Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is hiring a Senior Technical Business Analyst to bridge healthcare business stakeholders and technical teams in delivering data and analytics solutions. The role gathers and translates requirements, analyzes healthcare data, supports Agile delivery and UAT, and helps ensure solutions meet business and reporting needs.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

• 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
• The role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future
• 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

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
• 401(k) plan and contributions, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
• Long-term/Short-term Disability, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
• Paid Parental Leave, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, subject to applicable eligibility requirements
• Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States

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