Senior QA Engineer (Senior Consultant MIS Lvl C), Data Sciences and Support - Nyc Health Hospitals : Job Details

Empower Every New Yorker - Without Exception - to Live the Healthiest Life PossibleNYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city's five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible.At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.Job DescriptionYou will help drive continuous improvement and quality of data products that are leveraged across the enterprise to drive key business decisions, product direction and enable a great user experience. In this role you will demonstrate experience in software testing methodologies in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, agile environment. You will work with business and data analysts, data architects and data engineers to implement a comprehensive test strategy using test automation tooling and framework. You will plan and execute all automation and manual testing activities to ensure all business processes and workflows built on the enterprise data platform are delivered with high standards of quality.Duties & Responsibilities

• Create test automation scripts and leverage tools for validating data and application functionality.
• Build and execute test cases to ensure the integrity of all production solutions deployed on the enterprise data platform including data pipelines, data warehouses, data marts and data sharing repositories
• Identify opportunities for productivity gains through quality engineering process improvements and in the Agile development lifecycle; develop procedures and proposals and lead the implementation of these changes.
• Document and analyze test results and recommend corrective action.
• Isolate, reproduce, manage, and maintain defects and test case databases, and verify fixes.
• Support user acceptance testing conducted by business partners or end users.
• Identify opportunities to reduce testing time and effort by automating repeatable tests.
• Define and champion quality and testing best practices among development teams.

Minimum Qualifications1. A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, applied Mathematics, Business Administration, Economics/Statistics, Telecommunications, Data Communications, or a related field of study; and 2. Five (5) years of progressive, responsible experience in the field of data processing, computer systems and applications. Operations Specialty requires supervisory experience (5 years). Network Services requires a telecommunications background and experience. 3. Broad knowledge and expertise in the characteristics of computers, peripheral devices, communications systems and hardware capabilities, programming languages, E.D.P. applications, systems analysis methodology, data management and retrieval techniques; or 4. A satisfactory equivalent combination of training, education and experience.Department PreferencesKnowledge, Skills, Abilities and other Requirements:

• Strong understanding of software quality principles and processes.
• Knowledge in cloud data warehousing technologies such as AWS, Azure, Snowflake.
• Experience with Enterprise Database technologies like SQL Server, Oracle, Data Integration (Informatica, DataStage), business intelligence, and reporting tools.
• Experience creating test automation frameworks and test cases
• Demonstrated experience performing functional, end-to-end and regression testing.
• Experience defining and implementing test management tools and processes.
• Ability to create, analyze, and publish quality metrics and measures across teams to communicate release quality, and deliver status updates to senior management.
• Experience recommending and implementing best practices to improve quality engineering workflows and increase team productivity.
• Experience with test data creation
• Experience designing and implementing test plans.
• Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail, XRay, Qtest, Quality Center).
• Experience with data automation tools.
• Good understanding of data warehouse concepts
• Automate data validation processes using SQL scripts and other tools to reduce manual efforts.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Puppeteer, Playwright).
• Attention to detail and ability to identify, isolate and document defects.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Other Preferred Skills:

• Strong knowledge of agile practices and experience with agile planning tools (e.g., Jira).

Years of Experience:

• 7+ years of experience working in a quality assurance role for cloud/on-prem data warehouses.

Computer Programs / Software Operated:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Required)
• Expert in SQL and additional programming languages such as Python, Java etc.

If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the Apply for Job button.If applying online, please include your cover letter in the same file attachment with your uploaded resume.NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs

Note: Candidates selected for a position are required to come to NYC as part of their onboarding.