Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

Accountable to develop various types of testing plan for multiple initiatives and applications including functional, regression, automation, and manual testing Ensure that quality processes are carried out through all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle Partner with business, delivery leaders, product owners, systems analyst, engineers, and matrix partners to create/analyze required project documents and ensures that quality assurance processes are incorporated Analyze and dissect system requirements and technical specifications to create and execute test cases for large business initiatives Guide scrum teams to write test cases and execute testing. Assist with testing and drive defect resolution management Assist business users in defining User Acceptance Testing, test cases and plans when needed Responsible for broader test case, test data and defect management strategies Participate in quality assurance walk-through, inspection, review, and user group meetings Lead and participate in activities including production implementation verification and being accountable for validating system quality Plan, document, evaluate and track testing results to ensure system applications are free from defects Research, recommend right toolset for different types of testing and build reusable testing framework Manages stakeholder expectations and maintains stakeholder relationships Evangelizes and demonstrates testing as part of engineering culture Recruit engineering resources with quality assurance background, mentor talents, and raises the talent bar Delegates quality testing work with an appropriate level of supervision Communicate clearly and effectively in oral and written forms and present and demonstrate work technical and non-technical stakeholders Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience 2+ years with establishing testing framework and automation and influencing teams to adopt Quality Engineering best practices 1+ years of experience leading QA efforts that includes testing applications, API, UI, data ingestion, and technologies involving sending data to downstream systems Experience with automated testing tools and automation scripting (such as Selenium, Lean FT) Experience with defect tracking applications Experience working in an Agile Scrum development environment Excellent knowledge of quality assurance principles, techniques, and tools Solid knowledge of writing and executing SQL queries to support validation of test results and creation /management of test data Hands-on release management / regression / manual / automation testing experience Good understanding of software engineering and processes: design patterns, microservices, serverless functions, algorithms, data structures, schemas and queries, system design, unit testing, code reviews, agile, and dev-ops Proven ability to create, design and execute comprehensive tests plans

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.