Sr Software Test Engineer-Remote

Company Description
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit
Job Description
General Summary
Under limited direction, responsible for testing and analyzing software to ensure it meets user and performance standards. Work closely with the software development team to create test cases based on requirements, design and functionality. Maintain and update test plans as new features are added and/or changed. Track and report bugs throughout the software development process. Work is performed under limited supervision. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
- Ability to design and develop testing and validation strategies and plans.
- Leadership on test strategies for software products and product releases to ensure verification of stated system and functional capabilities.
- Provide guidance and support to the development team members as required to meet product software quality goals
- Develop testing and validation documentation such as Test Plans and perform Quality review and sign-off of computer system control documents.
- Review requirements packages and provide compliance & quality inputs to the requirements engineering process
- Manage multiple simultaneous testing, validation, revalidation, and change control activities.
- Review and approve validation and test protocols for adequacy and completeness.
- Proactively identify opportunities for process improvements in the Systems Life Cycle
- Maintain test and validation related metrics and report performance to management
- Understand subject matter on population health analytics and devise appropriate test plans to thoroughly test the in-house built software platform for accuracy and performance
- Develop full spectrum test and validation capabilities from unit testing to system testing to acceptance testing based on both functional and technical testing approaches
- Automate all test plans to the extent possible from unit testing to system to regression testing
Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences or closely related field or equivalent related professional experience is required.
- 7+ years' experience in software testing, validation and QA including knowledge of application, data and architecture design patterns and principles.
- 7+ years' experience with both front-end (User Interface) and back-end (databases, data repositories, extracts etc.) testing and validation
- 5+ years of experience developing test plans and scenarios for analytical systems, preferably in health IT domain
- 3+ years of experience with scripting languages mainly python or JavaScript for testing purposes
- 4+ years' experience in testing across enterprise applications and integrations with back-end services and databases.
- 3+ years' experience with build and integration test tools, including knowledge of Jenkins, CircleCI, Git (Gitlab/ GitHub), JIRA, Docker, Selenium etc.
- 5+ years' RDBMS experience in at least two of the following: Postgres/MySQL/SQL Server/Oracle.
- Experience writing and developing test scripts and scenarios using both automated and manual approaches
- Excellent understanding of testing on web platforms from the GUI to backend databases, data stacks, integration patterns, concepts.
- 3+ years' experience within the healthcare space preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced skill developing test scenarios for both functional and technical testing and validation
- Strong acumen to learn the business functions and features that need to be delivered.
- Advanced skill developing scalable testing and validation services
- Advanced knowledge of Interfaces (e.g., HL7/FHIR) preferred.
- Strong experience with and knowledge of scripting services.
- Proven ability to perform proactive test planning as well as ability to make recommendations to management about extensive QA compliance.
- Proven ability and desire to learn new technologies and test solutions using a variety of integration technologies, patterns and approaches.
- Ability to work effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills as well as conceptual thinking skills to influence others.
- Ability to engage, produce, and execute on tasks with a sense of urgency and ownership.
- Strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability for delivering high quality work, both personally and at a team level.
Patient Safety
Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety
Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge. Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.