IT Systems Analyst Consultant – Schaumburg, IL - Full-time / Part-time

Grow your career with an exciting opportunity with Optum, where you will be a part of creating software solutions that help to change lives - millions of lives. As an IT Systems Analyst at Optum, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a focused team dedicated to helping to make the health care system work better for everyone. Here, you'll partner with some of the smartest people you've ever worked with to design solutions to meet a wide range of health consumer needs. And we need world-class Systems Analysts, like you, to help us build our next generation customer experience.
 
As part of our elite team, you will play a pivotal role in the system development cycle and consult with end users to evaluate business requirements into design specifications. You will work with all levels of the business, ensuring IT deliverables align with business requirements, with measurable results. There's never been a more exciting time to work in health care where performance and innovation can fuel your life's best work.(sm)
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Evaluate business requirements and prepare the detailed functional and technical specifications that follow project guidelines
Work closely with Developers and Quality Assurance Analysts to ensure requirements and design are completely understood
Communicate design to all stakeholders and varying levels of the organization
Act as the liaison between Business, Developers, QA and project management groups
Present and evaluate design solutions objectively and facilitate conflict resolution
Work closely with business teams to strategize solutions that support long term business objectives
Ensure IT deliverables align with business requirements with measurable results
Collaborate with QA team to ensure testing efforts align with system deliveries and business processes
Evaluates business requirements and prepares detailed functional and technical specifications
Analyzes and revises existing functional documentation
Generates innovative ideas to resolve problems
Present and evaluate design solutions objectively and facilitate conflict resolution
Collaborate with quality assurance team to ensure testing efforts align with system deliveries and business processes

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience with IT Systems Analysis
Experience in leading requirements gathering, analysis and design activities
Experience in communicating design to all stakeholders and varying levels of the organization
Strong functional application experience and have the ability to articulate well in business terms
Ability to anticipates customer needs and proactively develops solutions
Preferred Qualifications:

Experience on IBM i Platform and RPG Development
Experience in the Healthcare industry
Experience on a Pharmacy benefit management application (familiarity with RxCLAIM )
Experience working in a Waterfall and/or Agile environment (familiarity with Agile methodology )
Experience with SYNON
Bachelor’s degree
Ability to self-motivate and self-manage work assignments
Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)
 
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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.
 
Job Keywords: RxClaims; SYNON; Agile, SDLC; IBM, Schaumburg, Illinois, IL