Data AnalystEden Prairie Minnesota6 Months Contract RoleIDEAL BACKGROUND:Someone that can collaborate with project stakeholders and technical teams regarding enhancements, changes, issues and defects that may impact development, data, workflow and/or functionalitySomeone that can perform data analysis, using in-depth knowledge of relational databases and healthcare dataSomeone that can deliver quality work, delivered on a tight schedule, and across multiple concurrent assignmentsTOP REQUIREMENTS: All are important - working with big data and ability to query/understand this data is critical for this job. Lacking SQL skills would make this job extremely difficult.** What experience will set candidates apart from one another? Folks who work within healthcare database environment, understanding of structured and unstructured data, SQL experience.LOCATION: Open to remote for the time being.
They do not need to be located in MN, but if so - once we are back to office - would require contractor to be also. Outside of MN, I would not require they report to a nearby Optum office.TEAM STRUCTURE: This person would be part of my BA team. I have 10 data analysts (business analyst) we work with engineers (both ETL and QA), scrum masters, product owners.INTERVIEW PROCESS: 1-2 Interviews.
Zoom/Teams. We will want technical details related to the work the candidate has done, potentially with examples.. like SQL statements - explaining how they work, etc..Primary Responsibilities: Support all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) Work with business stakeholders to gather requirements and specifications, complete artifacts, including solution design support Validate requirements with stakeholders and the project team; provide suggestions and recommendations Lead internal review sessions with all levels, including senior leadership Document, discuss and resolve business, data and reporting issues within the team, across functional teams, and with business stakeholders Write and interpret Business Requirements and translate into Functional Specifications Collaborate with project stakeholders and technical teams regarding enhancements, changes, issues and defects that may impact development, data, workflow and/or functionality Perform data analysis, using in-depth knowledge of relational databases and healthcare data Present written and verbal data analysis findings, to both the project team and business stakeholders Effectively communicate with many levels of the organization, business stakeholders/SME, project managers, developers, system architects, quality assurance, operations, etc Ability to deliver quality work, delivered on a tight schedule, and across multiple concurrent assignments Excellent oral and written communication skills Work with Azure (Synapse or snowflakes) and analytics platforms (Apache spark, Data bricks) Work with Microsoft Office products.Required Qualifications:5+ years of Business Analysis experience2+ years of US Healthcare BA experience working in large organization2+ years of data analysis (profiling) and source-to-target mapping (including complex business rules) of healthcare clinical and/or administrative data domains2+ years large data warehouse / big data projects / Azure Cloud eco system skills SQL experience/skill (in Synapse or snowflake)