Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pacific Life is a company dedicated to providing security and planning for its policyholders. They are seeking a Senior QA Analyst to support their Distribution Partner Integration team, focusing on ensuring software quality for annuity product sales and servicing through testing and collaboration with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leverage your insurance industry/technology experience to deliver comprehensive internal testing in support of company, industry, and vendor initiatives
• Work independently to develop comprehensive testing strategy and formal test plans, analyze test results to validate existing functionality and recommend corrective action
• Execute manual and exploratory testing, ensuring comprehensive test coverage to drive proper delivery outcomes
• Manage defect tracking, triaging, and resolution processes, working closely with analysts and developers
• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks for functional, regression, API, and performance testing
• Work with internal business partners to support external user testing, to meet project deadlines and critical deployment dates
• Assess automation opportunities while partnering with internal business and technology teams, and recommend process, product, or service enhancements
• Drive early and continuous testing throughout the development lifecycle, adopting testing methodologies that support agile/kanban and ensuring early defect detection in the development lifecycle
• Maintain documentation of test results to assist in debugging and modification of software

Skills

• 8+ years annuity industry experience, a minimum of 5 years quality assurance experience focused on annuity product and order entry ecosystem
• Demonstrated ability to form meaningful partnerships (internal/external) at all organizational levels resulting in practical solutions to complex problems
• Excellent problem solving, root cause analysis, critical and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance & Quality Engineering
• 5+ years annuity industry experience, focused on products and services on Order Entry platforms through PPfA/DPfA, forms-based or wizard-based configuration
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in manual testing, test case design, and defect management
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Working knowledge of DTCC and ACORD annuity industry standards
• Applied experience working with DTCC data structures and policy admin systems integration
• Experience with FIDx/Envestnet or similar third-party platforms
• Experience in Life Insurance, Mutual Funds, and/or Institutional space
• Experience navigating Mainframe systems to assist with data validation
• QA Analysis certification, or equivalent education/training
• Familiarity with technologies such as API's, Web Services, AI

Benefits

• Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents
• Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program
• Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation

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