IT Business Analyst - Atlanta, GA - Full-time / Part-time

What makes your technology career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You'll have the most opportunities to grow and develop. We invest in rich technology resources and talented people to help glean and use intelligence in ways that drive quality and affordability of healthcare for millions of people worldwide. It's your chance to be a transformational force in the industry and within UnitedHealth Group. If you believe there is always a better way, take the next step in exploring your potential with UnitedHealth Group.

-Evaluates business requirements and prepares detailed specifications that follow project guidelines required to develop written programs

 -Formulates, defines and documents the functional system specifications
-Devises or modifies procedures that solve complex business problems with due consideration for hardware/software capacity and limitations, operating times and the desired results
-Analyzes and revises existing functional documentation
-Generates innovative ideas to resolve problems
-Responsible for meeting or exceeding all defined target goals and milestone dates for the project in order to ensure its overall success
-Assists in training junior level personnel in technical complexities of assigned work

This position will participate in the implementation of Business Intelligence projects. Previous experience with Healthcare claims processing systems and Federal reporting are highly desirable.

Requirements
- 5+ years of System Analysis/Development experience
- 5+ years of experience working in the different phases of development
- 5+ years of Relational Database experience
- 5+ years of writing system requirements
- Understanding of data gathering/analysis
- Knowledge of the Software(System) Development Life Cycle
- Experience working with test plans and test cases
- Experience facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions

Assets
- Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
- Proficiency with MS Project
- Proficiency with MS Visio
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) experience
- Healthcare Industry experience

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.