Quality Consultant-Lincoln, NE
Optum · Lincoln, NE · 1 mo ago
Quality Assurance$73k–$130k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system enhancements, new features, and configuration changes prior to production release
- Validate system functionality against documented business requirements, acceptance criteria, and credit policy guidelines
- Create and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts, including positive, negative, and edge case scenarios
- Test and validate credit and underwriting configurations, such as policy rules, score thresholds, pricing, tiering, and eligibility logic
- Confirm underwriting outcomes align with approved business intent and policy documentation
- ID, document, and track defects or configuration issues, clearly outlining reproduction steps and expected vs actual results
- Partner with Engineering and Product teams to support defect triage, retesting, and regression testing
- Verify defect resolution prior to final UAT approval and production deployment
- Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders (Credit, Operations, Compliance) and technical teams during testing cycles
- Provide clear testing updates, defect summaries, and UAT feedback to stakeholders
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of testing processes, documentation, and standards
- Support audit, compliance, or validation inquiries by providing testing evidence and system behavior documentation
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of hands on experience executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Quality Assurance, or Business Systems Testing for production systems
- 2+ years of experience testing credit, underwriting, or financial decisioning platforms, including configuration driven logic
- Demonstrated experience translating documented business requirements and acceptance criteria into executable test plans, test cases, and validation scenarios
- Experience operating within regulated financial services environments, with awareness of compliance, audit, or validation requirements
- Experience testing configuration driven or rules based decisioning engines (e.g., eligibility rules, score thresholds, pricing logic)
- Exposure to Agile or hybrid SDLC methodologies, including sprint based development and release cycles
- Working knowledge of credit policy, underwriting workflows, or loan origination systems
- Proven ability to identify, document, and track defects, including reproduction steps, expected vs actual results, and impact assessment
- Proven track record of executing detailed testing with a high degree of accuracy, ensuring alignment between system behavior, business intent, and policy rules
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent testing efforts while meeting release timelines and quality standards
- Willing or ability to work onsite 5 days a week in Lincoln, NE location
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting testing efforts within consumer or commercial lending environments
- Exposure to analytical or reporting tools such as SQL, Power BI, SAS, or R to support validation efforts