Medicaid QA & Systems Lead — 9‑Month Hybrid Contract

Astyra Corporation; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Astyra Corporation seeks a Senior Systems Analyst / QA Manager for a Medicaid program. This 9-month contract role is hybrid, onsite in Richmond, VA and remote for part of the week.

The incumbent will lead QA, test strategy, planning, and E2E testing, coordinating with business teams and external vendors to ensure Medicaid compliance and quality across the testing lifecycle. The candidate will manage SIT/UAT/E2E testing, defect triage, data integrity, and test readiness reviews, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale Medicaid member eligibility processing.
• Experience coordinating SIT, UAT, and End-to-End testing on large-scale projects.
• Experience with test scenario development, test data preparation, defect tracking, and metrics reporting.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Executive/management reporting and presentations experience.
• Mainframe experience.
• Data analysis experience.
• Meeting facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of programming logic.
• Experience collaborating with vendors, system integrators, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Teradata experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA activities across the testing lifecycle and ensure compliance with Medicaid requirements.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, and E2E testing with business users, vendors, and IT teams.
• Develop test plans, cases, data, and traceability; manage defects and metrics.
• Prepare and present Test Summary Reports to stakeholders.
• Facilitate defect triage meetings across multiple teams and vendors.
• Support UAT readiness reviews and issue resolution across modules.
• Leverage mainframe expertise to support testing and analysis.
• Track historical UAT data and provide status updates.
• Ensure on-time delivery with high integrity and customer focus.
• Engage with vendors and system integrators to align testing activities.

Skills

Medicaid experience

SIT/UAT/E2E testing

Test design & data prep

Communication & stakeholder engagement

Executive reporting

Mainframe experience

Data analysis

Facilitation

Programming logic

Vendor collaboration

Tools

Teradata

Job description

Astyra Corporation seeks a Senior Systems Analyst / QA Manager for a Medicaid program. This 9-month contract role is hybrid, onsite in Richmond, VA and remote for part of the week.

The incumbent will lead QA, test strategy, planning, and E2E testing, coordinating with business teams and external vendors to ensure Medicaid compliance and quality across the testing lifecycle. The candidate will manage SIT/UAT/E2E testing, defect triage, data integrity, and test readiness reviews, while maintaining