Software Testing Principal (MUMPS / Healthcare Systems)

Description

SAIC is seeking a motivated, career-oriented, and customer-focused Software Testing Principal to support testing and quality assurance activities for mission-critical healthcare applications operating in a MUMPS/InterSystems Caché environment. This role will support modernization efforts, system enhancements, healthcare interoperability initiatives, and production support activities associated with legacy healthcare systems. This is a 100% Remote role.

Job Description:

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, test scripts, and test procedures for healthcare applications operating in MUMPS/InterSystems Caché environments.

• Validate software enhancements, maintenance releases, defect corrections, and system upgrades.

• Support functional, integration, regression, user acceptance, system, and end-to-end testing activities.

• Verify data integrity across legacy healthcare applications, databases, interfaces, and external systems.

• Test healthcare interoperability transactions utilizing HL7, FHIR, EDI, and related industry standards.

• Participate in Beta/IOC testing with healthcare facilities and end users, documenting results and coordinating issue resolution.

• Analyze and troubleshoot software defects, integration failures, and production incidents.

• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and end users to validate requirements and test objectives.

• Develop test data and test environments supporting healthcare workflows and business processes.

• Execute manual and automated testing activities where applicable.

• Track, document, and communicate testing metrics, defects, risks, and status reports.

• Validate integrations involving VistA, FileMan, healthcare messaging platforms, and external partner systems.

• Support root cause analysis and verification of software fixes.

• Review system requirements and technical specifications to ensure testability and complete coverage.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, procedures, and quality standards.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance on testing strategies for healthcare and government systems.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or related field or 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.

• 10+ years of software testing, quality assurance, or system validation experience.

• Experience supporting healthcare, government, or other highly regulated environments.

• Experience testing enterprise applications supporting clinical, benefits, or healthcare operations.

• Experience supporting legacy applications and long-lived mission-critical systems.

• Must be a US Citizen and able to maintain a Public Trust

Preferred:

• Experience supporting Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) systems.

• Experience supporting VistA and FileMan applications.

• ISTQB, CSTE, CSQA, or similar testing certification.

• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

Requirements:

Core Technical

• Experience testing applications developed using MUMPS and/or InterSystems Caché.

• Experience validating healthcare business workflows and system functionality.

• Experience developing detailed test plans, test scenarios, test scripts, and test cases.

• Experience performing functional, regression, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.

• Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and testing methodologies.

• Experience validating database updates and data integrity.

• Ability to analyze system logs, application errors, and test results to identify root causes.

• Experience testing interfaces and system integrations.

• Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards, including:

• HL7

• FHIR

• HIPAA EDI Transactions

• Experience validating EDI healthcare transactions, including:

• 278 Prior Authorizations

• 275 Attachments

• Experience utilizing defect tracking and test management tools such as:

• Jira

• Azure DevOps

• HP ALM

• TestRail

• Experience creating testing metrics, dashboards, and status reports.

• Strong documentation skills.

Healthcare and VA Experience

• Knowledge of healthcare operational workflows.

• Familiarity with electronic health record (EHR) systems.

• Experience supporting VistA environments.

• Experience testing FileMan database functionality.

• Understanding healthcare regulatory and compliance requirements.

Process & Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to work directly with business users and customers.

• Ability to independently prioritize multiple activities.

• Experience collaborating within cross-functional technical teams.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Ability to lead testing efforts and mentor junior testers.

• Experience supporting production troubleshooting and issue resolution.

Nice to Have

• Test automation experience.

• SQL and database validation experience.

• Experience testing cloud-hosted healthcare applications.

• Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience supporting modernization initiatives involving legacy healthcare systems.

• Familiarity with federal healthcare programs and regulations.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2617886

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