Senior QA Automation Engineer, E&I Commercial UW - East Coast Preferred

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer for E&I Commercial UW, you will work as a part of a dynamic team involved with software, web, portal, application, and other testing for new systems and/or enhancements with a focus on both manual and automated testing tools, test script and test plan creation and maintenance, defect tracking and reporting.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Take ownership and responsibility for the design and development of all aspects of manual and automated test approach and strategy
• Author and execute the Test Suite of manual and automated test scenarios with traceability to requirements to validate the application
• Collaborate with business team members to review and clarify requirements and acceptance criteria for all functional and non-functional testing needs
• Assist business users in defining User Acceptance Testing, test cases and plans
• Define, establish, document, and train the QA best practices, with concentration on automation strategy and approach
• Identify, document, and track issues found during testing
• Work with business partners, Business Analysts, Stepwise Developers, and Vendor programmers to analyze, triage and resolve issues
• Communicate and interact with appropriate areas on problems, changes and enhancements that may impact data, workflow and /or functionality within Information Technology software
• Advocate for the needs of QA to all levels
• Participate in production implementation verification and being accountable for validating system quality

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience defining and developing an automated test framework, process, and test suite.  Experience should include development of functions beyond record and playback
• 5+ years of creating and executing detailed test cases with demonstrated experience with QA processes in a Software Development Lifecycle application
• 5+ years of experience on web-based applications
• 5+ years of experience using Selenium Web driver, Java, TestNG, Cucumber, REST Assured, IntelliJ or similar IDE, and GitHub/GHEC or similar source control systems
• 2+ years of experience with performance/load testing
• 1+ years of experience with AI assisted test automation
• 1+ years of experience with SQL queries

• Willing and able to travel 10% +/- depending on business need

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a matrixed environment
• Agile development process experience
• Experience with SoapUI or REST API testing tools
• Experience working in the Health Care Industry (commercial and group business lines)/Insurance Industry
• Supporting applications testing in an underwriting and/or Actuarial function

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.    

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.      

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.