Senior IT Systems Analyst - Santa Ana, CA

Position Description:



Your passion for
innovation can impact millions.



At Optum, we believe the technology we create helps to change lives. When you
join us as a Senior IT Systems Analyst, you will have the opportunity to be a
part of that change. You will work alongside our brilliant teams who are
focused on solutions to meet a wide range of health consumer needs. We need
world-class Systems Analysts, like you, to help us build our next generation
customer experience. In this role, you will be a part of the system development
cycle and consult with end users to evaluate business requirements into design
specifications. You'll excel as you work with all levels of the business,
ensuring information technology deliverables align with the business
requirements, with measurable results. Here, your passion for performance and
innovation can fuel your life's best work.

Positions in this function work in the analysis phase of the system development cycle and consult with users to evaluate business requirements, identify operating procedures, evaluate existing or proposed systems and prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be written. This function also is intended to include those that also may define business processes.

Primary
Responsibilities: 

• Lead requirements
  gathering, service-oriented modeling, analysis and design activities
• Evaluate business requirements and prepare detailed functional and technical
  specifications 
• Communicate design to all stakeholders and varying levels of the organization
• Serve as the liaison between business and systems analysts, developers and
  project management groups
• Present and evaluate design solutions objectively and facilitate conflict
  resolution
• Define, use and communicate design patterns and best practices in service
  oriented analysis, design and development
• Collaborate with quality assurance team to ensure testing efforts align with
  system deliveries and business processes
• Develop strategies to improve service development life cycle and governance
  processes
• Develop detailed source-to-target data mapping and data transformation rules
• Develop and use enterprise service and data models 
• Reviews the work of others
• Develops innovative approaches
• Sought out as expert
• Serves as a leader/ mentor

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree OR High School Diploma/GED with 3 years of equivalent
  experience
• 3+ years of experience in Systems Analysis or IT Development
• 3+ years of experience translating business requirements into a detailed
  system specification
• 3+ years of Relational Database experience
• 3+ years Healthcare work experience

• Experience
  on IBM i platform and RPG Development
• Experience
  facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
• Experience working in an Agile environment or familiarity with Agile
  methodology
• Experience
  working with test plans and test cases