Systems Analyst

Systems Analyst

Job Description

Hybrid

Description:

The client is looking for a Systems Analyst III.

Services to be performed include acting as a senior-level systems analyst to conduct comprehensive analysis and documentation of the Medicaid Eligibility System. This role will focus on inventorying, analyzing, and documenting eligibility determination logic, business rules, batch processes, system interfaces, and operational workflows operating within a hybrid environment that includes Mainframe batch programs, COBOL modules, SQL-based logic, an Enterprise Java web application, Java Web Services, and a Business Rules Engine such as Corticon.

The selected candidate will produce structured documentation including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process flows, rule inventories, pseudocode representations, traceability matrices, interface documentation, and system architecture documentation to support operational sustainability, audit readiness, knowledge transfer, and modernization planning.


General skills and experience:
o Excellent interpersonal communication skills
o Excellent organization and time management skills
o Providing detailed status report updates to project manager
o Strong analytical and documentation skills
o Experience analyzing complex systems and identifying documentation gaps
o Ability to translate technical logic into structured business documentation
o Ability to independently plan and accomplish complex analytical tasks


Systems analyst skills and experience:
o Facilitation
? Efficiently plan and execute knowledge transfer sessions with business and technical SMEs
? Establish agendas and set meeting objectives
? Document and distribute meeting decisions and action items
? Timely follow-up on all action items
? Identify documentation gaps and operational risks

o Elicitation
? Efficiently extract business rules, workflows, and technical logic from:

Mainframe batch programs

COBOL source code

Embedded SQL logic

Enterprise Java web application components

Java Web Services (service operations, inputs/outputs, error handling)

Business Rules Engine such as Corticon (rule sets / decision services)
o Validation
? Review and validate documented rules, interfaces, and workflows with business and technical stakeholders
? Identify redundancies, inconsistencies, and undocumented logic
? Analyze and evaluate business systems and user needs

o Testing
? Document validation scenarios and test cases traceable to business rules and service operations
? Confirm documented logic reflects system behavior
? Document discrepancies and collaborate with technical staff to resolve
? Facilitate review of validation results with stakeholders


Documentation:
o Use established documentation templates and standards
o Produce clear and concise documentation including:
? Eligibility rules inventory (including rule sources in COBOL/SQL and Business Rules Engine such as Corticon)
? Batch job inventory and dependencies
? Service inventory and interface documentation for Java Web Services
? Decision trees and rule logic documentation
? Pseudocode representations of system logic
? Process flow diagrams
? Traceability matrices linking policy to system implementation
? Standard Operating Procedures for batch operations, rule maintenance, service support, and operational support


Industry skills and experience
o 5+ years of experience performing systems analysis in large enterprise or government environments
o Experience working in complex legacy and hybrid system environments
o Experience supporting mission-critical business systems
o Experience documenting business rules, workflows, technical processes, and integrations
o Experience working with cross-functional business and technical teams




Required Skills:
Experience inventorying, analyzing, and documenting eligibility determination logic, business rules, batch processes, system interfaces, and operational workflows
Ability to produce structured documentation including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process flows, rule inventories, pseudocode representations, traceability matrices, interface documentation, and system architecture documentation

Preferred Skills:
Experience providing detailed status report updates to project manager


Top Skills & Years of Experience: 8-10 years of experience (4 years of education can be included in years of experience)
- Experience inventorying, analyzing, and documenting eligibility determination logic, business rules, batch processes, system interfaces, and operational workflows operating within a hybrid environment that includes Mainframe batch programs, COBOL modules, SQL-based logic, an Enterprise Java web application, Java Web Services, and a Business Rules Engine such as Corticon.
- Ability to produce structured documentation including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process flows, rule inventories, pseudocode representations, traceability matrices, interface documentation, and system architecture documentation to support operational sustainability, audit readiness, knowledge transfer, and modernization planning.


Project details: This role will act as a senior-level systems analyst to conduct comprehensive analysis and documentation of the Medicaid Eligibility System.



Notes:
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
This position is remote and work must be performed within the State. Selected candidate will be required to be onsite once a month.

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status