Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

We are currently seeking a Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst who will work with the Continuing Medicaid Eligibility Modernization initiative team to establish and execute QA tasks for evaluating vendor processes and deliverables against quality criteria, identifying issues and making recommendations for improvement over the duration of the project. The Senior QA Analyst will support the definition, planning, reviews and coordination of QA activities related to the project. This individual will review contract specifications, be involved in vendor management, coordinate hardware/software sourcing and ensure compliance with federal and state standards. This person will be responsible for reviewing budget burn down and compliance with fiscal responsibilities. Please note this is currently a hybrid role in Albany, NY. Job Duties Lead the establishment of QA processes and procedures to support the Continuing Medicaid Eligibility Modernization initiative Review processes and artifacts to identify and document QA issues and recommendations relative to the implementation and maintenance of the Medicaid Transformation initiative vendor deliverables Review vendor project artifacts throughout the system development life cycle for quality, compliance, and completeness, documenting the observations and findings using standard checklists and comment matrices Artifacts reviewed include, but are not limited to: Project Estimates, Deliverable Expectation Documents (DEDs), Requirements Documents, Technical Design Documents, Test Packages, Change Requests, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Test Plans, Scenarios and Results, Transition Plans, Billing Invoices and any other artifacts as required Budget oversight including burn down, invoice review and submission, expenditure tracking Compliance oversight including ensuring that all federal and state standards are met Audits include internal audits or Department and vendor functions, processes and reports Create reports showing quality analytics, root causes, corrective actions and process effectiveness Other tasks as assigned by the client Qualifications Eight (8) or more years of quality assurance experience conducting reviews of various system development life cycle artifacts, deliverables and processes in a health care environment Ability to assess technical proposals against best practices Ability to assess level of effort and project estimates against a proposal and recommend acceptance or rejection Familiarity with Microsoft applications including Office, SharePoint and Teams Familiarity with SDLC waterfall and agile methodology Experience with writing and/or reviewing requirements, project artifacts and/or deliverables Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form, to collaborate and engage as a high performing team member with the QA team and client representatives Garnet River LLC is an Equal Employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer. Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V) #J-18808-Ljbffr