Program Analysts (Integration Testing Managers)

About the role

The Program Analyst (Integration Testing Manager) supports the VA's Community Care Network Next Generation (CCN NG) and Veterans Family Member Program (VFMP), leading enterprise-level integration and end-to-end (E2E) testing initiatives for critical Electronic Data Interface (EDI) systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-level integration and end-to-end testing initiatives for critical EDI systems enabling healthcare claims processing and community care operations for Veterans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional government and contractor teams to ensure seamless system integration, data integrity, and readiness across VA healthcare payer platforms.
• Develop, maintain, and execute master test strategies, test plans, and detailed test scripts for enterprise-level system integration and end-to-end testing efforts supporting CCN NG and VFMP EDI operations.
• Cook up and manage integration and E2E testing activities across multiple interconnected VA and community care systems, ensuring alignment with program milestones, sprint cycles, and release schedules.
• Coordinate defect triage processes, including defect identification, classification, prioritization, and resolution tracking, while providing data-driven Go/No-Go decision support to government stakeholders.
• Lead defect triage processes, including defect identification, classification, prioritization, and resolution tracking, while providing data-driven Go/No-Go decision support to government stakeholders.
• Facilitate testing coordination meetings, produce testing status reports, and communicate testing progress, risks, and blockers to program leadership, Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs), and VA stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
• Support continuous process improvement by identifying gaps in testing coverage, recommending enhancements to testing frameworks, and ensuring testing artifacts and documentation comply with VA and federal program standards.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience in systems integration and end-to-end testing for enterprise healthcare systems, including experience managing testing initiatives across multiple platforms or workstreams simultaneously.
• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline required.
• Prior experience supporting VA, federal healthcare payer systems, or large-scale government health IT programs strongly preferred; familiarity with VHA community care network operations and EDI standards (e.g., X12 transactions) is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Position of Public Trust clearance (or equivalent government suitability determination).
• Must be eligible for VA network and system access as required by the contract.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the United States in compliance with federal contracting requirements applicable to this program.
• Demonstrated proficiency in developing and managing formal testing documentation, including master test strategies, test plans, test scripts, and defect logs, within an enterprise IT or federal program delivery environment.

Skills

• Structured, methodology-driven mindset.
• Comfortable driving Go/No-Go decisions while maintaining rigorous documentation standards consistent with federal contracting requirements.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD