Quality Analyst

QUALITY ANALYST

Job Code: QULANLST

Reports To: Director, Quality Assurance

Base Location: AZ or CO

Work Status: Virtual Office

Minimum Starting Monthly Range: $5,757

Hiring Range (Monthly Pay): $5,757 - $6,583

Full-time / Part-time: Full-time

Exempt / Non-Exempt: Exempt

Risk Designation: Medium

Summary:

The Quality Analyst (QA) is a member of an Agile team and works directly with other agile teams and cross functional roles to understand project features, review technical designs, and implement manual testing solutions to deliver quality software with efficiency. This position is responsible for designing manual test cases in support of software products (internal and external) in an Agile Teams software development lifecycle. This position requires technical experience performing test data preparation, manual test creation/execution, and test results analysis. This includes documenting detailed test methods and procedures for use by QA and Operations team members.

This position is based in Phoenix Arizona, Denver or Grand Junction Colorado. Our strategic flexibility allows for local work from home opportunities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Collaborates within an Agile Teams methodology to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the components and products developed
• Writes and executes test cases, and supporting data sets
• Identifies test requirements from technical specifications and business use case scenarios including 3rd party components
• Monitor and report on the status of testing efforts, defect tracking, and weekly time accounting
• Effectively manage through complex technical challenges with clear timely decision making and incisive, creative problem solving
• Provide analysis and recommendations to the development and enhancements of QA procedures, tools, and methods
• Occasionally required to be available for after-hours work, outside of normally scheduled hours
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills

• Testing experience with some or all of the following: SQL and or Mongo, APIs, web services
• Experience with XML or JSON or REST
• Strong analytical and deductive reasoning skills
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, and documentation skills
• Proven aptitude for seeking creative solutions to multifaceted problems
• Self-motivated, works tasks independently, and collaborates within the Agile team
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment working on simultaneous projects

Preferred Skills

• Experience with HL7 messaging standard
• Experience with Postman and Swagger desired
• Electronic Health Record and Health Information Exchange (HIE) experience

Education/Experience

Minimum of 3+ years of relevant QA technical experience with a Bachelor's or Associates Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The position may require occasional availability for after-hours work, outside of regularly scheduled hours.

The position may require ability to periodically drive to and from clients, conferences and / or events; and / or limited travel.

This position is expected to be exposed to, process, or handle sensitive information including but not limited to Protected Health Information (PHI), Personally Identifiable Information (PII), financial information, etc. As such, the holder of this position is expected to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, organizational policies, and compliance expectations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The person in this position needs to frequently communicate and exchange information and move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a keyboard, monitor, calculator, copy / scanner machine, and printer. Frequently moves office and work-related material weighing up to 10 pounds; Occasionally moves office and work-related material weighing up to 30 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Note: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and / or qualifications associated with the job.

Benefits: Contexture provides a comprehensive benefits package. For details, please request a Benefit Summary from our Benefits Department.

The organization is an inclusive Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other status protected by law or regulation.