Data Analyst - UAT, Automation, Java Selenium

Requisition Number: 2357899
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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
This position is directly responsible for end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test strategy and test plan preparation, requirements analysis, test design, and execution for newly developed systems, enhancements, and delivery initiatives.
The role supports clinical and business solutions within prospective programs, validating functionality across multiple integrated applications to ensure solutions meet defined business requirements, user expectations, and readiness for real-world use.
The role balances test automation and manual UAT execution, applying solid analytical skills to assess risk, identify gaps, and ensure high-quality, business-aligned releases.
Primary Responsibility:

• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate/Post Graduate degree (B. Tech / MCA)
• Test Automation
  • Solid hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver using Java, TestNG, Cucumber for Junit for UI, Database and API Automation
  • Experience building and maintaining robust automation frameworks (Page Object Model, reusable utilities, test data management)
  • Core Java proficiency with solid understanding of OOP concepts, collections, exception handling, and code reusability
  • Proven ability to design, develop, reuse, and execute automated test scripts across multiple releases and test cycles
  • Proven ability to troubleshoot automation failures and improve test stability (flaky test identification and fixes)
  • Proven ability to utilize/enhance existing framework for new requirements within same or new features
• Manual Testing
  • Solid experience executing UAT from a business/user perspective, ensuring solutions meet defined functional and business requirements
  • Hands-on experience with functional testing, regression testing, and exploratory testing
  • Experience preparing, managing, and maintaining test data for UAT execution
  • Expertise in validating complex business workflows, edge cases, and negative scenarios
  • Proficient in identifying, documenting, prioritizing, and tracking defects through resolution
  • Proven ability to translate business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into effective test scenarios and test cases
  • Proven solid collaboration with development and scrum teams during defect triage and retesting cycles
• Agile & Collaboration
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including participation in daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
  • Proven ability to provide clear test status updates, metrics, and test results to business and technology stakeholders
  • Proven solid interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Database & Data Validation
  • Proven solid SQL skills for backend data validation, reconciliation and data integrity checks
  • Proven ability to validate UI data against databases to ensure end-to-end business accuracy
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
  • Proven solid analytical and critical-thinking skills to identify gaps, root causes, and risk areas in business flows
  • Proven ability to analyze requirements, solution designs, and system behavior to proactively identify testing impacts
  • Proven ability to quickly assess UAT readiness, identify blockers, and highlight risks impacting delivery timelines
  • Proven proactive communicator who escalates issues with clear impact analysis and options

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with test management tools like Rally, Jira etc.
• Exposure or working knowledge of modern Automation tools like Playwright, Tosca, Cypress etc.
• Awareness of CI/CD integration for automated test execution (GitHub Actions)

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.