Software Testing Principal (MUMPS / Healthcare Systems)

Job ID: 2617886
Location: Remote Work, TX, US
Date Posted: 2026-10-13
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Testing
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE
Description
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 Cach 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 Cach 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.

Qualifications
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.

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 Cach.
• 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.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .