Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage comprehensive test plans for functional, integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for the Eligibility System.
• Lead and mentor a team of QA/Test Analysts, coordinating workloads and fostering best practices.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and project managers to understand requirements and ensure test coverage.
• Ensure traceability of test cases to business and technical requirements.
• Establish testing metrics and reporting to provide visibility into testing progress, defect trends, and system readiness.
• Manage defect tracking processes, including prioritization, assignment, and resolution validation.
• Oversee use of automated testing tools (e.g., Selenium) and performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter).
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and state regulations related to eligibility systems and data privacy

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in software testing, with at least 2 years in a managerial or lead role.
• Experience testing large-scale eligibility or enrollment systems (e.g., Medicaid, SNAP, TANF).
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, and QA methodologies in Agile and Waterfall environments.
• Proficiency in test management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, HP ALM,).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong familiarity with defect tracking tools and testing documentation.
• Proven experience in analyzing system lifecycles, including case/claim lifecycles and data conversion.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience working in government or public sector IT projects, preferred.
• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps), preferred.
• Familiarity with accessibility, UI/UX, and security testing, preferred.
• Able to perform more varied and difficult tasks.
• Able to work in a collaborative team environment to obtain the best results.
• Work as a topmost trusted partner with aFit and the client.
• Provide attention to details.
• Approaches challenges with a positive, consultative mindset
• Self-starter with the desire to achieve and work with integrity.
• Willingness to grow and change through ambiguity.
• Learning agility, or the ability to develop new skills.
• Open and receptive to feedback to continuously grow.

Working Schedule and Travel:

Remote/Hybrid: work options available based on Project Needs.

• 8 am to 5 pm HST

Travel Required: Occasional travel to client or data center locations.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent experience.