The Quality Assurance Analyst will serve as a member of the DHHS Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) Program within the PBA Business space. This position is responsible for a series of activities to implement the PBA application for DHB Pharmacy Business. 

MES PBA Business Quality Assurance Analyst 

NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks a Pharmacy Benefits Administrator (PBA) Product Integration Specialist to join the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) project.

The PBA Business Quality Assurance Analyst will serve as a member of the DHHS Medicaid Enterprise System(MES) Program within the PBA Business space. This position is responsible for the following activities to implement the PBA application for DHB Pharmacy Business.

• Experience assessing the testability of the requirements and providing business guidance in developing the test case scenarios and quality assurance based on the business requirements.
• Experience in validating the test results and evaluating the quality assurance to concur they meet the business vision.
• Experience in performing quality assurance across different stages of the application testing such as Integration testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing and State End to End Testing.
• Collaborates and communicates with workgroups around product deliverables with PBA project team, Product Owners and Business Leads.
• Experiencing in performing the quality assurance on the regression testing cases and provide the business guidance and expectations to achieve the business vision.
• Experience with the test and defect management tools, MF ALM and JIRA preferred.
• Work with end users to ensure user acceptance testing is through and complete.
• Experience with Agile Methodology and Scrum.
• Experience in validating automation testing scenarios and define business expectations.
• Collaborate with the production manager and product owner to analyze requirements and identify use cases and test case scenarios required to be executed for the module.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of all functions and business segments in healthcare that meet departmental goals.
• Provides feedback and input to senior level decision-makers to develop long-range strategic alternatives for product solutions.
• Must have experience with Medicaid/Health Care and/or Managed Care areas.
• Good understanding of CMS MITA Framework across Medicaid Business Architecture, Information Architecture and Technical Architecture initiatives and activities.
• Prior experience with Medicaid applications and preferably across Pharmacy Functional Areas.
• Provide in-person, conference calls, or virtual training on product knowledge, usage, and implementation.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable policies and procedures.
• Supporting the product lifecycle from conception through implementation.
• Adhere to the Product Management guidelines.
• Familiarity with CMS Certification process

This position will work integrally with PBA Project Team, State QAU team, PBA vendor and Business core to support maintaining and managing all the Product artifacts to achieve the Business goals and help to manage the launch of features and systems.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
Expert knowledge of the Medicaid Pharmacy (PBA) processes, roles, and intended outcomes	Required	3	Years
Knowledge of the Enterprise IT Systems integration principle and associated change management best practices	Required	5	Years
Demonstrate ability to manage multiple priorities and projects, and function in a fast passed moving constantly changing, deadline-driven environment	Required	5	Years
Proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Adobe software	Required	5	Years
Experience in creating test cases and defining the business test scenarios and use cases	Required	5	Years
Experience with Defect Management and Testing tools, JIRA MF ALM are preferred.	Required	5	Years
Excellent communication skills and attention to detail with specific experience developing, editing, and presenting summaries, reports, and complex in	Required	5	Years
Proven experience and working knowledge of the agile development methodologies, environment, and tools	Highly desired	5	Years
Experience using or implementing Cloud technologies Iaas, Paas, Saas	Highly desired	5	Years
Experience handling HIPPA and PII data	Required	5	Years
Ability to gather data via diverse means (i.e., interviews, observation, surveys, existing written documentation) and interpret relevant information	Highly desired	5	Years
Managed care knowledge or experience	Required	3	Years
MITA knowledge and understanding of the CMS’s Seven Standards and conditions	Required	5	Years
Medicaid program knowledge or related Healthcare Information experience	Required	5	Years

Questions

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Question1	Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?
Question2	This is a hybrid position. intermittent onsite will be expected. Do you agree to this requirement?
Question3	Your candidate must be able to attend a webcam interview.  Do you agree to this requirement?
Question4	What is your candidate's email address?
Question5	How soon can your candidate start if selected for this opportunity?
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Question7	Vendors must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission.  Is your candidate an employee of your company or a subcontractor?  Please be sure to notify a CAI Account Manager if your candidate's employee status changes.
Question8	Vendors must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order will be outsourced to other countries.  Do you anticipate outsourcing any work being done for this assignment to another country?
Question9	Candidates submitted above the hourly Vendor Rate of -5 may not be considered for this assignment.  Do you agree to this requirement?
Question10	Payment for all approved hours will be paid at the straight hourly rate regardless of the total hours worked by the engaged resource.  It is the responsibility of the Vendor to adhere to any applicable compensation laws including payment for overtime hours.  Do you agree to this requirement?
Question11	Have you thoroughly validated, and attest to the accuracy of, the credentials listed throughout your candidate’s VectorVMS profile and resume pursuant to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-009440?