IT Programmer Analyst, Lead/Advanced

State of Maryland • Baltimore City, MD

5d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• Subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents (75% paid by the State of Maryland)
• Option to enroll in dental coverage
• Option to enroll in accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Option to enroll in life insurance
• Leave granted at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior