What are the responsibilities and job description for the Healthcare Mainframe Systems Analyst – Consultant position at Shvaas Consulting LLC?
The principal duties of this position are to serve as a systems analyst for the MMIS team, under general supervision by the Bureau Chief of Business Systems Management. The systems analyst is responsible for activities supporting MMIS operational activities including reporting and analytics, systems support, and testing.
Specific Duties Include (But Are Not Limited To)
- Serve as a liaison between the business programs and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
- Develop, retrieve, and distribute reports and datasets to multiple internal and external stakeholders for purposes of monitoring, reconciliation, and operational processing.
- Perform operational support activities for the legacy MMIS and subsystems.
- Receive and respond to requests and inquiries from business stakeholders.
- Monitor vendor requests and coordinate between business and technical staff.
- Identify trending issues and escalate to program management as needed.
- Translate business requests and needs into system requirements and technical requests.
- Serve as a subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures.
- Perform highly complex analysis, design, and testing as an analyst to meet the needs of users of MMIS and its subsystems.
- Review and verify QA and UA results as assigned.
- Document issues and defects for triage and resolution.
- Proactively identify risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
- Interact with internal and external organizations including vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers, and other stakeholders.
Required Skills (Ranked by Importance)
- 3 years Medicaid or healthcare experience (experience working with Medicaid claims and provider operations concepts)
- Proficient in COBOL programming language
- 3 years experience operating healthcare Mainframe systems for payers as a technical analyst or related duties
- At least 3 years experience with EDI transactions, including managing companion guides
- Experience working with a Medicaid eligibility and/or enrollment information system in an operations capacity
- Understanding of MMIS capabilities and intricacies
- Preferred Skills (Ranked by Importance)
- Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to MMIS Operations
- Proficient in data analysis tools and techniques such as SAS, Excel, data visualization tools, and statistical analysis software
- Experience providing status reports and other technical or operational reports in a clear and concise manner
Additional Skills / Duties
- Self-motivated and able to learn on the job with little training or guidance.
- Able to review job schedules and logs to troubleshoot issues.
- Experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
- Superb written and oral communication skills, including the ability to relay moderately complex technical instructions and requests.
- Ability to effectively communicate with team members, technical teams, key stakeholders, and vendors.
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field.
- 3 years of equivalent experience in systems analysis and/or computer systems development/modification may be substituted.
Pay: $81.00 - $84.00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Columbia, SC 29201
Salary : $81 - $84