MBDSS Business Analyst. ( Immediate Position)

 

MBDSS Business Analyst

Location: Columbia MD

Job Title: MBDSS Business Analyst

 

 

Description:

Job Location: Columbia, MD

Job Description:

The Medicare Beneficiary Database Suite of Services (MBDSS) Testing Specialist will be responsible for conducting Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of Mainframe, mid-tier and DB2-based software and system development and testing of MBDSS services. The software code and modules are developed by the MBDSS Maintenance Contractor. The mid-level incumbent business analyst will be actively CR/RT JAD sessions internal and external, participate in team meetings, provide weekly status reports, support Project Manager control the schedule, quality and cost constraints and is responsible for performing integration testing, system integration testing, performance testing, regression testing, validation testing, and user acceptance testing as per the procurement task order. The HP Quality Center (HPQC) tool will be used for test execution and defects management. Analyze system requirements maintained in the DOORS; thoroughly understand business impact to develop test procedures. The BA will work closely with seasoned Business Analysts and testers to develop high quality test scenarios, detailed logical step-by-step executable test procedures/cases, and will be responsible for meeting CMMI Level 3 compliances and processes including but not limited to:

• Participate in JAD sessions, system related walkthroughs.
• Develop, store, and review system and/or regression test procedures within Quality Center.
• Coordinate with CMS and external contractors in support of test activities
• Determine appropriate level of testing needed for each CR/RT
• Perform CR/RT analysis necessary to develop accurate, testable test scenarios
• Develop and maintain test documentation including Test Scenario Specification, Test Plan, and Test Case Specification
• Support defect management life cycle resulting no unresolved issues before implementation
• Validate and sign off evidence files for customer delivery resulting no issues.
• Participation in Test Readiness Assessment and Post-Testing Reviews
• Participation in CMS Readiness Reviews (IRR and VRR)
• Facilitate validation and sign off all test artifacts before delivering to CMS

Required Skills & Yrs of experience:

• 3 to 5 years of Work experience in Mainframe, mid-tier, DB2 legacy and web-based for the mission critical complex applications.
• 3 years of work experience in SDLC framework, testing life cycles, methodologies
• 5 years of work experience in writing effective test cases/scenarios/procedures for the complex legacy code.
• 1 to 3 years of work experience in executing test cases/procedures and defect management using HPQC.
• Prior work experience in CMMI, QA audit compliance processes, policies and procedures etc.
• 1 to 3 years of work experience in using HPQC, DB2/QMF, IBM Optima, and DB2/File-Aid or similar tools.
• Working independently and/or collaborative team player.
• Ensure the integrity and security of the healthcare products and the data.
• Excellent Communication skills, interpersonal skills.

Desired Skills & Yrs of Experience:

• Independently analyze and evaluate the impact of the functional changes, understanding physical and logical data modeling, and entity relationships of DB2 tables.
• Software development background would be a plus.

( Prior CMS healthcare applications work experience would be a plus)

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Thanks & Regards,

Pramod Reddy Kotha

Astir IT Solutions, Inc.     

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