IT Business System Analyst (Remote)

**We are interested in every qualified applicant who is eligible to work remotely in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor VISAs.

Are you a IT Business System Analyst looking for your next opportunity? If so, consider joining us on our mission of helping our communities achieve better health! This opportunity is remote and can be performed almost anywhere in the United States.

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GuideWell and its family of forward-thinking companies are focused on helping people and communities achieve better health and are at the forefront in the transformation of health care.

Florida Blue, a GuideWell Company, has been providing health insurance to residents of Florida for 75 years. Driven by its mission of helping people and communities achieve better health, the company serves more than fivemillion health care members across the state. We are looking for exceptional people who will bring our mission to life and succeed by putting the member first.

What Will be Your Purpose?

You will work on P360 initiatives and production support. IT Business Systems Analysts serves as a liaison for assigned business areas and provides consultative guidance to achieve business objectives by serving as a resource in the analysis of business and user needs and the application of technology solutions, to help define and achieve objectives, identify risk and implement technology solutions. Conducts feasibility studies, prepares user stories/business requirements, and writes system and programming specifications to support the design of possible technology solutions. Provides input into cost estimations and project plans. Prepares user acceptance criteria, test plans, and test cases and conducts functional/user testing. Prepares and maintains technical documentation including flow charts, models, and procedures, user guides, scorecards and reporting. Performs root-cause analysis and issue resolution for the ongoing operation and maintenance of technology solutions. The IT Business Systems Analyst possesses strong knowledge of assigned business area(s) operations and the IT systems/applications used. May participate on an agile development team. Assigned to complex projects, systems or initiatives.

What Will You be Doing?

• Provides functional and technical support/expertise during development, implementation, testing of complex projects
• Produces detailed functional requirements and/or user stories, including non-functional requirements
• Develops user acceptance criteria, test plans and test cases. Responsible for conducting functional/user testing (User Acceptance Testing) and accountable for user sign off of changes
• Monitors system implementation ensuring user satisfaction and be comfortable with being hands on in support of implemented solutions. - Operational readiness, Implementation/Warranty Support, Production support, Project analytics and reporting
• Responsible for facilitating business requirements gathering and determining technical impacts
• Reviews and clarifies user stories and user acceptance criteria with the stakeholders, and works with development lead/technical architect to layout technical design
• Assumes the role of product owner as necessary
• Develops system related documentation that includes flow charts, workflow tables, mapping documents, integration specifications and provides system training
• Develops a strong understanding of the business unit's function and effectively communicates technical issues and solutions in non-technical terms to the business unit
• Supports business architecture design (including Business Process), capability roadmap development and strategy development for the domain

What is Required?

• 3+ years related work experience. Experience Details: Application development, testing, and/or business/systems analysis role
• Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience IT related field
• Experienced in database queries, APIs (how they work)
• Thorough knowledge of Information Technology fields and computer systems
• Demonstrated organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in requirements gathering methodologies and the SDLC
• Understanding of typical architecture standards and ability to apply them in their design work
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy
• Thorough knowledge and experience of systems, subsystems, development methodologies, systems architecture, tools and processes that support the assigned business initiative or system
• Experience in applying research methodology to business solutions
• Knowledge of systems development concepts and methods
• Experience with business requirements and business process analysis to ensure IT solutions meet the business needs
• Experience managing multiple priorities
• Industry knowledge in related business area

What is Preferred?

• Production support experience, Hadoop, Scala, manual testing

General Physical Demands
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

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