Fwd: Direct client: Automated QA Architect_Columbia,SC

Please share Your Profiles to arjun@pace-solutionsinc.com

Job Title:  Automated QA Architect

Duration: 12 months

Work hours per week: 40

# of openings: 1

Location: Columbia, SC

Rate: $65/hr on C2C

R2R – Required.

Skills Metrics – Required. (See end of this page)

 Round 1 – Telephone interview conducted by project staff.

Round 2 – Used only if necessary. The State may request that this interview is in person. If so, travel costs are not Client responsibility.

 

Responsible for building and managing the project/program management office/function for IT. Defines and develops enterprise-wide IT project/program management practices, governance standards, processes and metrics. Ensures projects/programs are defined, tracked and communicated in a consistent and effective manner. Incorporates effective change and risk management controls. Partners with IT and business leadership and other key stakeholders to define opportunities, to identify and prioritize projects based on predefined criteria (return on investment, productivity, compliance). Directs project/program managers with business case development. Responsible for ensuring all projects within IT portfolios/programs are delivered on time, within budget and to an agreed quality level. Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in project/program management, portfolio management methodologies and tools. This is a single incumbent position that typically exists in a large enterprise with multiple program managers and/or project managers as direct reports.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS:
SCDHHS is the State Medicaid Agency for South Carolina. This project is focused on the replacement of the State's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS). The project is a major undertaking for SCDHHS and requires major transformation of culture, processes and technology. It also supports the Department's transition from primarily a fee-for-service payer of claims towards a program and policy driver for health outcomes primarily through managed care programs.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
The State seeks a skilled professional with a full understanding of the SDLC and level of testing experience who can work independently and alongside project team members, State agency representatives and all impacted Third Party vendors. The Agile project methodology will primarily be leveraged which will require significant organizational skills. The following duties will apply for this Automated QA Tester position:
• Collaborate and report to the Test Manager on all testing duties
• Work with Test Manager to establish test automation framework using industry standard tool(s) such as Test Complete, Selenium, SOAPUI, etc. from inception to implementation for a complex SOA Medicaid solution
• Create and maintain a suite of functional, regression and load tests; integrate test suites into the test management system
• Work with an Agile development team to perform automated testing in parallel with continuous development efforts
• Work with the Release Engineering team to create and maintain an automated nightly build verification smoke test
• Ensure proper version control and configuration management of all test objects developed and test environments used
• Developing and documenting clear, concise and repeatable test cases from functional requirements
• Working with developers and other teammates to analyze test results and troubleshoot problems found
• Timely and accurate reporting of defects found during testing using JIRA
• Provide progress/status reports on testing activities to Management
• Preparation/review of test reports
• Checking daily progress against targets, reporting as necessary and taking action to resolve exceptions

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
• Thorough knowledge of Software Testing theories and best practices
• Demonstrates ability to understand software requirements
• Demonstrates effective communication, both orally and in writing, with colleagues, clients and customers at all levels, both formally and informally
• Experience testing in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Demonstrates ability to create an automated testing framework for a SOA solution from inception to implementation
• Demonstrates functional understanding of industry standard test automation tools, SOAPUI, Selenium, Test Complete
• Strong scripting background (PERL, JavaScript, VB Script) and ability to create complex data driver scripts

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
• Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience
• Familiar with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)
• Familiar with Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT)
• Commercial insurance and/or health care data experience
• Public sector experience is a plus

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or field. Years of experience can substitute for formal education.

 

Category	Name	Required	Importance	Level	Last Used	Experience
Education	Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience	No	1	Intermediate	Within 5 Years	2 - 4 Years
MMIS - Medicaid Management Information System	Commercial healthcare	No	1	Advanced	Within 1 Year	4 - 6 Years
MMIS - Medicaid Management Information System	MECT - Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit	No	1	Intermediate	Within 2 Years	1 - 2 Years
MMIS - Medicaid Management Information System	MITA - Medicaid Information Technology Architecture	No	1	Intermediate	Within 2 Years	1 - 2 Years
Program Management	Automated Testing	Yes	1	Lead	Currently Using	6 + Years
Programming Languages	JavaScript	Yes	1	Expert	Currently Using	6 + Years
Programming Languages	Perl	Yes	1	Expert	Currently Using	6 + Years
Programming Languages	VBScript	Yes	1	Expert	Currently Using	6 + Years
Quality Assurance (QA)	CREATION OF TEST SCENARIOS	Yes	1	Lead	Currently Using	6 + Years
Quality Assurance (QA)	Selenium	Yes	1	Expert	Currently Using	6 + Years
Quality Assurance (QA)	SOAP-UI Test Suite	Yes	1	Expert	Currently Using	6 + Years
Quality Assurance (QA)	Software Testing Theories and Best Practices	Yes	1	Lead	Currently Using	6 + Years
Specialties	Experience testing in an Agile/Scrum environment	Yes	1	Lead	Currently Using	6 + Years
Specialties	Public Sector	No	1	Advanced	Within 2 Years	2 - 4 Years

 

NOTE:

Please be specific about the "skills last used" because just mentioning year 2015 or 2014  is not correct .

(I have to manually feed the info in to the client portal as : current or last 6 month or within 1 year etc).

Skills Last used:  

·         Currently using

·         within 6 months

·         within 1 year

·         within 2 years

·         within 5 years

 & Skills level also not numbers – you have ask the candidate to use the following to rate themselves.

 Skill Level:   

·         Entry –

·         Intermediate –

·         Advanced –

·         Expert –

·         Lead

Sincerely,

Arjun.

Pace Computer Solutions Inc (An Inc 500 Company)

Direct   : 443-539-0949,Ext : 207

arjun@pace-solutionsinc.com

www.pace-solutionsinc.com

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Nagarjuna

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