Quality Assurance Engineer - REMOTE for US based candidates

Salary Range : $52,200 - $78,200 Annual

Job Details

The stated pay range is based on a national average location. Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills, and location. This position is bonus-eligible.

Optavise, a CNO Financial Group Company is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer who will be responsible for verifying the quality of CNO products via feature and/or regression testing. The QA Engineer will work as an embedded member of an Agile development team alongside software developers, business analysts, and/or product owners.

This is your opportunity to experience a blend of professional growth, challenging work, and strategic impact. Optavise is a fast-growing brand within a well-established company. The worksite/employee benefits industry is ever-evolving and presents exposure to emerging technologies.

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with other development and product roles in an Agile SDLC environment
  
• Maintaining the test repository, keeping it organized, and respecting the content index.
  
• Executing tests to check reported application issues, ensuring quality, and deciding if more development resources are needed. Updating test data and creating detailed bug reports for issues found.
  
• Managing and delivering assigned enhancements within the sprint cycle by executing test cases and regression sets, ensuring they meet acceptance criteria. Agreeing to complete assigned work on time and learning to estimate test efforts.
  
• Creating test cases for projects, ensuring they meet feature specifications.
  
• Developing test cases according to standard procedures, analyzing project requirements, and submitting them for peer or lead review.
  
• Managing change on tickets by tracking progress and updating the status as test cases are created and executed.
  
• Learning new features, tools, and processes when required
  

The Quality Assurance Engineer position is well-suited for you if you:

• Have knowledge of Basic Software Test Types and Testing Scenarios.
  
• Are a strong communicator and share any impediments or blockers to committed sprint work deadlines and/or possible process improvements.
  
• Demonstrate strong time management and are able to perform a variety of tasks, manage competing priorities, and complete tasks on time in a fast-moving environment.
  
• Have good attention to detail.
  
• Are a critical thinker and can break down small feature requirements into an executable approach.
  
• Are a fast learner and stay up to date with advanced QA concepts, practices, and procedures.
  
• Anticipate what end-users might do incorrectly (negative testing) to ensure a robust solution
  
• Work well under pressure and handle stress during high activity and peak volume periods
  

What you'll need:

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Equivalent
  
• Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of experience as a QA Enigneer.
  
• Willingness to work EST or CST business hours
  

What will set you apart:

• 5+ years of previous experience as a QA Engineer
  
• A focus on continuous learning and growth in your IT career
  
• Healthcare, life insurance, or benefits administration industry experience
  

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical insurance
  
• Dental insurance
  
• Vision insurance
  
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  
• Short-term & long-term disability insurance
  
• Paid time off and corporate holidays,
  
• Paid parental leave
  
• Company-paid life insurance
  

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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where you're most productive. Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando, and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office.

Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours.

All associates may be asked to travel to varying corporate offices periodically. Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

Optavise is a trusted benefits partner for business owners and human resources professionals who work hard to build and maintain a healthy, happy workforce. Through Optavise's cohesive suite of products and services, we guide employers and employees through their healthcare choices to help reduce costs and increase benefits engagement. We streamline administration for employers and educate employees about benefits and care options, making it easy for them to choose and use their benefits wisely. Optavise provides a first-of-its-kind benefits solution, including:

• Benefits administration technology for a streamlined enrollment process
  
• Customizable selection of voluntary benefits that employees want and need
  
• Year-round benefits education, communications, and advocacy to inform and empower employees to become better healthcare consumers
  
• Expert resources, helping employees maximize their benefits and make more informed choices for themselves and their family members.
  

Our goal is to help people make good healthcare decisions. By simplifying administration and making benefits easier to understand, we help drive employee engagement and satisfaction, and save employers time and money.

Optavise is the worksite marketing brand of CNO Financial Group. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands and supported by our associates and agents. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income, and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and more than $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 8,600 exclusive agents, and independent partner agents guide individuals, families, and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.

We are financially strong and well positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I); Integrity, Customer Focus, Excellence, and Teamwork. We have offices in more than 260 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Philadelphia, Orlando and Milwaukee.

At CNO Financial Group, we're always looking forward-to the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands' customers, and the growth we create within our own company. We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.

If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Compensation

Pay Range: $52,200.00 - $78,200.00 Annual

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

ReqID : JR168558

Job Type : Full time

Additional Locations : Chicago, IL; Orlando, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Milwaukee, WI; Austin, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL;