Senior Business/System Analyst - Hartford, CT - Telecommuter - Full-time / Part-time

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 Business/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 business/systems analysts, like you, to help us build our next generation customer experience.

This position is part of a team for developing enabling technology capabilities within  Optum International. Defining and developing these new capabilities requires an experienced, assertive and customer-focused business/systems analysts. This position will utilize a combined technology and healthcare background to create new capabilities which enable bringing products to solve healthcare business problems. In this fast paced position, the senior business/systems analyst will work with customers and internal stakeholders, including Product Management, Subject Matter Experts, and Software Development teams.

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

·         The candidate will gather, document and manage business requirements from both customers and internal stakeholders.

·         The candidate will possess excellent written and oral communication skills.

·         The candidate will assist is creating the Test Cases (with the Quality Analysts) and participate in User Acceptance Testing

·         The candidate will assist the Architects/Developers as part of requirements translation into functional systems specification documents.

·         The candidate will be responsible for meeting or exceeding all defined target goals and milestone dates for the project in order to ensure its overall success

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years' experience analyzing business needs and creating business requirements

Minimum of 3 years' experience systems analysis and functional/technical specification writing

Experience in Agile and Waterfall systems development lifecycle methodologies

Up to 25% international travel could also be required.

Willing to work non-traditional hours. Given the global nature of this project - early morning or late evening conference calls are required.

Bachelor's degree in healthcare, business, or technology related field.

Assets

Health care experience/background

Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio)

Knowledge of the following is helpful, but not required; user authentication, authorization standards such as SAML, Ping Federate, LDAP, Siteminder or experience setting up web or healthcare related security management systems

Understanding of standards technologies like J2EE, ASP.NET, Relational Databases (Oracle, My SQL, SQL Server)

Ability to deal with ambiguity including experience successfully working with the unknown

Proactive demeanor - "get it done" mentality

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.