Systems Analyst (Mainframe)

Job Title: Systems Analyst (Mainframe)
Job Location: Columbia, SC
Position Type: W2 Contract

Primary Skills: Systems analysis, Medicaid/healthcare experience, Medicaid claims and provider operations, COBOL programming, healthcare Mainframe systems, EDI transactions, companion guides, Medicaid eligibility/enrollment information systems, MMIS mainframe capabilities, MVS COBOL, JCL, IDMS/NETWORK, CA-ADS, CHANGEMAN, SAS, data analysis, technical reporting, job scheduling and log review

Preferred Skills: MMIS Operations Subject Matter Expertise, data visualization tools, statistical analysis software, Excel

The Systems Analyst will serve as a systems analyst for the MMIS team under general supervision by the Bureau Chief of Business Systems Management. As such, the systems analyst is responsible for activities supporting MMIS operational activities including reporting and analytics, systems support, and testing.

Technical

• 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.

• Review job schedules and logs to troubleshoot issues

Non-Technical

• Provide status reports and other technical or operational reports in a clear and concise manner.

• Self-motivated and able to learn on the job with little training/guidance.

• Experience working in a cross-functional team environment.

• Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to relay moderately complex technical instructions and requests.

• Ability to effectively communicate with team members, technical team, key stakeholders, and vendors.

• 5 years Medicaid or healthcare experience (Experience working with Medicaid claims and provider operations concepts)

• Proficient in COBOL programming language

• 5 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 mainframe capabilities and intricacies

• MVS COBOL, JCL, IDMS/NETWORK, CA-ADS, CHANGEMAN, SAS

• 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

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field

• 7+ years of equivalent experience in systems analysis and/or computer systems development/modification may be substituted