Senior Medicaid Business Analyst – MMIS & Government IT

CornerStone Technology Talent Services; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support Medicaid MMIS modernization initiatives for a South Carolina state agency. The role focuses on gathering and documenting requirements, analyzing current and future processes, and liaising with stakeholders across government, IT, and vendors.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in government IT projects, Medicaid experience, and strong documentation and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience supporting government IT projects as a Business Analyst or in a related role.
• 5+ years of experience eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business rules, processes, and requirements.
• 3+ years of Medicaid experience.
• Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and analyzing laws, regulations, and policy documentation.
• Strong knowledge of formal business process documentation and requirements management.
• Experience creating functional specifications, use cases, and business process flows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with business leaders, technical teams, and project stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare-related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, validate, and document business and functional requirements.
• Evaluate current-state and future-state business processes and recommend improvements.
• Translate business needs into functional specifications, use cases, and process workflows.
• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and government agencies.
• Analyze Medicaid business rules, regulations, policies, and system requirements.
• Document data requirements, business rules, process flows, and system dependencies.
• Support requirements traceability, change control, version management, and status reporting.
• Collaborate with technical and testing teams to ensure requirements are understood and implemented.
• Identify project risks, issues, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Support Medicaid system modernization and MMIS-related initiatives.

Skills

Business Analysis

Requirements Elicitation

Stakeholder Interviews

Communication Skills

Process Improvement

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare-related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Project Server

Job description

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support Medicaid MMIS modernization initiatives for a South Carolina state agency. The role focuses on gathering and documenting requirements, analyzing current and future processes, and liaising with stakeholders across government, IT, and vendors.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in government IT projects, Medicaid experience, and strong documentation and communication skills.