Systems Analyst
- OOLSOFT LLC
13 Hours Ago
70-75 per Hourly
W2
Columbia-SC
8-10 Years
Required Skills: Medicaid, MMIS Operations, Medicaid Claims Processing , Provider Operations, Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Systems, MVS COBOL , Mainframe Systems Support , Mainframe Systems Support
Job Description
Client is seeking a Systems Analyst – Consultant to support operations for its legacy Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) within the Bureau of Medicaid Systems. Related systems include MMIS Online, Provider Web Tool, Provider Enrollment, and EDI/Translator.
The consultant will provide systems analysis, operational support, reporting, data analysis, and testing while coordinating with business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a liaison between business programs and IT teams to translate business needs into system requirements and technical solutions.
- Develop, retrieve, and distribute reports and datasets for monitoring, reconciliation, and operational processing.
- Support legacy MMIS applications and subsystems, respond to stakeholder inquiries, and coordinate vendor requests.
- Analyze operational issues, identify trends, and escalate risks and defects to program management.
- Perform complex systems analysis, design, and testing.
- Review and verify quality assurance and user acceptance testing results; document defects for triage and resolution.
- Collaborate with MMIS vendor teams on SDLC activities and SCDHHS-specific COBOL and JCL code changes.
- Review job schedules and logs to troubleshoot system issues.
- Communicate with vendors, providers, government agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Follow standard SDLC procedures and contribute to process improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Five or more years of Medicaid or healthcare experience, including Medicaid claims and provider operations.
- Proficiency in COBOL programming.
- Five or more years of experience operating healthcare mainframe systems for payers as a technical analyst or in a related role.
- Three or more years of experience with EDI transactions, including managing companion guides.
- Operational experience with Medicaid eligibility and/or enrollment information systems.
- Strong understanding of MMIS mainframe capabilities and technical complexities.
- Experience with MVS COBOL, JCL, IDMS/NETWORK, CA-ADS, ChangeMan, and SAS.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently with limited guidance and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Subject matter expertise in MMIS operations.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques, including SAS, Excel, data visualization tools, and statistical analysis software.
- Experience preparing clear and concise status reports and technical or operational reports.
