Tester III - Software Testing

The Manual QA Tester is responsible for validating ETL processes, data transformations, and reporting solutions within healthcare environments. This role involves designing and executing comprehensive manual test plans, ensuring data integrity, and verifying compliance with healthcare regulatory standards. The tester will work closely with developers, data engineers, and stakeholders to ensure accuracy, completeness, and quality across data platforms and workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements to design comprehensive manual test plans, test cases, and test scenarios across application and data platforms.
• Validate data mapping, transformations, aggregations, and business rules across source systems, staging layers, data warehouses, and reporting layers.
• Conduct data integrity checks, reconciliations, and consistency validations using SQL and other data validation techniques.
• Test and validate SSIS packages, ETL pipelines, and data extracts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with requirements.
• Validate SSRS reports, BI outputs, and downstream deliverables, ensuring alignment with warehouse data and business expectations.
• Develop and execute test cases for ETL processes, data transformations, batch jobs, and scheduled workflows, including error handling and logging.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, providing clear test results, risk assessments, and recommendations.
• Perform system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate end-to-end healthcare workflows and data flows.
• Log, track, and manage defects using tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps; collaborate closely with developers and data engineers to resolve issues and verify fixes.
• Execute manual testing for web applications, Windows-based desktop applications, backend/data services, extracts, and reporting solutions.
• Ensure all testing activities comply with healthcare regulatory standards (e.g., HIPAA) and support audit and compliance requirements.
• Maintain thorough test documentation, including test plans, test evidence, defect reports, and sign-off artifacts to support quality assurance and audits.

Required Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of experience in manual QA testing with a focus on ETL processes and data transformation.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Databases technical stack.
• Proficiency in SQL for data validation and integrity checks.
• Hands-on experience testing SSIS packages, ETL pipelines, and SSRS reports.
• Familiarity with defect tracking tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of healthcare workflows and regulatory standards (e.g., HIPAA).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in BI testing and validating complex reporting solutions.
• Exposure to automation tools for ETL testing (optional).
• Knowledge of healthcare data models and compliance frameworks.

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