and implement regression test plans and strategies.
Develop and implement test cases for XML interfaces and system testing.
Support internal User Acceptance Testing with clinical analysts, including researching test results.
Support external User Acceptance Testing and performance testing with customers and partners.
Assist with requirements analysis and definition during development, and contribute to defining application requirements, changes, and process improvements.
Work with minimal supervision.
Identify and communicate definitive examples of test defects to development staff, including suggested root causes.
Work effectively with development staff and internal and external customers.
Update and maintain application documentation, including testing scripts associated with disaster recovery efforts.
Perform operational support and validation tasks, including post-maintenance validation after maintenance or upgrades.
Support operations outside normal work hours as needed, potentially including after-hours and weekend activities.
Travel as needed by car or airplane to customer locations or meetings.