Test Data Specialist

• Remote role (in office once a month if local to AZ is preferred)
• Only candidates from the Phoenix, AZ area will be considered at this time

Job Purpose:

The test data coordinator will be responsible for coordinating, planning, and gathering requirements for test data that will be used by various testing teams in the organization to support in-scope testing activities through all phases of the software development life cycle. The Test Data Coordinator will also be responsible for defining and organizing test data for all applications involved in major projects.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience with EDI (834 and 837), Python, XML, SQL Server
• 5 years of experience in data analysis and management
• 3 years of experience with technical requirement design and elicitation from business requirements
• Minimum 2 years in healthcare environments
• Foundational understanding of testing processes within Agile delivery models
• Deep understanding of test data generation methods and strategies
• Proficient in representing test data status to internal and external teams
• Ability to read files, file formats, workflows, and data flows
• Understanding of API functionalities at a basic level
• Ability to create and run simple SQL queries
• Proficient in use of project management/work tracking tools such as Microsoft Project and Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of HIPAA and standard healthcare industry code sets and their appropriate use
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Job Responsibilities:

• 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, provide guidance and escalating to test data team management when necessary.
• Optimize test data processes based on lessons learned from prior projects.
• 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.
• Partner with workforce development team(s) to provision data for training needs as a part of major projects.
• Apply extensive expertise in data integrations and be recognized as a subject matter expert in managing data.
• Partner with Test Data Lead(s) to define/enhance the test data management strategy roadmap.
• Execute test data management strategy roadmap by consulting with relevant stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate/escalate risks and issues that are related to test data inconsistencies.
• Identify test data anomalies and perform data reconciliations when necessary.
• 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 set up 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