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Test Engineer Senior (Manual)

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Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Professional Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills: Mainframe Automation, Manual Testing, Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), Structured Query Language (SQL)

Certifications: None

Experience: 5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: No

Transform technology into opportunity as a Test Engineer Senior at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Test Engineer Senior, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the New York State Department of Heath Medicaid Management Information System. You will play a crucial role in supporting the eMedNY Systems Integration Team, you will be trusted to have an excellent understanding of software integration testing best practices, experience with manual testing tools and have knowledge of health care claims processing.

We are looking for a qualified candidate who has a passion for quality to help ensure the systemic integrity of NYS MMIS. Experience with a MMIS, mainframe technologies such as the COBOL programming language and CICS, testing web-based user interface applications, and APIs/Web services are highly desired. Our offices are located at Corporate Woods in Albany, NY.

HOW A TEST ENGINEER SENIOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

  • Attend functional requirements definition and project design meetings as requested

  • Provide effort and duration estimates associated with the testing phase of the SDLC

  • Design and develop integration test plans and identify regression test scenarios

  • Execute test cases and scenarios associated with integrating test plans for complex applications and processes

  • Capture integration test results and generate test results documentation

  • Provide and review test results documentation with the customer and other stakeholders

  • Work collaboratively with Test Automation Engineers and other Integration Test team members

  • Actively participate in project and team meetings

  • Adhere to program testing standards associated with the creation and publication of testing artifacts and related documentation

  • Stay abreast of industry testing trends, and remain current with industry standards and best practices

  • Assist in production and other support activities, and ad hoc testing activities that may arise

  • Perform research activities as assigned

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Test Engineer Senior must have:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related discipline

  • Required Experience: The position requires 5+ years of testing experience in a distributed environment; Mainframe and Open Systems are required.

  • Required Technical Skills:

    • SQL Tools - SPUFI, QMF, Redash, MongoDB Compass etc.

    • Mainframe Tools – TSO/ISPF

  • Required Skills and Abilities:

    • Experience in writing queries in RDBMS and Document-oriented databases.

    • Strong knowledge of healthcare

    • Proficient in Waterfall and Agile SDLC methodologies.

    • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to communicate with customers, support personnel, application development personnel and management

    • Ability to work in a team environment with multiple team members, as well as productively as an individual.

  • Preferred Skills:

    • MMIS related claims and ancillary transaction processing

    • Knowledge of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - HIPAA X12 5010 and NCPDP D.0

    • COBOL Programming Language

    • IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS)

    • IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) Mainframe Source Code Management

    • IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM) Test Management

    • Proficient with applications developed in Java and Angular technologies, browser compatibility testing

    • Knowledgeable in ETL testing using DataStage, Testing Spring Batch Applications, Web services / API Testing using POSTMAN

    • Experience in working with databases – DB2 – Z/OS and LUW, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

    • Familiar with application security testing

  • Location: Hybrid

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

  • 50% work week to own your priorities at work and at home

  • 401K with company match

  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages

  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

The likely salary range for this position is $85,093 - $115,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Hybrid

Work Location: USA NY Albany

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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