Sr Research QA Engineer
Employment Type : Full-Time
About City of Hope
City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 6000 employees, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy.
Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.
Position Summary
The Sr. Research QA Engineer is responsible for research software applications and systems that are developed either in-house or vendor managed for variety of needs across City of Hope including Informatics, Clinical and Translational Research.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Prepare and maintain best QA practices for Research Software
- In collaboration with Manager or Director, come up with KPI’s and measure them for the long term.
- Closely manages the release management and QA process of Research Software applications.
- Collaborate with other teams, including business sponsor and analysis and developers, in ensuring the quality standards and customer satisfaction.
- Closely work with project managers in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of Software.
- Work with other Enterprise teams in promoting Quality and Standard Practices through City of Hope.
- Work closely with other application development teams, in both new and on-going applications, from requirement analysis to deployment.
- Prepare test plans, unit test cases, and release criteria for Research Software.
- Work closely with agile project teams in building Research Software development.
- Maintain a positive image when dealing with department personnel and other City of Hope employees.
- Practices a high level of integrity and honesty in maintaining confidentiality.
- Performs special projects as assigned by management.
Qualifications
Basic education, experience and skills required for consideration:
- Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field of study required. A Bachelors degree with substantial experience will be considered.
- Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
- 7 to 10 Years of relevant experience in Software QA
- Experience with Research Software in Healthcare and related domain
Preferred education experience and skills:
- Exposure to various programming frameworks such as: .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby etc.
- Experience working with both local and remote teams
- Experience with Software QA in both Enterprise setting and open-source based software
- Experience with Scientific or Clinical Research software is highly desirable
- Experience with Platforms like Oracle Fusion, HP ALM is a plus
City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.