The basic Job Duties and description are: Required tasks to fulfill primary responsibility: Create test plans for simple to moderately complex projects. Execute functional and regression test cases as well as performance and security test cases. Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices. Identify test data required for projects. Create and update automated scripts for existing and new functionality. Coordinate with Project Managers and Business Analysts throughout the testing process to ensure correct reporting information is relayed. Provide specific examples of regular, ongoing decisions made by this position related to this duty. Analyze system requirements, identify and document the most important test cases. Analyze the effectiveness of test cases and then make any necessary improvements. Determine what test data is needed and how this test data can be obtained. In performing this duty, provide examples of typical problems or challenges encountered by this position, and the guidance used to resolve the problem. If issues beyond what is typical in the normal testing environment are discovered, solicit feedback from project team or more experienced testers. Required tasks to fulfill primary responsibility: Follow process for system test and user acceptance test. Establish effective communications with development teams for defect management. Document defects and their resolution. Monitor the management of defects. Determine when a valid defect has occurred, how to communicate it, or if it needs to be escalated for analysis or repair. Provide specific examples of regular, ongoing decisions made by this position related to this duty. Identifies and recommends defect management strategies. Determine the severity and priority of defects with support from the development team. Determine if a defect fix is successful with support from the business requirements team. Determine what defect metrics to communicate. In performing this duty, provide examples of typical problems or challenges encountered by this position, and the guidance used to resolve the problem. If issues beyond what is typical in the normal testing environment are discovered, solicit feedback from project team or more experienced testers. Required tasks to fulfill primary responsibility: " Take on additional duties as they arise to fulfill the HCPF mission and goals. Provide specific examples of regular, ongoing decisions made by this position related to this duty. " Decides when issues are to be escalated to upper management In performing this duty, provide examples of typical problems or challenges encountered by this position, and the guidance used to resolve the problem. " Competing priorities and expedited timelines. Leadership will address any workload concerns.