Excelraise, LLC is a rapidly growing full service IT solutions integrator and talent management company headquartered in Denver, CO. Our valued client*s includes fortune 500 companies, Government Agencies.
NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Information Technology Division (ITD) seeks a Quality Assurance (QA) Test Lead for the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) Program. This role is 100% remote.
The QA Test Lead will be responsible for overseeing and managing the end-to-end testing of one or more modules in a multi million-dollar Medicaid Enterprise System (MES)/Medicaid Modular Information System (MIMS) project for the State of North Carolina.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Strong background in software test management with at least 10+ years of experience as a Test Lead/Test Manager.
- Proficient in all phases of testing and types of testing – Functional, non-functional; smoke, sanity, integration, usability, User Acceptance, end-to-end, regression and performance.
- Experienced with managing testing teams of more than 20-25 testers in both SIT & UAT.
- Should have 5+ years of experience coordinating several testing teams across various divisions and units of an organization that could be distributed geographically.
- Should have 5+ years of experience coordinating with vendors and managing vendor testing teams.
- Experience in driving test automation on large programs – how and when to automate, conducting feasibility study and ability to make recommendations.
- Strong experience with Waterfall, agile and hybrid project methodologies
- Experience with Cloud testing
- Proficient in Test Management Tools such as Microfocus ALM
- Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Should have working knowledge of JIRA, SharePoint, and ServiceNow
Preferred Skills/Qualification:
- Hands-on experience in test automation/test automation tools.
- Strong knowledge of security, penetration, load, and performance testing.
- Experience in Medicaid or Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) projects;
- Knowledge of CMS seven standards and conditions and MITA frameworks; CMS certification requirements.
Responsibilities: The Test Lead will
- Manage, direct, and coordinate SIT and UAT teams
- Coordinate with vendor(s) to ensure testing is on track and meets the quality metrics
- Review test scenarios, test cases, and test data for completeness in requirements coverage (RTM)
- Train and guide Business users through UAT; Prepares testing manuals as needed
- Manage and mitigate test/QA-related risks and issues to the program – escalate risks as needed
- Gather, interpret, and present test execution metrics for socialization with steering committees.
- Work with test automation teams to meet the automation goals per the test plan
- Review client requirement and provides feedback
- Reviews and re-evaluates the test strategy to adjust for new information, changing risks, shifting priorities, and schedules.
- Oversee projects to make sure work is scheduled based on priorities, risks and team strengths and assignment of resources across projects.
- Provide suitable solutions for issues/errors based on the understanding of the system and client business processes
- Assists in formulating QA standards and best practices, organizational policies and processes and strategic plans.