Test Engineering, Senior Associate

Summary

Peraton is a national security and enterprise IT company that delivers mission-critical solutions and technologies for government and defense customers. The Health and Financial Solutions team is seeking a Test Engineer to support the testing lifecycle for Medicare claims processing systems on a legacy mainframe platform, including designing and executing functional, regression, and integration tests, automating test suites, validating claims workflows, and ensuring CMS compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test scripts for critical Medicare claim workflows in the mainframe environment (batch and online)
• Integrate automated test suites with TestRail for execution tracking and reporting
• Continuously assess regression suites for automation opportunities to improve test coverage, speed, and repeatability
• Develop, manage, and execute test cases within TestRail aligned to Medicare claims workflows and CMS requirements
• Perform functional, regression, and integration testing for mainframe batch and online applications
• Validate COBOL/JCL jobs, DB2/VSAM database updates, and downstream claim adjudication outputs
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, and operations to resolve defects and ensure test coverage
• Create and maintain test data to simulate Medicare claim scenarios (inpatient, outpatient, Part A, Part B, adjustments, rejections, etc.)
• Ensure compliance with CMS testing standards and audit documentation
• Track and report test results, defects, and quality metrics in TestRail and JIRA (or equivalent defect tracking tool)
• Participate in defect triage meetings and root cause analysis

Skills

• * 2 years with BS/BA, 6 years no degree
• * Proficiency in mainframe environments**,**including JCL**,**COBOL (reading and debugging)**,**DB2 SQL queries**,**and VSAM file handling**.**
• * Proven experience with test case management and orchestration tools including Quick Test Pro, Open Text Unified Functional Testing (UFT), and TestRail, to design, execute maintain automated test cases
• * Familiarity with Medicare claims processing**,**including 837/835 EDI transactions**,**claim adjudication logic, andCMS compliancerequirements**.**
• * Experience using defect tracking toolssuch asJira**,**or equivalent platforms to manage defects and testing workflow
• * Solid understanding of Agile and Hybrid Agile/Waterfall testing methodologies**,**with the ability to adapt test strategies to evolving delivery models
• * Ability to interpret and analyze business and system requirements**,**translating them into detailed and reusable test cases and automation scripts**.**
• * Strong attention to detail**,**with disciplined documentation practices to supportaudit and regulatory compliancestandards
• * US Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• * Experience with automated testing frameworks for mainframe (e.g., CA Verify, Compuware Test Automation, REXX scripting)
• * Knowledge of CMS regulatory changes (e.g., ICD-10, HIPAA, DMEPOS)
• * Prior experience in healthcare payer systems or CMS audit environments
• * Familiarity with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD integration with test management software

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * 2 years with BS/BA, 6 years no degree
• * Proficiency in mainframe environments**,**including JCL**,**COBOL (reading and debugging)**,**DB2 SQL queries**,**and VSAM file handling**.**
• * Proven experience with test case management and orchestration tools including Quick Test Pro, Open Text Unified Functional Testing (UFT), and TestRail, to design, execute maintain automated test cases
• * Familiarity with Medicare claims processing**,**including 837/835 EDI transactions**,**claim adjudication logic, andCMS compliancerequirements**.**
• * Experience using defect tracking toolssuch asJira**,**or equivalent platforms to manage defects and testing workflow
• * Solid understanding of Agile and Hybrid Agile/Waterfall testing methodologies**,**with the ability to adapt test strategies to evolving delivery models
• * Ability to interpret and analyze business and system requirements**,**translating them into detailed and reusable test cases and automation scripts**.**
• * Strong attention to detail**,**with disciplined documentation practices to supportaudit and regulatory compliancestandards
• * US Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Nice to Haves

• * Experience with automated testing frameworks for mainframe (e.g., CA Verify, Compuware Test Automation, REXX scripting)
• * Knowledge of CMS regulatory changes (e.g., ICD-10, HIPAA, DMEPOS)
• * Prior experience in healthcare payer systems or CMS audit environments
• * Familiarity with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD integration with test management software

Benefits

• Remote work allowed 100%
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.