MMIS Integration Specialist

Requirements

Must have:

We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 10 years of IT experience, demonstrating strong leadership, design, and support skills in MMIS interfaces. A deep technical understanding of IT infrastructure, hosting environments, and integration standards is essential. Candidates should have extensive experience in interface architecture, design, development, and data structure modeling. Strong knowledge of SOAP/Web Services, XML standards, and enterprise data exchange patterns is necessary. Practical experience with secure file exchange protocols such as SFTP is preferred. Additionally, candidates should be proficient in developing comprehensive business and technical requirements, interface design specifications, and supporting documentation. We would like you to be skilled in SQL for data validation, analysis, and issue resolution. Familiarity with web service/API validation and testing, preferably using tools like SoapUI (or similar), is also advantageous. A solid understanding of encryption standards, security protocols, and Unix/Linux operating environments is required. Lastly, we prefer candidates who have substantial domain expertise in healthcare and Medicaid/MMIS, especially focusing on interface design, data structures, and transactional processing involving multiple external partners.

Responsibilities:

In this role, I will expect you to serve as the primary point of contact for 20 external business partners and vendors regarding all file exchange and API-based interface activities. You will lead the planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of MMIS interfaces (file-based and web service/API integrations). Your duties will include gathering and analyzing interface requirements and technical specifications from partners to ensure seamless data exchange. You will oversee the complete interface lifecycle management, including onboarding, change management, enhancements, testing, deployment, and production support. Moreover, I anticipate you will coordinate interface development and troubleshooting with internal cross-functional teams (technical, infrastructure, security, and business SMEs). You will need to establish and enforce interface standards, data formats, communication protocols, routing, and transport mechanisms. Monitoring daily file exchanges and API transactions to ensure timely delivery, data accuracy, and compliance with service-level agreements will be part of your responsibilities. Additionally, you will lead root cause analysis and remediation for interface-related issues, data discrepancies, or transmission failures. It will also be your duty to ensure the secure exchange of SSA, PHI, and other sensitive data in compliance with HIPAA and state data privacy regulations. You will plan and conduct integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) with external partners for new or updated interfaces. Communication with partners about deployments, outages, system upgrades, network changes, and emergencies will also fall under your purview. Maintaining interface documentation, including specifications, data mappings, process flows, runbooks, and support procedures, is crucial. Lastly, you will collaborate with infrastructure teams on various aspects such as certificates, firewall/security changes, VPN connectivity, gateways, and SFTP/API environments while providing strategic recommendations to enhance interface processes, automation, monitoring, and operational efficiency. Mentoring and providing technical leadership to Interface Analysts and support staff will also be part of your responsibilities.

Company:

This position is a long-term contract role that requires you to manage the daily interface operations and technical requirements of the MMIS system, aiding ongoing data research and analysis efforts. The primary work location will be in Quincy, MA, where you will be required to work on-site two days a week (local candidates only, no relocation is offered). The work hours are Monday to Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with some flexibility based on operational needs. This role will follow a hybrid work model, incorporating both in-office and remote workdays as necessary. Candidates with prior experience in Medicaid systems will be prioritized for this position.