Remote Senior Healthcare Data & Analytics Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 64,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Stock awards

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst – Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience to bridge business needs and technical teams. You will drive requirements, data analysis, and scalable healthcare data solutions, supporting reporting and enterprise analytics initiatives.

In this role you will use advanced SQL and BigQuery, lead user stories and acceptance criteria, and collaborate across teams in an Agile environment to ensure successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• Strong experience in business analysis and stakeholder management.
• Healthcare data analysis and healthcare processes experience.
• Experience with Claims, Claims Adjudication, Medicare, and/or Medicaid.
• Advanced SQL skills with MS SQL Server.
• Experience with GCP/BigQuery for data analysis and validation.
• Proven ability to create user stories, acceptance criteria, and requirements documentation.
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and delivering in Agile teams.
• Experience performing data mapping, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document business, functional, and technical requirements for healthcare data initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand processes and reporting needs.
• Lead requirements workshops and define project scope and solution requirements.
• Create and manage user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Perform data analysis using SQL, MS SQL Server, and GCP/BigQuery.
• Map, reconcile, analyze impacts across systems and data sources.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, QA, and business teams for delivery.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and backlog refinement.
• Coordinate UAT activities and support issue resolution.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

SQL proficiency

Data analysis

Healthcare domain knowledge

Agile/Scrum experience

Communication

UAT coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or related field

Tools

MS SQL Server

GCP/BigQuery

Python

Apache Airflow

GitHub

VS Code

IBM Data Studio

Tidal Workload Automation

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst – Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience to bridge business needs and technical teams. You will drive requirements, data analysis, and scalable healthcare data solutions, supporting reporting and enterprise analytics initiatives.

In this role you will use advanced SQL and BigQuery, lead user stories and acceptance criteria, and collaborate across teams in an Agile environment to ensure successful