Sr Associate Test Engineer at SAS in Cary, NC

Sr. Associate Test Engineer (NC Health Information Exchange)- Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina

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About the job

The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Team is looking for a Sr. Associate Test Engineer to conduct testing of new and existing interface functionality for the North Carolina Health Information Exchange (NC HIE) branded as NC HealthConnex®. This role will ensure quality within timeline expectations during the development lifecycle for various software product offerings and will document standard operating procedures for Production Support processes.

As a Sr. Associate Test Engineer, you will:

• Primary Responsibilities:

  • Designs, develops, and executes test plans, scenarios, and/or processes.
  • Analyzes test results to ensure existing functionality and recommends corrective action.
  • Interacts directly with developers to test program code to ensure software quality and functionality.
  • Involves stakeholders to ensure consistency in product and/or feature integration.
  • Identifies and verifies defects.
  • Participates in project scoping and scheduling; tracks progress of individual tasks and communicates status and risks.
  • Reviews relevant documentation.
  • Keeps current of the state-of-the-art technology.

  Additional Responsibilities

  • Evaluates the scope and feasibility of fixes within their area of responsibility.
  • Developing professional expertise; applies acquired skills and knowledge of policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.
  • Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires consideration of a variety of factors. Builds productive working relationships across teams.
  • Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
  • Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Computer Science or related quantitative field
• 2-4 years of experience writing software applications, testing software, and/or general programming
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of software testing tools, methodologies, and principles.
• Receives minimal guidance on day-to-day work and moderate guidance on new projects or assignments.
• Thrives in a fast-paced teamwork environment; relies heavily on teammates and except teammates to rely on you.
• Experience, exposure to, or willingness to learn:
  • Healthcare processes, HCO applications, EMR/EHRs, HIPAA compliance, and clinical jargon.
  • An HL7 integration engine (e.g., Intersystems Ensemble, Nextgen/Mirth, Rhapsody, Cloverleaf).
  • SQL with the ability to perform queries for support purposes
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Collaborating: Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals
• Communication: Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others
• Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how detailed; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time

World-class benefits

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include:
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

You are welcome here.

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Additional Information:

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