Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)
You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with development team to design and deliver key product features
• Develop and execute test strategies to ensure product quality
• Create, maintain and build automation scripts
• Experience developing test automation tools (Selenium with Java)
• Hands on experience with testing and automating using Selenium/Java
• Hands on experience on test automation of APIs (SOAP and REST services)
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment like Jenkins for executing automated tests
• Good Understanding on BDD, Gherkin, Cucumber, TestNG, Maven and GitHub tools.
• Excellent coding skills in Java
• Recognize problems and make recommendations / decisions on the best course of action to remediate
• Summarize testing and validation results communicate and make recommendations / decisions on the best course of action to remediate
• Help define acceptance test objectives, test cases and assist in system and integration testing
• Develop and execute test strategies to ensure product quality
• Work closely with development team to design and deliver key product features
• Functional and non-functional test specification, execution and reporting
• Actively learn new languages, libraries, and platforms as needed. Adapt quickly to changing requirements
• Interact and communicate successfully with technology teams and business partners
• Excellent planning and execution skills
• Effective time management, detail oriented, strong organizational skills, and ability to work with minimalsupervision
• Excellent multitasking skills required and must be comfortable in a dynamic fast paced environment
• Ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions when tools don't work
• Design, development and implement automated tests
• Design test procedures and test cases for automated software testing
• Design automated test scripts that are reusable
• Actively participate in walk-through, inspection, review and user group meetings for quality assurance
• Develop test cases and prioritize testing activities
• Execute all the test case and report defects, define severity and priority for each defect
• Carry out regression testing every time when changes are made to the code to fix defects
• Mentor and direct other testers in automation and software engineering principles
• Engineer automated test and metric reporting solutions
• Develop in-depth system and application knowledge to provide higher test quality and coverage
• Constantly evaluate and enhance the test automation strategy and approach
• Collaborate as part of the scrum team in grooming user stories and development of acceptance criteria for theuser stories
• Research and implement tools that support faster delivery with high quality
• Able to work after hours, and evenings for deployment checkouts, war room support, urgent issues.

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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on QA Experience. Solid working knowledge of QA concepts and methodologies
• 2+ years hands-on Experience developing test automation or combination of development in Java and test automation experience using Selenium Web driver or similar tools
• 2+ experience with automated testing of web and/or mobile applications
• Working knowledge on test automation of APIs
• Proficient with developer tools and IDEs, such as Eclipse and git for developing on the Java stack

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid communication collaboration and influencing skills to drive change
• Solid troubleshooting and reasoning skills; the ability to debug and resolve difficult technical problems

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment
Technology Careers with Optum . Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only : The Salary range for Colorado residents is $82,100 to $146,900. The Salary range for Connecticut/Nevada residents is $90,500 to $161,600. Pay is ba sed on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.