Role: Systems Analyst – Consultant – Mainframe – Cobol
Location: Columbia, SC
W2 Contract
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This position requires the candidate to be engaged exclusively on Maxpath Technologies’ W2 payroll. Engagements via 1099 or third-party/sub-vendor or Corp-to-Corp arrangements are not accepted.
Interview Process: 1 round, Virtual/Online
Duration of the Contract: 12 months
Possibility for Extension: Yes
Work Location: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote).
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
• Serves as a liaison between the business programs and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
• Develops, retrieves, and distributes reports and datasets to multiple internal and external stakeholders for purposes of monitoring, reconciliation, and operational processing.
• Performs operational support activities for the legacy MMIS and subsystems.
· Receives and responds to requests and inquiries from business stakeholders.
· Monitors vendor requests and coordinates between business and technical staff.
· Identifies trending issues and escalates to program management as needed.
· Translates business requests and needs into system requirements and technical requests. Serves as a subject matter expert associated with content, processes, an procedures.
• Performs highly complex analysis, design, and testing as an analyst, to meet the needs of the users of MMIS and its subsystems.
• Reviews and verifies QA and UA results as assigned. Documents issues and defects for triage and resolution.
• Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
• Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e. vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers, and other stakeholders).
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF 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 enrolment information system in an operations capacity.
• Understanding of MMIS capabilities and intricacies.
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF 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.
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