Lead Technical Developer

Job Description

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Position Overview

The FFSDCS Technical Lead / Lead Technical Developer (Key Personnel) is accountable for technical execution, secure operations, and release quality for FFSDCS—supporting a CMS Major Application that collects, validates, and processes Fee-for-Service data for ASP and CLFS, and expands capabilities to support the Ambulance data collection module. The Technical Lead provides hands-on technical direction and supervises engineering work across a multi-platform environment while ensuring all deliverables conform to CMS quality standards, CMS XLC / SDLC requirements, and security / accessibility policies.

Remote / Telework with occasional onsite at CMS (as required for trainings and any in-person sessions).

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, conduct, direct, and supervise technical work to be completed under the contract; provide hands-on technical leadership across development, maintenance, and operations.
• Translate requirements into implementable solution designs for web-based data collection workflows, validation / calculation logic, reporting, and secure interfaces aligned to the CMS operating environment.
• Lead development and enhancement of online data submission capabilities (file uploads and manual entry), certification workflows, role-based access controls, and auditability.
• Ensure solutions operate within CMS Enterprise Portal constraints and authentication patterns (EIDM registration, re-authentication, MFA / OTP) and maintain portal-only access where applicable.
• Lead defect correction, security remediation, and enhancements with release rigor that protects time-bound reporting windows and operational stability.
• Provide technical change impact analysis for proposed changes (architecture, performance, security, downstream impacts, schedule / resource implications) and support change control decisions.
• Implement and support security requirements and annual security activities (e.g., controls assessments, ATO-related evidence, ST&E support) and coordinate technical inputs for audits / IV&V.
• Ensure code is documented to CMS expectations (prologues, revision histories, function-level comments) and that Software Development Files (SDFs) and lifecycle artifacts are complete for each release.
• Drive technical documentation and knowledge transfer for maintainability (technical specs, design docs, O&M, user / operator manuals) and support training materials as needed.

RequirementsRequired Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Education

Certifications

About the Program

The Fee for Service Data Collection System (FFSDCS) is a CMS Major Application that supports data collection, certification, validation, calculation, and reporting for Medicare Fee-for-Service payment programs, including Average Sales Price (ASP) and Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS), and adds a new module to collect data for the Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule as required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

Benefits

Standard Employee Benefits.

50% Health Insurance Paid by Innosoft, Paid Vacation, 401K Match, STD LTD and AD&D paid by Innosoft.