Senior Quality Assurance Consultant - Raleigh, NC or San Jose, CA

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

As a Senior  IT Quality Consultant, you would work as a part of a dynamic team involved with software, web, portal, application, and other testing for new systems and/or enhancements with a focus on both 70%manual (Asset 20-30%) and/or 70% Automated testing Mandatory Requirements ( tools, test script and test plan creation and maintenance, defect tracking and reporting.

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 walk-through, 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

Positions in this function are involved in developing and implementing efficient and effective test plans for new systems problems and/or enhancements. Includes understanding of:

• QA methodology, processes and associated automated testing tools


• Company thought leader


• Functional/Technical SME


• Broad business approach


• Resource to senior leadership


• Develops pioneering approaches to emerging industry trends

Required Qualifications:

• Post graduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience


• 10+ years of Quality Assurance/Testing experience


• 10+ years of relational database experience


• Quality Assurance Team Leadership experience


• Experience with Quality Assurance testing tools-Soap, Python, and Selenium (2-3) years


• Understanding of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) experience


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


• Proficiency with MS Visio

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)