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Test Data Specialist

6 – month Contract

Remote – Work Arizona time

The Test Data Specialist – Quality Assurance will be responsible for creating, sourcing, and managing data that will be used through all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle by various testing teams in the organization to support in-scope testing activities. The Test Data Specialist will be responsible for the organizing and provisioning of test data for multiple applications involved in major projects.

• Provision test data required to support all functional and non-functional testing for assigned projects, in a variety of data formats and application architectures.
• Utilize programming languages, such as Python and SQL, to develop and enhance test data generation automation capabilities.
• Develop/refine test data requirements for assigned projects.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on test data for testing teams and development teams where applicable.
• Extract, import and export test data in various databases and file formats for project needs.
• Identify, design, and implement test data process improvements that involve automating manual processes of existing test data generation to optimize delivery.
• Manage test data challenges for teams, providing guidance and escalating to test data team management when necessary.
• Optimize test data processes based on lessons learned from prior projects.
• Communicate openly within the test data team and with external team partners and project stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Work with Test Data Coordinator(s) and Test Data Lead(s) to coordinate efforts and identify potential issues in advance.
• Work with Test Leads (both E2E & UAT) and other stakeholders to ensure test data requirements are met.
• Apply extensive expertise in data integrations and be recognized as a subject matter expert in managing data.
• Assist in finding a solution to defects that are related to test data inconsistencies and provide guidance to development teams on data flows when applicable.
• Partner with Test Data Lead(s) to define/enhance the test data management strategy roadmap.
• Identify and mitigate/escalate risks and issues that are related to test data inconsistencies.
• Identify test data anomalies and perform data reconciliations when necessary.
• Identify relationships in disparate data and resolve test data discrepancies.
• Coordinate with other Enterprise teams to acquire/provision de-identified test data required to support planned testing.
• Coordinate with Release/Change/Environment Management teams to setup test data in various non-production environments to enable the planned testing.
• Coordinate with testing teams, automation team, environment team, and other Enterprise teams to assess test data gaps in test environments to support planned testing.
• Validate consistency of data in & across all test environments.
• Formulate test data backup plans and ensure that they are implemented in a timely fashion and properly secured.

Required:

• Proficient in identifying test data needs during projects in a health plan context
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with large testing teams, including vendor teams to assess and mitigate test data gaps
• Foundational understanding of key Data Management principles (e.g. data consistency, integrity etc.)
• Foundational understanding of key enterprise systems
• Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet, SQL queries, database, and flow charting software.
• Advanced knowledge of data mapping techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of programming, database systems, and data management.
• Advanced knowledge of healthcare industry-standard EDI files and their contents

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• organizing and provisioning of test data: 4 years (Preferred)
• SQL: 4 years (Preferred)
• Python: 2 years (Preferred)
• healthcare: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote