Senior Data & Analytics BA - Remote Healthcare Impact

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst – Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience to bridge business stakeholders and technical teams, delivering data and analytics solutions in healthcare. You will lead requirements discovery, translate needs into specifications, and drive reporting and analytics initiatives.

You will apply advanced SQL, MS SQL Server, and GCP/BigQuery to validate data, map sources, and assess impacts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• Strong experience in business analysis, including requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, and stakeholder management.
• Experience with healthcare business processes and healthcare data analysis.
• Experience with Claims, Claims Adjudication, Medicare, and/or Medicaid programs.
• Advanced SQL skills with hands-on experience using MS SQL Server.
• Experience working with GCP and BigQuery for data analysis and data validation activities.
• Proven experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements documentation.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams.
• Experience performing data mapping, reconciliation, impact analysis, and root cause analysis.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and technical requirements for healthcare data initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand healthcare business processes, data requirements, and reporting needs.
• Conduct requirements workshops and facilitate stakeholder discussions to define project scope and solution requirements.
• Create and manage user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and supporting documentation.
• Perform data analysis using advanced SQL, MS SQL Server, and GCP/BigQuery to support business and technical solutioning.
• Conduct data mapping, reconciliation, impact analysis, and root cause analysis across multiple systems and data sources.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, QA, and business teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and stakeholder reviews.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and support issue identification and resolution.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines while ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Communicate project status, requirements, and recommendations to business and executive stakeholders.
• Support end-to-end delivery ownership for data and analytics initiatives within the healthcare domain.

Skills

Advanced SQL

MS SQL Server

GCP BigQuery

Agile/Scrum

UAT coordination

Stakeholder management

Data mapping & reconciliation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IS/CS/Healthcare Administration

Tools

GitHub

VS Code

IBM Data Studio

Apache Airflow

Tidal Workload Automation

Python

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst – Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience to bridge business stakeholders and technical teams, delivering data and analytics solutions in healthcare. You will lead requirements discovery, translate needs into specifications, and drive reporting and analytics initiatives.

You will apply advanced SQL, MS SQL Server, and GCP/BigQuery to validate data, map sources, and assess impacts