Systems Analysis, Senior

Stellarus; California (MO); On-site; USD 91,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst for Pharmacy Development to act as the subject matter expert for technology products and platform features in an agile environment. You will work across teams to implement optimized solutions, guiding stakeholders and leading efforts that improve healthcare outcomes.

You will participate in agile ceremonies, manage dependencies, and ensure security and compliance while scaling reusable patterns and metrics in a fast-moving setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
• 5+ years of related professional experience with deep technical abilities.
• Experience leading analysis and solution design across multiple systems and domains.
• Ability to align stakeholders on scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, issues, and outcomes.
• Healthcare/pharmacy knowledge preferred; strong SQL/database skills; experience with Agile, Product Model, and DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence for assigned technology products/platform features, including incident management, AI-enabled process automation, deployments, monitoring, remediation, and performance evaluation.
• Provide analytical support and troubleshooting for application-related issues, including log review, testing, configuration, scripts, queries, and reports.
• Partner with product stakeholders and technology teams to understand business domain and recommend cost-effective implementation approaches.
• Understand, document, and communicate upstream and downstream dependencies supporting development areas.
• Create, refine, and maintain user stories, process flows, test cases, and acceptance criteria; ensure validation during demos.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies and represent assigned development areas as needed.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate new features, ensure security/compliance, and lead system audits, updates, and patches.

Skills

Agile methodologies

SQL/database skills

Stakeholder alignment

DevSecOps experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience

Tools

SQL

DevSecOps

Agile tools

Job description

Job Description

The Systems Analyst, Senior will report to the Pharmacy Development Senior Manager. In this role you will be the comprehensive subject matter expert in the technology products/platform feature space and apply, learn, and extend your skills beyond formal role boundaries. Having a desire to help achieve transformational healthcare improvement should serve as the inspiration behind the ideal candidate’s willingness to participate across many different activities within an agile working model.

Job Description

The Systems Analyst, Senior will report to the Pharmacy Development Senior Manager. In this role you will be the comprehensive subject matter expert in the technology products/platform feature space and apply, learn, and extend your skills beyond formal role boundaries. Having a desire to help achieve transformational healthcare improvement should serve as the inspiration behind the ideal candidate’s willingness to participate across many different activities within an agile working model. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence for assigned technology products/platform features, including incident management, AI-enabled process automation, smooth deployments, monitoring, impact remediation, and performance evaluation.
• Provide analytical support and troubleshooting for application-related issues, including system and application log review, testing, configuration, scripts, queries, and reports.
• Partner with product stakeholders and technology teams to understand the business domain, recommend efficient and cost-effective implementation approaches, and leverage reusable features where possible.
• Understand, document, and communicate upstream and downstream dependencies supporting assigned development areas.
• Create, refine, and maintain user stories, process flows, test cases, and acceptance criteria; ensure acceptance criteria are validated during product demos.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos, while representing assigned development areas and serving as a proxy Product Manager or Scrum Master when needed.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate new features and improvements, ensure security and compliance standards are met, and lead regular system audits, updates, and patches.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Requires at least 5 years of directly related professional experience and deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs, or technologies.
• Experience leading analysis and solution design across multiple systems/domains, including end-to-end process and data flows.
• Proven ability to align stakeholders on scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, issues, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong governance, quality, documentation, traceability, controls, and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business partners.
• Healthcare experience required; pharmacy knowledge preferred, along with expert SQL/database skills and experience with Agile, Product Model, DevSecOps, and Agile tools.
• Demonstrated ability to scale reusable patterns/templates/metrics, prioritize effectively, and perform in a fast-moving environment.

About Us

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.

Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus’ vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus’ objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California’s vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

JOB INFO

Job Identification : 20261695

Job Category : Information Technology

Posting Date : 2026-09-08T16:28:34+00:00

Job Schedule : Full time

Locations :
Oakland, CA, United States
CA, United States
Long Beach, CA, United States
El Dorado Hills, CA, United States
Lodi, CA, United States
San Diego, CA, United States
Woodland Hills, CA, United States

Pay Range for California : $90860.00 to $136290.00

Pay Range for Bay Area : $102424.00 to $153636.00

Note : Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship : No