Quality Assurance Test Analyst

Job REF#: 44888
Duration: 6 Months (On-going Contract)
Location: Hybrid – Hartford, CT 06106
Pay Rate: $46.00 (W2 only) or $50.00 (Incorporated)
Must be local or willing to relocate at your own expense. Hybrid schedule requires onsite work 1 day per week.

About the role

Seeking a QA Test Analyst with expertise in both manual and automation testing to support mission-critical enterprise applications that deliver essential services to Connecticut residents. You will work closely with business stakeholders, developers, business analysts, solution architects, project managers, and technical teams to ensure applications meet business requirements, technical specifications, State policies, and federal regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on manual and automated testing across multiple enterprise applications.
• Develop comprehensive test scenarios, test cases, and automated test scripts based on business and technical requirements.
• Review business requirements, user stories, functional specifications, technical documentation, and design documents to identify testing needs.
• Participate in requirements walkthroughs, sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and design review sessions.
• Estimate testing effort and provide input into overall project planning and release schedules.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, system, API, and end-to-end testing activities.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using approved automation frameworks.
• Validate interfaces and integrations between enterprise applications and external systems.
• Perform backend database validation using SQL queries.
• Execute API and web service testing using industry-standard tools.
• Document test execution results and communicate testing progress to project leadership.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and manage software defects through resolution.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and validate software fixes.
• Ensure complete traceability between business requirements, test cases, and executed tests through the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, architects, project managers, vendors, and State business stakeholders.
• Support production implementations by performing release validation and post-production verification.
• Assist in continuously improving QA standards, automation frameworks, testing processes, and quality best practices.
• Mentor junior testers and share knowledge of testing methodologies and automation best practices when appropriate.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Quality Assurance experience testing large enterprise applications.
• Experience testing complex enterprise systems within State government programs, such as Human Services, Department of Social Services (DSS), Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, or Eligibility.
• Understanding of policy-driven applications and business terminology used in public sector environments.
• Combination of manual testing, automation testing, API validation, and backend data verification.
• Experience with end-to-end business process testing across multiple enterprise platforms, including Salesforce, Java-based applications, Mobile/PWA applications, and integrated services.
• Strong experience with both manual and automation testing.
• Experience working throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Strong understanding of Quality Assurance methodologies, testing processes, and best practices.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into detailed test scenarios and test cases.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Experience using Jira for defect tracking and Agile project management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Testing Experience

Candidates should have hands-on experience performing:

• Manual Testing
• Automation Testing
• Functional Testing
• Regression Testing
• Smoke Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Integration Testing (SIT)
• End-to-End Testing
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• API Testing
• Backend Data Validation
• Cross-browser Testing
• Mobile Testing
• Salesforce Testing
• Defect Verification and Retesting

Technical Qualifications

Candidates should possess experience with many of the following technologies:

• Selenium
• TestNG
• Java
• Salesforce application testing
• REST API Testing
• SOAP Web Services
• Postman
• SQL for backend data validation
• Mobile Application Testing
• Progressive Web Applications (PWA)
• JSON/XML validation
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) concepts

Strong understanding of:

• API and Web Service Testing
• Test Automation Frameworks
• Defect Lifecycle Management
• Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Test Planning
• Test Strategy
• Test Estimation

Schedule

Full-Time, 40 hours per week – Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM.

Benefits

• EPO/PPO Medical Plans
• HMO/PPO Dental programs
• Vision – VSP (Vision Plan Summary)
• 401K Retirement vesting program (VOYA)
• Paid Bi-Weekly/Direct Deposit
• Flex Spending Plan
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD or LTD plans