Remote Senior Data Systems Analyst (Healthcare Data)

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.); Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA), is seeking a Senior Data Systems Analyst for a remote opportunity in the Healthcare industry.

You will lead onboarding and integration of payer feeds and internal systems, shaping a reliable enterprise data platform that supports analytics and value-based care. The role requires strong Medicare payer data experience (834/837/HEDIS/RAF), advanced SQL, and knowledge of data governance, cloud platforms like Snowflake/Redshift, and agile delivery.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data warehousing, data integration, or analytics roles.
• Strong experience with Medicare Advantage payer data, including 834, 837, HEDIS, and RAF datasets.
• Advanced SQL skills and strong understanding of relational database concepts.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise data warehouse and data mart architectures.
• Experience with data governance frameworks and tools (Catalog, Atlan, Collibra, Alation) and data quality frameworks.
• Working knowledge of cloud-based data platforms like Snowflake/Redshift.
• Familiarity with scrum/agile methodologies and Jira.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive agile delivery.
• High level of ownership, initiative, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and integration of payer feeds, including eligibility and claims data.
• Analyze and map data from payer sources and internal systems into the enterprise data model.
• Own and maintain source-to-target mappings and transformation logic.
• Identify data quality issues and drive normalization within the data warehouse.
• Validate data ingestion and transformations through profiling and reconciliation.
• Partner with data engineering to ensure scalable, well-documented ingestion pipelines.
• Serve as SME for integrated payer and internal data to support analytics and reporting.
• Lead discovery sessions with customers to document technical specs and business requirements.
• Translate clinical, operational, and business requirements into data specifications.
• Define data quality rules and monitoring for all pipelines.
• Develop data governance policies including metadata management and lineage.

Skills

SQL

Data warehousing

Data integration

Analytics

Medicare data

Agile / Scrum

Jira

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

Job description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA), is seeking a Senior Data Systems Analyst for a remote opportunity in the Healthcare industry.

You will lead onboarding and integration of payer feeds and internal systems, shaping a reliable enterprise data platform that supports analytics and value-based care. The role requires strong Medicare payer data experience (834/837/HEDIS/RAF), advanced SQL, and knowledge of data governance, cloud platforms like Snowflake/Redshift, and agile delivery.