Business Analyst/Manual Tester

Location: McLean, VA, USA

Requisition Number: RR-0004814

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External Description:

*Position will be hybrid, on-site in Bethesda, MD for 3 days/week, and remote 2 days/week*

The Business Analyst / Manual Tester (“BA”) will be an essential member of the new health data ecosystem team managing and executing testing for the system configuration of the patient registry and its integrations. The BA will be part of an interdisciplinary technology team and will work closely with developers and clinical data specialists. They will be the main QA resource on the project team and will be responsible for establishing the test approach and validating requirements before they are provided to the business and end-users for testing. The BA role will report to the Application Development Manager and work closely with the Head of Data Science.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Work with the Project Manager, Enterprise Architect, Product Owner(s), and Data Wrangler to develop the testing strategy, determine level of testing effort, identify risks, and prioritize test scenarios and cases to ensure testing is completed based on project plans.
 Design and develop test scenarios and repeatable test cases using Azure DevOps to validate functional requirements and integrations (EMR integrations, Identity Provider, and others). Work with technical architect to validate technical requirements.
 Work with product owners to develop and document functional requirements.
 Identify and prepare test data for executing test scenarios and procedures.
 Perform all manual test execution. Also assist the Data Wrangler and Data Engineer with data validation.
 Conduct root cause analysis of identified defects, providing the Project Team with sufficient detail to understand, prioritize, replicate, and resolve issues.
 Properly document issues in a bug tracking system like Azure DevOps.
 Define the scope of testing, write test cases, and provide support and guidance for UAT.
 Collaborate with the PM to generate status reports of QA efforts.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
 BS in Information Science, Health Information Science, or a related technical discipline or equivalent work experience
 A minimum of 6-8+ years combined experience in business analysis, requirements documentation, and manual QA testing
 Strong experience with debugging and isolating defects
 Expertise with testing methodologies, test plan and test case development, and the defect reporting process
 Manual regression tests generation/execution
 Integration tests generation/execution
 Knowledge of Continuous Integration servers such as Azure DevOps, Octopus, or Jenkins
 Knowledge of defect tracking and tools (i.e DevOps and/or Jira)
 Experience with testing frameworks
 Extremely motivated and self-driven; works well independently but also able to collaborate with the team
 Understanding of health industry systems and standards (e.g. EHR systems, HL7) and InterSystems strongly desired
 Understanding HIPAA and relevant FDA regulations desired
 Exposure to automated testing in Selenium, cypress.io, or similar tools a plus

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:
 Reports to Application Development Manager. No direct reports.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
 Basic office environment, primary functions are computer-based.
 Ability to work as part of a team committed to delivering exceptional customer service.

Remote: 0

City: McLean

State: Virginia

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Company Profile:

Randstad Digital Advisory is a trusted digital enablement and consulting partner that facilitates accelerated transformation for businesses by providing tailored strategies, solutions, and partnerships to realize the most value from business objectives. We deliver for our clients to enable their businesses to thrive in today’s changing environment. It takes people, though, to support our clients and we pride ourselves on a workplace that thrives on collaboration and support. Our people are not only experts in their field but also kind, smart, fun and passionate about what they do. Teamwork isn't just encouraged - it's the way we operate. Join our team!

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