IT System Analyst - Boston, MA

Your passion for innovation can impact millions.At Optum, we believe the technology we create helps to change lives. When you join us as an 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)
 
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Primary Responsibilities:

Lead requirements gathering, analysis and design activities
Evaluate business requirements and prepare detailed functional and technical specifications Create user stories in Rally
Participate in all Agile ceremonies (standup, sprint planning, retrospective, release planning)
Document new APIs / Services and modify existing ones after evaluating the following: user stories, business requirements, high level design documents and database models
Prepare the detailed functional and technical specifications for the API including documenting the internal and external schemas via Microsoft Word and Wiki
Create/modify XSD and JSON files for the corresponding API
Develop detailed source - to - target data mapping and data transformation rules
Implement those rules in Altova MapForce
Present and evaluate design solutions objectively
Work closely with Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, Architects, Business Partners and other Technology teams at UHG to ensure requirements and design are completely understood
Communicate design to all stakeholders and varying levels of the organization
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

Required Qualifications: 

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
Proficiency with MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint
3+ years of Relational Database experience
3+ years of experience translating business requirements into a detailed system specification
 Experience with two or more of the following:

Working with APIs and web services
Experience mapping data from web services or database to user interface
 Experience creating XML, XSD and / or JSON files
Experience with EDI files
Data modeling experience
Experience working as a developer
Experience working with REST methodology
Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions
Experience working in an Agile environment or familiarity with Agile methodology
Ability to work in highly technical environment
Experience working with test plans and test cases
Healthcare experience
UnitedHealth Group work experience
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)
 
 
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