Remote Senior Data Systems Analyst: Payer Data & ETL Lead

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

Job summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) seeks a Senior Data Systems Analyst for a remote role supporting a premier healthcare client. The role leads the integration of payer data with internal systems and ensures a single source of truth for analytics and operations.

You will own mappings, validate ingestion, document specifications, and guide cross-functional teams through data governance, quality rules, and compliance. Strong healthcare data expertise is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in data warehousing, data integration, or analytics.
• Strong experience with Medicare Advantage payer data (834, 837, HEDIS, RAF).
• Advanced SQL skills and relational database knowledge.
• Experience with data governance frameworks and data quality concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Snowflake/Redshift).
• Working knowledge of Scrum/Agile and Jira.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• High ownership and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and integration of payer feeds (834, 837, HEDIS, RAF).
• Analyze and map data from external payer sources and internal systems into the enterprise data model.
• Own source-to-target mappings, transformations, and standardized definitions.
• Identify data quality issues and drive normalization within the data warehouse.
• Validate data ingestion and transformations via profiling and reconciliation.
• Partner with data engineering to ensure scalable, accurate ingestion pipelines.
• Serve as SME for integrated payer and internal data for analytics and reporting.
• Lead discovery sessions documenting technical specs and business requirements.
• Translate clinical, operational, and business needs into data specifications.
• Define data quality rules and monitoring frameworks for critical pipelines.
• Develop data governance policies including metadata management and lineage.
• Ensure integration stories are delivered on time for engineering.

Skills

SQL

Data warehousing

Data integration

Analytics

Cloud platforms

Jira

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

Atlan

Collibra

Alation

Catalog

Job description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA) seeks a Senior Data Systems Analyst for a remote role supporting a premier healthcare client. The role leads the integration of payer data with internal systems and ensures a single source of truth for analytics and operations.

You will own mappings, validate ingestion, document specifications, and guide cross-functional teams through data governance, quality rules, and compliance. Strong healthcare data expertise is essential.