Senior Test Analyst - Medicaid & Health & Human ServicesLocation: Remote - U.S.Job Overview:
S2Tech is continuously building relationships with experienced Senior Test Analysts to support upcoming Medicaid and Health & Human Services (HHS) modernization initiatives across the United States.
This is a pipeline opportunity intended to identify highly qualified consultants for future engagements supporting state government agencies, systems integrators, and Medicaid technology vendors. Projects may include Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES), Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Integrated Eligibility Systems, Provider Management, Claims Processing, Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM), Child Welfare, Child Support, SNAP, TANF, Data Modernization, and Enterprise PMO initiatives.
Our Test Analysts play a critical role in ensuring technology solutions meet business requirements, regulatory standards, and quality expectations while supporting the successful implementation of complex public sector programs.
Position Summary:
The Senior Test Analyst is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing quality assurance activities throughout the software development lifecycle. This individual partners closely with business analysts, project managers, developers, architects, client stakeholders, and implementation teams to validate system functionality and ensure successful solution delivery.
Successful candidates possess strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and experience testing complex healthcare or government systems. Candidates should be comfortable working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments and demonstrate the ability to independently lead testing activities across multiple functional areas.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements to develop comprehensive testing strategies
- Develop and maintain test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts
- Execute functional, integration, system, regression, end-to-end, and user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Validate business processes across multiple modules and integrated systems
- Perform defect identification, documentation, prioritization, and lifecycle management
- Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot issues and verify defect resolution
- Facilitate testing workshops with client stakeholders and business users
- Coordinate testing activities across multiple teams and vendors
- Support data validation, reconciliation, and conversion testing efforts
- Validate APIs, interfaces, file transfers, and system integrations
- Participate in release planning and production readiness activities
- Support test metrics, quality dashboards, and executive status reporting
- Ensure testing aligns with CMS, state, and organizational quality standards
- Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency through automation, AI-assisted test generation, and modern quality assurance practices
- Mentor junior testers and contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of software quality assurance or testing experience
- 3+ years supporting Medicaid, Health & Human Services, healthcare, or government technology programs
- Experience developing comprehensive test plans, test cases, and traceability matrices
- Experience executing functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing
- Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies
- Experience using defect tracking and test management tools
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to independently manage testing assignments while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting one or more of the following is highly desirable:
- Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES)
- Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS)
- Provider Management / Claims Adjudication / Claims Editing / Payment Processing
- Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM)
- Care Management / Prior Authorization
- Integrated Eligibility / SNAP / TANF
- Child Welfare
- Child Support
- Behavioral Health
- Long-Term Services & Supports (LTSS)
- Enterprise Data Warehouse
- Data Conversion
- Interoperability
Technical Experience:
- Experience with one or more of the following is preferred:
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- ALM / Quality Center
- TestRail
- Zephyr
- Postman
- SoapUI
- SQL
- REST APIs
- JSON
- XML
- HL7/FHIR
- ChatGPT or other AI productivity tools
- Exposure to test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar tools is considered a plus but is not required.
Desired Domain Knowledge:
- Provider enrollment and credentialing
- Claims processing
- Financial management
- Eligibility determination
- Member management
- Pharmacy
- Encounter processing
- Care management
- Interfaces and system integrations
- X12 healthcare transactions (including 837, 835, 270/271, 276/277, 278, and 834)
- Data migration and conversion
- Cloud-based enterprise applications
Preferred Certifications:
- The following certifications are considered a plus:
- ISTQB Certified Tester
- Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
- PMP
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- SAFe Agilist
- CBAP
- Lean Six Sigma
What Makes Someone Successful at S2Tech?:
Our most successful consultants:
- Take ownership of quality and deliver exceptional client service
- Think beyond test execution to understand business objectives
- Communicate effectively with executives, business users, and technical teams
- Build trusted relationships with clients and project stakeholders
- Identify risks early and recommend practical solutions
- Thrive in collaborative consulting environments
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve delivery through automation, AI, and process innovation
- Adapt quickly to new technologies, business domains, and project environments
Why Join Our Talent Network?:
Joining S2Tech's Test Analyst pipeline provides the opportunity to be considered for future consulting engagements supporting some of the nation's most impactful Medicaid and Health & Human Services modernization initiatives. Our consultants partner with state agencies and leading systems integrators to improve healthcare delivery, modernize government technology, and deliver solutions that positively impact millions of citizens across the country.
