QA & Testing Lead Analyst

QA & Testing Lead Analyst - HIH - Evernorth ABOUT EVERNORTH: Evernorth exists to elevate health for all, because we believe health is the starting point for human potential and progress. As champions for affordable, predictable and simple health care, we solve the problems others don t, won t or can t. Our innovation hub in India will allow us to work with the right talent, expand our global footprint, improve our competitive stance, and better deliver on our promises to stakeholders. We are passionate about making healthcare better by delivering world-class solutions that make a real difference. We are always looking upward. And that starts with finding the right talent to help us get there. Position Overview We are looking for an energetic, engaged individual who is well versed in all manners of QA/QE in an Agile environment to drive functional validation (Sprint Testing) and quality delivery for Evernorth program deliverables. Tasks include collaborating with all impacted application teams to develop test strategies and high-level test scenarios, identify data needs, track/report progress/issues and obtain approval of the test results. There are multiple strategical and tactical responsibilities. The successful candidate will be able to work in a rapid-paced environment, meet tight deadlines, interact with all management levels, and be self-managed and motivated. Responsibilities Define the test process including required test activities, deliverables and test schedule. Understand how changes impact work upstream and downstream including various back end and front-end architectural modules Closely interact with both onsite and offshore team members. The onsite and offshore interactions include scrum team members (Scrum masters, developers, Product Owners, QA at onsite/offshore and business partners) Define test data conditions and partners and work closely with the Data team to obtain the data. Actively participate in all phases of testing (In sprint functional testing, integration testing and regression) Business requirement analysis, test design, defect logging and tracking Perform manual/exploratory testing where needed Actively engage in defect reporting and triaging Analyzes failure patterns and determine corrective actions to eliminate the errors completely Adheres to the organizations Quality Engineering best practices while helping to drive changes to our testing practices where necessary Qualifications Experience & Skills: 5 - 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance with automation experience preferred Experience on Automation Frameworks that includes products such as Selenium (Java/TestNG/Cucumber framework), SOAPUI, Postman & GitHub Experience on defining different test strategies across multiple applications. Working experience with API automation frameworks that includes mocking, authorization Thorough knowledge/experience Quality Engineering best practices and applying them to automation frameworks. Designs and develops scripts to run automated tests to ensure consistency, repeatability and accelerates delivery. Experience with Relational Database/SQL/NoSQL/backend testing. Working experience with JIRA/Rally or equivalent tools Preferred Experience: Healthcare domain knowledge would be a big plus AWS experience Excellent written and verbal communication skills Solid analytical skills, highly organized, self-motivated and a quick learner Flexible and willing to accept change in priorities as necessary Location & Hours of Work Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WAH) Equal Opportunity Statement Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations About Evernorth Health Services