Job Description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in Agile scrum sessions and prepare test strategy and plan early in the development process
• Participate in sprint grooming sessions, create user stories, tasks, and defects in Agile Management Tool, and provide task estimates
• Work with the Business System Analysts and Business Stakeholders and create test plans, test cases, verification queries, and step definitions for each scenario
• Use SQL and mocking tools to create mock data
• Assist in the identification and resolution of problems and defects; able to initiate investigation processes, identifies and reproduces defects and drives issues to resolution
• Contribute to and assist in implementing improvements in test methods and strategies
• Ensure that quality processes are carried out through all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
• Actively participate in walk-through, inspection, review and user group meetings for quality assurance
• Participate in production implementation verification and being accountable for validating data quality
• Communicate and interact with appropriate areas on problems, changes and enhancements that may impact data, workflow and/or functionality within Information Technology software
• Develop and contribute to the regression test suite
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternative approaches/technology and present them for review
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience working with data, data analysis and SQL (Structured Query Language)
• 2+ years of Data Warehouse testing experience
• 2+ years of ETL testing experience
• 2+ years of testing experience with different file types
• 2+ years of back-end testing experience using Snowflake
• 2+ years of Azure Cloud experience
• 1+ years of Big Data testing experience
• Proven self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Proven ability to communicate issues in a clear and articulate fashion while showing creativity and innovation in presenting ideas

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelors or Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Science, or related Healthcare Industry experience
• Experience with Maven, Git, and Jenkins
• Experience working with Cucumber Framework and Selenium
• Experience working with REST, SOAP APIs, and Postman
• Experience developing test automation or combination of development and test experience using Selenium Webdriver, JUnit, or similar tools
• Experience with developer tools, such as Eclipse/Intellij
• Agile SCRUM experience
• Health care experience
• Understanding of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Ability to code in Java proficiently
• Proven solid organizational skills and focus on accuracy and attention to detail
• Proven great communication skills, be team oriented, and process oriented

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group