IT PROGRAMMER ANALYST, LEAD/ADVANCED **REPOST** FULL-TIME CONTRACTUAL

State of Maryland; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Maryland is seeking an IT Programmer Analyst Lead for the MMIS Recipient Team within the MDH Office of Enterprise Technology (OET). The role combines hands-on application development with team leadership to support Medicaid recipient eligibility and enrollment functions.

The position focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining MMIS programming solutions, guiding programmer analysts, and ensuring system reliability while supporting modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Six years of experience designing, developing, testing and maintaining applications using mainframe languages.
• Experience converting data from project specs into code in IBM mainframe environments.
• Public sector or MMIS experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of MMIS-related programming solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and direction to programmer analysts.
• Analyze business requirements and translate into scalable data and application solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and operation procedures.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide on-call support to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

IBM z/OS

COBOL

CICS

JCL

DB2

VSAM

ISPF

TSO

Xpeditor

File-AID

QMF

FOCUS

Job description

Agency Mission

Maryland's health depends on great technology.

Help us build it.

OET is the engine behind MDH - one team driving innovation across every department serving Maryland's most vulnerable residents.

Introduction

We’re looking for technologists ready to reimagine how public health works.

That’s our mission - backed by benefits and a team serious about getting it right.

Your Skills. Maryland’s Health. Let’s Build It Together.

Grade

STD0020

Location of Position

MDH Office of Enterprise Technology (OET)

201 W. Preston Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

Main Purpose of Job

This full-time contractual IT Programmer Analyst Lead position will serve as a technical lead for the Maryland Medicaid Information System (MMIS) Recipient Team, developing and supporting technology solutions that help manage Medicaid recipient eligibility and enrollment functions. This role combines hands-on application development with team leadership, guiding programmer analysts through the delivery of high-quality, reliable solutions while supporting critical Medicaid operations. This position plays a key role in system enhancements, production support, and the ongoing modernization and maintenance of recipient-focused applications.

Position Duties

• Lead the design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of programming solutions supporting MMIS claims processing and related business functions
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and work direction to programmer analysts, including training, coaching, and review of technical deliverables
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into efficient, scalable application and data solutions
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, program specifications, and operational procedures to support system reliability and knowledge transfer
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, provide on-call support as needed, and drive improvements to system performance, stability, and maintainability

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification(s) to be considered. Include clear and specific information on your application regarding your qualifications.

Experience : Six years of experience, two years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools and an additional four years of experience converting data from project specifications by writing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools.

• Candidates may substitute six credit hours of coursework in application analysis and programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for six months of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and eighteen months of experience converting data from project specifications by writing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the additional four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and fifteen credit hours from an accredited college or university in systems analysis and application programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the additional four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute experience on a year-for-year basis in one of the following areas: operating computers, scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining backups or data storage, processing data on computers, evaluating, implementing and maintaining hardware and software, for a high school education.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology related field and two years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Computer Systems Programming classifications or Computer Systems Programming specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Desired Or Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting the Maryland Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) or another States MMIS.
• Experience in IBM z/OS mainframe application development and support.
• Experience and proficiency in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, ISPF and TSO.
• Experience with debugging and performance tools such as Xpeditor, File-AID and QMF.
• Experience with Information Builders FOCUS.

Special Requirements

Employees in this classification may be subject to call-in 24 hours a day and, therefore, may be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where the employee can be reached.

Benefits

• Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents.
• As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled.
• The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits.
• You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.
• Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.