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 is improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation is not about another gadget; it is about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There is no room for error. If you are looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It's an opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
As an Automation Quality Engineer, you will design, implement, and support the quality program for a OptumCare Clinical Performance Improvement platform.
We are looking for an Automation Quality Engineer with DevOps mindset, who will be the champion to spearhead the Built in Quality of Zero Defects goal and be the owner of automation stability and excellence for our platform. You will collaborate with developers to ensure that our CI/CD pipeline is stable.
The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer leads junior quality assurance teams in the creation of quality assurance measures across the business. They are tasked with developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation. The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is also tasked with developing and enhancing both manual and automated tests and creates a zero-tolerance culture for bugs and defects in the software/products that the business offers
Primary Responsibilities:

• The Automation Quality Engineer will have to have extensive experience in Acceptance Test-Driven Environment (ATDD) and will be used to working in a fast-paced environment
• Design, development and implement automated tests in ATDD using Cucumber for Java or similar, Gherkin and Integrate with Jenkins Design and implement functional testing
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery principles (e.g. Github, Jenkins)
• Strong working knowledge of Object-oriented design/programming, n-tier web applications, XML, .Net or J2EE and relational databases
• Participate in test automation strategy and execution, covering automated unit testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Firm understanding of DevOps and know how to configure, leverage, and work with application development teams to enable and assist them in setting up their CI pipeline
• Experience with a variety of technology delivery models: onshore, offshore, insourced, outsourced, and hybrid
• Collaborate with Engineers to create test cases for product features
• Build Integration and smoke test suite
• Be obsessed with delivering quality products to customers
• Be a strong voice for the customer and obsessed with Customer Success
• Be a voice for QE best practices

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
Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Quality Engineer experience in Agile Scrum
• 3+ years of experience as a Quality Engineer with heavy focus on automation using ATDD in an Agile environment
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Cucumber or Selenium/Protractor
• 3+ years of writing and maintaining scripts in Selenium or Gherkin or Python
• 3+ years of DevOps/CICD with Continuous Integration tools (e.g. Jenkins)
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare Industry experience
• 3+ years of experience with automated testing of APIs and UI
• 3+ years of experience with GitHub
• 2+ years of experience in Cross-browser and cross-platform testing

If the hired individual resides in Florida (office based or telecommuting) this position requires the AHCA Level II background check (fingerprinting) by the State of Florida for all clinicians that have direct face to face contact with members OR employees who will have access to confidential patient data and will require renewal every five years.
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
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
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.
Job Keywords: Quality Assurance, Testing, Quality Engineer