Quality Assurance Specialist | Newport, KY, USA

Quality Assurance SpecialistBe Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities• Creates and executes various testing documentation (including plans and conditions) based on technical and user requirements:• Tests software to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects and/or system performance including scalability and load testing.• Performs regression testing.• Ensures adequate product testing, in accordance with established standards and requirements, prior to implementation.• Identifies and resolves problems in areas of test development/management.• Devises improvements to current procedures and develops models of possible future configurations.• Exhibits expert business knowledge and leverages strong customer relationships.• May have responsibility for performance and coaching of staff and may have a participatory role in decisions regarding talent selection, development, and performance management for direct reports.• Performs other duties as assigned.Job RequirementsEducation: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.Field of Study: Information Technology, Business or a related discipline.Experience: Generally, 8 or more years of related experience. Familiar with relational databases and client-server concepts.This job is non-exempt in California.Business Unit:Property & Casualty IT ServicesBenefits:We offer competitive healthcare, retirement, and paid time off benefits for full-time and part-time benefit eligible employees.