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Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

As a Sr Software Development Engineer in Test with Python (Sr SDET) at CVS Health in our "Analytics & Behavior Change" group, you will be testing components of the Underwriting Platform, a complex software application that serves financial users from our Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) business unit.

You will work on testing multiple components of the Eos platform, including the UI, Data Forecast Mart, and Computation Engine applications. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that Underwriting Transformation products are delivered on time, on budget, and with the highest quality standards.

Your role is vital to ensure that all requirements have been met before changes are put into Production. This has great impact on end users of these applications and the quality of service we provide to our internal customers.

What you will be doing:

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle with emphasis on Quality Assurance principles and their proper implementation at each stage of the SDLC.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies, test plans and test scenarios for multiple software workstreams with different release cycles.
• Perform functional, performance, security and integration testing of various components of the Eos platform.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to understand the product complexity and utilize that knowledge to develop test scenarios.
• Adopt a shift-left mindset and work closely with Dev partners to uncover defects early in the SDLC.
• Develop and maintain high quality UI/API/Backend automation frameworks and constantly enhance them to improve test coverage.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders (POs, Business Partners, Developers etc.) to understand the requirements, business expectations, and coordination for defect tracking and management.
• Execute test cases and validate test results. Provide first tier of triage for defects found during test execution.
• Generate reports with the results of test execution, communicate regular status updates and concerns to the project team, with an emphasis on project risk and mitigation.

Required Qualifications

• 5 Years' experience in development of test strategy, test schedule, estimates, detailed test cases and execution to ensure adequate test coverage for projects following iterative agile/scrum methodologies.
• 5 Years' experience building UI/API/Backend test automation frameworks and implementation across large organizations.
• 5 years' hands-on experience with Python and Pandas
• 2 years' experience with SQL queries
• Experience with SOAP/REST API testing
• 5 years' experience in QA methodology and principles, tools, processes, and metrics

Preferred Qualifications

• Quality Assurance experience of finance applications
• Experience with insurance and pharmacy benefit management would be a plus
• Prior software development experience
• Experience with Azure Databricks
• Experience with Continuous Integration environments (e.g., Jenkins, Git)
• Experience with CI/CD
• Experience with backend testing and automation

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Operation Research, Statists, Health Policy, or other related fields, or Advanced Degree

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 
 
In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies.  
For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

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