Job Title: Lead Interface & Interoperability Analyst
Location: Jackson, Mississippi (Onsite)
Job Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Expected Start Date: December 4, 2026
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Experience Required: 10+ Years
Education: Master's Degree Required
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Lead Interface & Interoperability Analyst to provide technical leadership and operational support for healthcare integration and interoperability initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with HL7 and FHIR-based healthcare interfaces, enterprise integration engines, clinical data exchange, and healthcare regulatory compliance.
The candidate will be responsible for managing healthcare interfaces, supporting interoperability standards and regulatory requirements, optimizing data exchange processes, maintaining technical documentation, and leading a small team of technical professionals. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and the ability to coordinate with healthcare providers, payers, vendors, and IT leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Healthcare Interface Management & Operations
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Manage, monitor, and maintain HL7 and FHIR-based healthcare interfaces to ensure reliable, accurate, and efficient data exchange.
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Oversee healthcare integration engines, including interface configuration, message routing, data transformation, error handling, and performance tuning.
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Troubleshoot and resolve interface failures, message errors, and data exchange issues.
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Optimize existing interfaces to improve performance, data accuracy, reliability, and operational efficiency.
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Coordinate with healthcare providers, managed care organizations, payers, and external partners on interface connectivity, onboarding, and issue resolution.
Interoperability & Regulatory Compliance
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Support healthcare interoperability initiatives in accordance with applicable CMS interoperability and prior authorization regulations.
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Support the implementation and maintenance of FHIR APIs, including Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs.
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Ensure healthcare interfaces and data exchange processes align with HL7 FHIR standards, US Core Implementation Guides, Da Vinci Implementation Guides, and USCDI requirements.
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Support FHIR API testing, validation, documentation, and go-live activities.
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Coordinate with technical teams and platform vendors to resolve interoperability issues.
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Monitor regulatory requirements and provide recommendations regarding compliance activities and implementation timelines.
Interface Documentation & Process Improvement
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Develop and maintain interface specifications, data flow diagrams, mapping documents, message inventories, and standard operating procedures.
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Conduct current-state assessments of existing healthcare interfaces and identify documentation, performance, and compliance gaps.
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Document HIPAA-covered interfaces, including data sources, destinations, message types, exchange frequency, and data elements.
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Identify and implement process improvement, standardization, and automation opportunities.
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Develop and maintain operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge base documentation.
Document Management & Governance
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Implement, configure, and maintain document management systems supporting interoperability operations and compliance documentation.
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Establish document governance procedures, including version control, access management, naming conventions, retention policies, and documentation standards.
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Organize and maintain technical documentation, project artifacts, SOPs, and compliance records.
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Ensure document management practices align with HIPAA and applicable regulatory and records management requirements.
Integration Engine Migration
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Plan and support integration engine configuration migration to new infrastructure environments.
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Develop migration plans, interface validation strategies, test plans, and rollback procedures.
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Coordinate with infrastructure, network, and vendor teams to minimize disruption during migration activities.
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Validate interfaces after migration to ensure data integrity, message accuracy, and operational continuity.
Team Leadership & Coordination
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Lead and coordinate a small team of technical contractors supporting healthcare interoperability and data movement initiatives.
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Provide technical direction, mentorship, work assignments, and day-to-day guidance.
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Conduct interface configuration reviews, code reviews, quality assurance reviews, and peer reviews.
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Manage team workloads, priorities, and deliverable timelines.
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Facilitate team meetings and provide status reports to IT leadership.
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Serve as the primary technical liaison between the interoperability team and IT leadership.
Required Qualifications
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Minimum of 10 years of progressive healthcare IT experience with direct, hands-on experience in HL7 and/or FHIR-based healthcare interfaces.
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Demonstrated experience with healthcare integration engines such as Infor Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, InterSystems, or equivalent enterprise integration platforms.
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Strong understanding of healthcare data standards, including HL7 v2.x, HL7 FHIR R4, CDA, CCDA, X12, and USCDI.
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Experience with healthcare interoperability in Medicaid, managed care, hospital, health system, or EHR environments.
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Hands-on experience with EHR interfaces and clinical data exchange.
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Experience implementing and maintaining document management systems and document governance processes.
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Experience leading or supervising technical teams, including work assignment, quality reviews, and performance oversight.
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Strong understanding of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule requirements related to healthcare data exchange.
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Experience with interface documentation, data flow mapping, and process improvement.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Ability to create technical documentation and present findings and recommendations to IT leadership.
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Master's degree in Information Technology, Health Informatics, or a related management or technology discipline.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience working in state or federal government healthcare IT environments.
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Experience supporting CMS interoperability mandates, including CMS-9115-F and CMS-0057-F.
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Direct experience with Infor Cloverleaf configuration, administration, and migration.
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Experience with MarkLogic or similar NoSQL databases in healthcare data management.
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Experience with FHIR API development, testing, and implementation.
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Familiarity with US Core and Da Vinci Implementation Guides.
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Experience with SMART on FHIR and OAuth 2.0 authentication frameworks.
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Experience with AWS cloud platforms in healthcare or government environments.
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Experience with enterprise document management platforms.
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HL7 certification or equivalent healthcare informatics credentials.
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PMP or similar project management certification.
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Experience with CMS ARC-AMPE security requirements.
Technical Environment
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Healthcare Integration: Infor Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, InterSystems, MuleSoft
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Healthcare Standards: HL7 v2.x, HL7 FHIR R4, CDA, CCDA, X12, USCDI
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Database: MarkLogic, NoSQL
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Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
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API Security: OAuth 2.0, SMART on FHIR, Okta, Auth0
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Document Management: Microsoft SharePoint
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Project Management & Collaboration: Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, GitLab
Work Conditions
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This is a fully onsite contract position in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Occasional overtime may be required.
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On-call support is required during major interface incidents, planned maintenance windows, and critical data exchange events.
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Occasional in-state travel may be required.
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Travel and other expenses are not reimbursed.
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The candidate must successfully complete a standard background check.
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The candidate must comply with applicable HIPAA, healthcare data security, and confidentiality requirements.
Candidates must meet the mandatory experience, technical, and educational qualifications to be considered for this opportunity.
