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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Eden Prairie, MN
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

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UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work(sm)


 

As a Senior QA Team Lead - Data Warehouse, you will work as a part of a dynamic team involved in testing for new systems and enhancements of existing Data Warehouse and ETL applications.  This role will involve the use of both manual and automated testing tools, test script and test plan creation and maintenance, and defect tracking and reporting.  You will be responsible for both leading a team and performing hands on testing of Data Warehouse and ETL applications.  Database technologies utilized may include a variety of Oracle, Teradata, DB2, SQL Server or other enterprise relational databases.  Testing of these applications will also involve performing Extract/Transform/Load of data to the Data Warehouse. Data files will be validated with UNIX and SAS.

  

 

Primary Responsibilities:

 


  • Work concurrently on several projects, each with specific instructions that may differ from project to project

  • Ensure that quality processes are carried out through all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle

  • Work with business partners, systems analyst, designers and programmers to create/analyze required project documents and ensures that quality assurance processes are incorporated

  • Analyze and dissect system requirements and technical specifications to create and execute test cases for large business initiatives

  • Ability to write test cases and execute testing within a web service environment

  • Product test and driving defect resolution

  • Assist business users in defining User Acceptance Testing, test cases and plans

  • Establish and maintain test cases and test data

  • Create and maintain test cases in Quality Center and/or Test Director

  • Actively participate in walkthrough, inspection, review and user group meetings for quality assurance

  • Work with business users, system analysts, designers and programmers to create and analyze various required project documents

  • Participate in production implementation verification and being accountable for validating system quality

  • Plan, document, evaluate and track testing results to ensure system applications are free from defects

  • Communicate and interact with appropriate areas on problems, changes and enhancements that may impact data, workflow and /or functionality within Information Technology software

  • Comply with standards of the software development life cycle and follow strategies, plans and procedures within information Technology software

  • Comply with standards and strategies of the software development life cycle

  • Apply solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, Data Warehouse ETL and QA process

  • Participate in Requirements and Design reviews, plan and estimate the QA effort

  • Plan test strategies in accordance with project scope and develop schedules to meet delivery dates

  • Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures

  • Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or defect retests, or usability

  • Develop process for Data Analysis and testing Data flow

  • Test system modifications to prepare for implementation

  • Document defects, using a HP Quality Center, and report defects to Project teams

  • Identify, analyze, and document problems with functionality, output files or tables

  • Monitor defect resolution efforts and track successes

  • Create Metrics and status reports for projects

  • Support QA management with information for issues escalation or concerns

Requirements

 Required Qualifications:




  • Minimum of 4 years of quality assurance/software testing experience

  • Minimum of 3 years of experience testing large, complex Data Warehouse/ETL applications

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience as a QA team lead in an onshore/offshore model environment

  • Minimum of 3 years of relational database experience (ie, Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, DB2, etc.) including proficiency with SQL scripting

  • Experience working with multiple data sources and validating a variety of data source formats

  • Bachelor's degree

  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:




  • Experience with defect management solutions such as Quality Center/ALM


  • Experience validating data utilizing SAS

  • Experience with UNIX

  • Agile methodology experience

  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) experience

  • Proficiency with MS Visio and MS PowerPoint

  • Healthcare industry experience


  


UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)


Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM


Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.  


 


 


UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.