The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is looking to ensure the quality, accuracy, and performance of its software, particularly in the area of population health analytics, by hiring a Senior Software Test Engineer to develop and execute comprehensive testing strategies.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software testing, validation and QA with knowledge of application, data and architecture design patterns and principles.
- Strong background in developing scalable testing and validation services.
- Excellent understanding of testing on web platforms from the GUI to backend databases, data stacks, integration patterns, concepts.
- Solid understanding and 7+ years of experience with both front-end (User Interface) and back-end (databases, data repositories, extracts etc.) testing and validation
- Hands on expertise writing and developing test scripts and scenarios using both automated and manual approaches
- Proven skills on developing test scenarios for both functional and technical testing and validation
- 3+ years of experience with scripting languages mainly python or JavaScript for testing purposes
Responsibilities
- Ability to design and develop testing and validation strategies and plans
- Leadership on test strategies for software products and product releases to ensure verification of stated system and functional capabilities.
- Develop testing and validation documentation such as Test Plans and perform Quality review and sign-off of computer system control documents.
- Review requirements packages and provide compliance & quality inputs to the requirements engineering process
- Manage multiple simultaneous testing, validation, revalidation, and change control activities.
- Understand subject matter on population health analytics and devise appropriate test plans to thoroughly test the in-house built software platform for accuracy and performance
- Automate all test plans to the extent possible from unit testing to system to regression testing
Other
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences or closely related field or equivalent related professional experience is required.
- 3+ years of experience within the healthcare space preferred.
- Ability to work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills as well as conceptual thinking skills to influence others.
- Ability to engage, produce, and execute on tasks with a sense of urgency and ownership.
