Senior Systems Analysis & Modernization Lead — Remote

Optum; La Crosse (WI); Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Systems Analyst IV to define and govern practices for system stability and configuration integrity. You will lead complex configuration solutions, major incident responses, and enterprise standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations.

Remote work is available across the U.S. You will mentor analysts, drive modernization initiatives, and help raise operational maturity within OSIT.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in systems analysis, configuration, or enterprise operations.
• Experience with Azure cloud services, CI/CD, observability stacks, or automation frameworks is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead major incident command, triage, and cross-team coordination.
• Implement and improve system monitoring, logging, and alert mechanisms.
• Identify systemic issues and propose durable technical or operational solutions.
• Design, build, and validate complex configuration changes end-to-end.
• Establish configuration standards, patterns, and review practices.
• Lead refinement discussions for system work and configuration tasks.
• Mentor Systems Analyst team members to build technical depth.

Skills

Systems analysis

SQL/data analysis

AI/automation in SDLC

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or MIS

Equivalent combination of education/experience

Tools

Elasticsearch

Dynatrace

Grafana

Azure DevOps

Job description

Optum is seeking a Systems Analyst IV to define and govern practices for system stability and configuration integrity. You will lead complex configuration solutions, major incident responses, and enterprise standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations.

Remote work is available across the U.S. You will mentor analysts, drive modernization initiatives, and help raise operational maturity within OSIT.