Software Testing Principal (MUMPS / Healthcare Systems)

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.

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.