Quality Engineer - Basking Ridge, NJ
Basking Ridge, NJ

Job Description

Optum 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)

Candidates for the Quality Engineer role work in conjunction with the engineering team to develop quality test case scenarios for mainframe and web-based software applications. The expectation is that this person will be capable of testing CICS mainframe and GUI front-end processes to capture defects as early on in the software development lifecycle as possible. The candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the team delivers high quality business critical projects within the expected delivery window.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Support quality software testing on the mainframe
* Support testing web services (API REST services)
* Design, develop and implement manual functional testing in a CICS mainframe environment
* Write and execute mainframe automated scripts in an ATDD framework
* Own ATDD testing strategy, mainframe testing scenarios and issue resolution
* Document Testing Strategy
* Able to manage test data and utilize test data management technology
* Debug software and perform reviews of automation and application code
* Engineer solutions that collect and report test results through various metrics reporting tools
* Develop in-depth system and product knowledge
* Constantly evaluate the test automation strategy and approach to identify areas of improvement (i.e. test automation frameworks, dynamic data collection methodologies, coding standards, components and object repository methods, etc.)
* Partner with product owners and developers to identify areas for improved efficiencies
* Research and implement tools that support delivery
* Assist with DevOps support

Required Qualifications:

* 2 years of experience with the System Development Life Cycle
* 2 years of experience testing CICS applications on the mainframe
* 2 years of experience developing test automation or combination of development and test experience using Java, Cucumber, LeanFT, Selenium
* 2 years of experience with Agile methodologies and Test Driven Development and continuous integration processes
* 2 Experience with SQL

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience working with RESTful API services
* Experience with Acceptance Test Driven development
* Proficient with developer tools, such as github for developing on the Java Stack
* Experience working with continuous integration systems using tools like Jenkins
* Experience testing CICS mainframe software applications
* ATDD automated testing in a mainframe framework

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)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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.

Job Keywords: Senior Quality Engineer, Optum, Basking Ridge, NJ, New Jersey