IT Business Architect/Lead Functional Analyst with MMIS

Description

BackgroundNebraska Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) has established a strategic roadmap of modular solution implementations that will modernize the State Medicaid enterprise. The strategy warrants synchronizing business and information technology objectives to ensure alignment with DHHS strategy and goals. Further, the modular strategy will require focused data governance for all initiatives that drive efficiency and effectiveness as it relates to health information. Business Architect Job DescriptionThe selected candidate for the role of Business Architect shall be part of the Enterprise Architecture Services team and support the System Integration Project to drive the interoperability, and cohesiveness of the various modules incorporated into the Medicaid enterprise. The candidate will be responsible for the business process and functional interactions of these multiple projects over time to achieve the longterm vision of the modular and phased replacement of functionality. The individual will collaborate with business customers to understand solution needs, ensure functional requirements are well established and documented and ensure solutions are aligned with DHHS overall road map. Essential Duties and FunctionsLead and manage review and analysis of complex State Medicaid business processes and work with project teams, architecture teams and System Implementation (SI) Vendors to develop resolutionsPerform Business modeling using industry standard architecture tools Maintain Business process catalogs using industry best practicesSupport analysis of asis and tobe business process flows and prepare documentation of system and business process gaps and work with other teams to develop resolutions for these gaps.Act as the link between IT platforms and business process management by aligning customer (members, providers, regulators, internal) needs with Enterprise goals and business operations.Analyzes business workflow and system needs for conversions and migrations; assists in data mapping.Perform Business Maturity Assessments to document the AsIs Business process. QualificationsRequired Knowledge/Skills/AbilitiesBachelors Degree from fouryear accredited college or universityThe ability to act as liaison conveying information in suitably accurate models between the business unit and their counterparts within Information TechnologyDevelopment of TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) and similar Enterprise Architecture EA frameworkbased artifacts Strong situational analysis and decisionmaking abilitiesAbility to visualize and create highlevel models (rigorous informationrich diagrams) that can be used in future analysis to extend and mature the business architecture At least three years experience as Business Architect/ Lead Functional Analyst in Medicare or Medicaid or Health care industryAt least eight years of healthcare experience with Medicaid and direct relevant experience of implementation of a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) module such as provider, claims and or eligibility system. Demonstrated understanding of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC)High level of knowledge in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio)Ability to articulate an appropriate course of action based on reading standard project documentation (charter, work plan)Ability to develop and document a work plan and estimate effort required to complete the workAbility to document business analysis deliverables such as requirements, workflow diagrams, and testing documentationUnderstanding and hands on experience with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)Desired Skill/AbilitiesExperience in using Architecture Modeling Tools such as ABACUS, SPARX