IT Systems Analyst - Las Vegas, NV - Full-time / Part-time

Your passion for innovation can impact millions.
 
 
At UnitedHealth Group, 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.(sm)
 
 
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
Provide technical support for in-house and 3rd party applications
Coordinate activities for internal and 3rd party applications in relation to: Enhancements; Upgrades; Break Fix and New Products
Software application design activities including:
Analyze user needs and requirements to determine feasibility of proposed designs, also accounting for time and cost constraints
Confer with developers, engineers, and others to design application systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements
Monitor application interfaces
 
 

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
3+ years of experience in Systems Analysis or IT Development
3+ years of experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) /System Development Life Cycle
3+ years of experience translating business requirements into a detailed system specification
Proficiency with MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint
3+ years of Relational Database experience
Preferred Qualifications:

UnitedHealth Group work experience
Health care experience
Experience working with test plans and test cases
Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
Experience working in an Agile environment or familiarity with Agile methodology
Careers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is 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, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
 
 
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