Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology, to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter.
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we’re on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.
As a Quality Engineer, this individual will be part of an exciting team working with a combination of different technologies, testing and working on the latest product offerings in Optum. You will help with solving technically complex problems and you should be comfortable providing guidance to the junior members of the team and to other key stakeholders as appropriate. This role will involve working with a distributed, global team with multiple stakeholders. This role will include understanding technical and infrastructure requirements, guiding the team to develop useful test cases, and creating automated regression test suites
Schedule: Full-time position, Monday - Friday with standard working hours
Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny Office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Testing, Database, and SQL experience
• Knowledge of Selenium Web driver with Java/Python
• Hands-on Test Execution and Test data preparation experience
• Experience developing automated test scripts using Java/Python
• Experience testing GUI applications, web services, and/or web applications (backend and frontend)
• Hands-on experience in SoapUI/Postman and web service testing (Soap and Rest)
• Demonstrable experience with database technologies such as PostgreSQL and with writing SQL
• Experience of Source Control using GitHub
• Knowledge of agile development practices and DevOps principles and experience in tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure Dev Ops

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Python
• Experience and familiarity with Azure services and solutions, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS)
• Knowledge of Jenkins or some other CI/CD processes and in-sprint automation
• Hands-on frameworks like TestNg, cucumber, robot framework, etc.

SOFT SKILLS:

• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment, learn quickly, and solve problems

• Work closely with business units, Senior Development Manager, Technology, and other teams in understanding the functional and technical design for processes identified for application and platform development
• Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements
• Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
• Design reusable components, frameworks, and libraries
• Ensure quality of coded components by using best practice
• Comply with and helps enforce design and coding standards, policies, and procedures
• Participate in an Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver high-quality software releases through Sprints
• Communicate any identified project risks and issues to the delivery/project manager and provide inputs to the change control process
• Support the Operational Teams during the UAT and rollout phases
• Training and mentoring other developers within the team on development and delivery disciplines
• Develop team standards and best practices while keeping up to date with industry standards, and technological changes to help build robust systems to accommodate the industry requirements and business needs
• Be an individual contributor (very hands-on) as well as able to guide and mentor team members
  You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.