Senior QA Analyst (QA Lead Focus) Hybrid - 5590

Job Description

Job Description

Senior QA Analyst (QA Lead Focus) Hybrid - 5590

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Analyst to join a large-scale enterprise modernization initiative focused on transforming critical eligibility and enrollment systems. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-visibility projects involving mainframe modernization, cloud migration, integrated enterprise applications, and large-scale digital transformation efforts .

The ideal candidate is a hands-on testing professional with strong analytical skills, experience leading testing activities, and the ability to collaborate across business and technical teams. You will play a key role in ensuring quality throughout the software development lifecycle while supporting both legacy and cloud-based platforms.

This is a hybrid position with occasional onsite requirements for team collaboration, project meetings, and final interview stages.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements to develop a comprehensive testing strategy.
• Participate in requirements reviews, JAD sessions, technical walkthroughs, and stakeholder discussions.
• Conduct gap analysis to identify deficiencies in requirements, business rules, and testing approaches.
• Design, develop, and maintain functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end test cases.
• Execute manual and automated test scenarios across enterprise web and mainframe applications.
• Validate system enhancements, releases, and production changes to ensure quality and compliance.
• Identify, document, track, and escalate defects through resolution.
• Participate in defect triage sessions and provide root cause analysis insights.
• Produce test documentation including test plans, execution results, metrics, and release summaries.
• Monitor testing progress and provide regular status reporting to project leadership.
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and project managers.
• Support modernization and cloud migration initiatives by validating system functionality and integrations.
• Deliver high-quality results within established timelines and project objectives.
• Communicate effectively through written documentation, email, and virtual collaboration tools.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Quality Assurance and Software Testing experience.
• Strong experience developing and executing functional, integration, regression, and system test cases.
• Proven ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into effective test scenarios.
• Experience with defect management and test management tools such as JIRA or similar platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale application implementations and releases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing IBM Mainframe applications and integrated enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud environments and cloud-based application testing.
• Understanding of Azure and modern cloud technologies.
• Experience with black-box, white-box, smoke, regression, and user acceptance testing methodologies.
• Knowledge of software quality assurance best practices and SDLC processes.
• Experience in healthcare, public sector, insurance, or highly regulated environments.
• Experience reviewing business requirements and collaborating with business analysts and subject matter experts.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including advanced Excel and Project experience.

Why This Opportunity?

• Be part of a major enterprise modernization and cloud transformation initiative.
• Work with both legacy and modern technologies, including AWS cloud platforms .
• Collaborate with experienced technology, business, and QA professionals.
• High-impact role with visibility across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Opportunity to help shape testing st