Senior API & Systems Analyst – Remote Health Plan

Eliassen Group; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Principal Application System Analyst to support a State Health Plan initiative. Remote, US-based contract role with a focus on API Connect and DataPower.

You will gather requirements, write specifications for developers, and guide complex enterprise solutions with end-to-end traceability. The role emphasizes collaboration with Platform Integrations and Strategic Platform Engineering, translating business rules into functional designs while impacting design and deployment

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related experience with API Connect and DataPower in the last five years.
• Strong communication skills with a background transitioning from developer to analyst.
• Healthcare or insurance industry experience preferred.
• BCBS experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements for API Connect development workstreams and document APIs in the API Connect management tool.
• Create clear functional specifications for developers detailing updates, changes, and new components.
• Facilitate and influence design, construction, deployment, and maintenance of complex technical solutions using design documents, gap analysis, business rules, data mapping, risk assessment, and traceability mapping.
• Translate business requirements and rules into enterprise-oriented functional designs and system function points.
• Conduct systems analysis to validate designs and perform or facilitate reverse engineering when required.
• Prioritize requirements through negotiation, release planning, and systems analysis techniques.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability and manage upstream and downstream impacts of proposed changes.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of systems, applications, and components to support broad and complex solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for systems analysis and process design and advise on alternative technologies.
• Review artifacts from Business Analysts, Architects, and Developers to ensure end-to-end product quality.
• Support portfolio goals by assessing solutions for phased production releases and managing technical synergies and conflicts.
• Participate in scope and implementation strategy planning, including iterative phasing for design and deployment.
• Communicate impacts, risks, and gaps across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Coordinate team efforts to define, analyze, and develop enterprise solutions and mentor less experienced staff.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

API Connect

DataPower

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Principal Application System Analyst to support a State Health Plan initiative. Remote, US-based contract role with a focus on API Connect and DataPower.

You will gather requirements, write specifications for developers, and guide complex enterprise solutions with end-to-end traceability. The role emphasizes collaboration with Platform Integrations and Strategic Platform Engineering, translating business rules into functional designs while impacting design and deployment