EQP Test Lead

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 4 months (extension possible)
• Start: June 1, 2026
• Pay Rate: $75.00–$75.01 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: No expense reimbursements will be approved
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

The state Medicaid Agency (AMA) has embarked on a major transition from a monolithic system with 14 different business functions to an interoperable, modern system based on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This multi-year Medicaid Enterprise Modernization project will include working with multiple vendors and may include multiple project methodologies. The project must comply with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services standards and requirements such as the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA), Medicaid Enterprise Certification Lifecycle (MECL), Outcomes Based Certification and the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT).

The Program Management Office (PMO) vendor has already joined the project, and is responsible for defining requirements, managing the program, and providing support in the enterprise quality and testing efforts.

To oversee the quality and testing efforts, AMA has established an Enterprise Quality Program (EQP) to support and implement quality goals and is seeking an EQP Test Lead to support the MES Modernization project. The EQP Test Lead will be responsible for successful conduction of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and End-to-End (EE2E) testing for the Alabama Medicaid Systems Modernization Program (AMMP).

This person is responsible for identifying, creating, and executing UAT scripts, identifying end users and working closely with them to manage overall UAT testing activities. This person is also responsible for creating an EE2E test plan, creating and execution of Enterprise EE2E scenarios and test cases, and validating complete software workflows across integrated systems, databases, and third-party APIs to ensure seamless performance.

The EQP Test Lead reports to the EQP Program Manager for assurance and testing aspects of Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) program.

• Serve as the UAT Test Lead and drive UAT for Medicaid applications, ensuring systems for claims, eligibility, and providers meet business requirements, and CMS regulations
• Lead UAT execution, manage testers, coordinate with stakeholders, and oversee defect resolution to ensure a high-quality compliant system
• Serve as the EE2E Test Lead and drive EE2E testing for Medicaid applications, validating the entire Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) workflow from claim submission to payment ensuring all components, databases, and third-party interfaces function together under real-world scenarios
• Identify the EE2E scenarios, prepare EE2E test cases, work with vendors to conduct the enterprise EE2E testing
• Act as a trusted partner with contractors and Agency managers to ensure testing outcomes reach program goals and key initiatives achieve desired results; develop, design, and oversee metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that provide insight to the health of the quality assurance program
• Perform Test Analyst activities with experience in developing, implementing and evaluating a multi-phase Enterprise Test Strategy; experience developing software tests for functional performance, UAT and Enterprise EE2E testing that include automated, ad-hoc, and manual testing elements
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of MMIS EE2E testing; strong knowledge of identifying the business processes in MMIS system; strong test planning and test case development skills; knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of testing Web-based applications and understanding of Azure Dev Ops operations, functions and features
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of ETL testing; ensure the accuracy, integrity, and performance of data stored and processed within the Snowflake cloud data platform
• Support the MES quality assurance program; demonstrate a strong understanding of Software…