Test Analyst

Job Title: Test Analyst Location: Lansing, MI ( Hybrid ) Duration: Long Term 40 Hrs Job Description: This position will function as the Test Analyst for Agency Services supporting MDHHS within the Department of Technology Management and Budget. Vital Records exists to register, preserve, and issue certified copies of vital records. This includes birht, death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce certifictes for all events that occur in Michigan. Vital statistics are compiled from these event registries and from Michigan's Central Cancer Registry and Birth Defects Registry, to support publich health, policy, and biomedical research. The Test Analyst will support all test activities for EDRS, BRS, and VERA applications in terms of communications to and from the Lead Business Analysts and ensuring through the Lead Test Analyst that key test issues are managed or escalated as necessary. Additionally, will produce reports, presentations, and meeting minutes for quality assurance testing assignments and deliverables as required. Communicate and interact with the BA and development teams during the requirements, development and testing processes. Assist team in creating test scenarios to meet the validation of acceptance criteria of business requirements. Undertake all system test related activities in support of the business requirements for the provision of application updates. Undertake functional and integration testing, and liaison with third-party staff to ensure appropriate test coverage. Undertake Quality Assurance checks during third-party meetings and internal developments to ensure that only complete code is delivered into test environments owned by the test team. Attend meetings as well as workshops comprising business and or technical representatives to cover test-dependent activities such as requirement verification and prioritization, test scenario identification and general matters. Develop, publish, and implement test plans using Azure DevOps. Ensure that test scenarios are prioritized to reflect business or technical priorities and are approved by appropriate stakeholders. Coordinate re-testing of defects and issues with BA and third-party staff to ensure no new defects are introduced to Production environment. Prepare and maintain relevant test documentation, including test scripts, activity schedules, narrative and written reports, and visual progress charts. Prepare and maintain automated test scripts, schedule for testing and review and share test results with project team Develop load and implement load testing strategies and perform the load testing and share results with project team Responsible for: time management; reporting and monitoring; risk management; issue management; quality assurance and change management. Support other test team members and associated IT and Business resources as appropriate to the implementation of testing related activities. Work in an agile environment and understand agile methodologies. Carry out other tasks as agreed with the Lead Test Analyst and Lead Business Analyst.