Senior UAT Tester

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

The Senior UAT Tester will plan, execute, and coordinate user acceptance testing activities across system enhancements, defect fixes, modernization projects, and release cycles. The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to ensure successful technology implementations.

• Plan, coordinate, and execute UAT activities throughout the testing lifecycle, including enhancements, releases, regression testing, and production validation.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, test scripts, acceptance criteria, and validation documentation based on business requirements, workflows, and user stories.
• Translate business, operational, technical, and reporting requirements into clear testing scenarios and expected outcomes.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, release validation, and production validation testing.
• Identify, document, prioritize, track, and validate resolution of defects, issues, blockers, and discrepancies.
• Support UAT kickoff meetings, testing readiness reviews, defect triage sessions, stakeholder walkthroughs, and post-release retrospectives.
• Collaborate with business users, technical teams, vendors, project managers, and subject matter experts to confirm testing needs and release readiness.
• Manage testing activities and defect tracking using tools such as Jira, including dashboards, reporting, priorities, milestones, and status updates.
• Maintain organized testing documentation, including test plans, execution evidence, traceability materials, defect logs, and validation summaries.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, open issues, acceptance decisions, and release recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Partner with training, operations, policy, and change management teams to support implementation readiness.
• Assist with go-live preparation, production validation, and post-implementation follow-up activities.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience supporting user acceptance testing, quality assurance, and system implementation initiatives. Success in this role requires strong organizational abilities, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage testing activities across complex projects.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience within the last 5 years in testing, quality assurance, business analysis, system implementation, or modernization roles.
• Proven experience supporting the full UAT lifecycle, including planning, scenario creation, test execution, defect management, reporting, and release readiness.
• Experience translating requirements, workflows, user stories, and acceptance criteria into detailed test cases and validation documentation.
• Experience creating and maintaining test inventories, traceability documentation, defect logs, and testing reports.
• Experience executing functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, release validation, or production validation testing.
• Experience using Jira or similar project and defect management tools.
• Ability to communicate testing outcomes, risks, issues, and recommendations clearly to both technical and business audiences.
• Strong documentation, facilitation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a project-driven environment.
• Experience supporting healthcare, Medicaid, eligibility, claims, encounter, or public sector technology initiatives is preferred.
• Experience working with vendor-managed systems or large-scale modernization programs is preferred.
• Experience supporting go-live activities, release readiness, production validation, and post-implementation reviews is a plus.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the year as needed.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary range of $90,000 - $120,000 annually, based on experience, qualifications, and other relevant factors.
• Comprehensive benefits package supporting physical, mental, financial, and professional well-being.
• Remote work flexibility.
• Opportunities for career development, learning, and professional growth.
• Supportive, collaborative workplace culture focused on employee success.
• Paid time off and additional employee wellness benefits.
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful technology modernization projects.