Senior Technical Business Analyst – Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience

Cognizant; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 64,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst — Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience to bridge business and technical teams. You will lead requirements discovery, analyze healthcare data, and define technical specifications to support reporting and analytics.

Proficiency in SQL, MS SQL Server, and GCP/BigQuery is essential. This remote US role collaborates with data engineers, architects, and analytics teams in Agile environments to deliver scalable data solutions for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Strong business analysis with requirements gathering and stakeholder management.
• Healthcare business processes and data analysis experience.
• Experience with Claims, Adjudication, Medicare/Medicaid.
• Advanced SQL skills with MS SQL Server.
• GCP and BigQuery for data analysis and validation.
• Experience creating user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Data mapping, reconciliation, and impact analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and document healthcare data requirements.
• Partner with stakeholders to define project scope and requirements.
• Create user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows.
• Perform data analysis, validation, mapping, and reconciliation.
• Support Agile delivery, backlog grooming, and UAT coordination.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analytics, QA, and business teams.

Skills

Business analysis

Healthcare data analysis

SQL data analysis

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Data validation

Data mapping

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IS, CS, Healthcare Admin, or related field

Tools

MS SQL Server

GCP/BigQuery

Python

Apache Airflow

GitHub

VS Code

IBM Data Studio

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Technical Business Analyst — Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience serves as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, driving the successful delivery of data and analytics solutions within the healthcare domain. This role is responsible for gathering and analyzing business requirements, translating them into functional and technical specifications, performing complex data analysis, and ensuring solutions align with business objectives. The ideal candidate combines strong healthcare industry knowledge, advanced analytical skills, and experience working in Agile environments to support data-driven decision‑making and enterprise reporting initiatives.

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future

About the Role

As a Senior Technical Business Analyst — Data & Analytics with Healthcare Experience , you will partner closely with business leaders, product owners, data engineers, architects, and analytics teams to deliver high‑impact healthcare data solutions. You will lead requirements discovery sessions, analyze complex healthcare data sets, and define business and technical requirements that support reporting, analytics, and operational initiatives.

In this role, you will leverage advanced SQL and data analysis skills to perform data validation, mapping, reconciliation, and impact assessments across multiple systems and platforms. You will work extensively with healthcare data, including claims, claims adjudication, Medicare, and Medicaid processes, ensuring data accuracy and alignment with business needs.

You will play a key role in Agile delivery teams by creating user stories, defining acceptance criteria, facilitating backlog refinement sessions, supporting sprint planning activities, and coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Additionally, you will collaborate across cross‑functional teams to identify risks, resolve issues, manage dependencies, and drive projects from conception through successful implementation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Business Analyst who enjoys translating complex business challenges into scalable data solutions while helping healthcare organizations improve insights, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.

In This Role, You Will

• Gather, analyze, and document business, functional, and technical requirements for healthcare data and analytics 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.

Work Model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work‑life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• Strong experience in Business Analysis, including requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, and stakeholder management.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare business processes and healthcare data analysis.
• Experience working 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.
• Experience coordinating UAT activities and supporting end‑to‑end project delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Python.
• Experience with Apache Airflow.
• Experience with Tidal Workload Automation.
• Experience using GitHub, VS Code, and IBM Data Studio.
• Experience working on enterprise data, reporting, and analytics initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with data engineering and analytics teams in large‑scale environments.

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until November 8 th , 2026.

The annual salary for this position is between $64,000 – $94,500 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

• 401(k) plan and contributions

• Long-term/Short-term Disability

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.