Technical Business Systems Analyst

Our direct Client in Newark, NJ has an immediate opening for a Technical Business Systems Analyst.

Technical Business Systems Analyst

Location: Newark, NJ (hybrid - 2 days/week onsite)

Duration: 6+ months contract to hire

Interview process: Web

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Contact: Brian Anderson

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Primary deliverables and activities for this position will include :

Assist the API Development Team in creating API Technical Specifications, SWAGGER interface specifications, Test Cases, and other needed deliverables to support the development of new capabilities in Company's Digital API Platform.

They will also provide subject matter expertise on behalf of the API Development Team. This position will be interacting with internal IT development teams, IT Management Staff, third party vendors responsible for data and integration.

Candidate will be responsible for developing Technical Requirements Specifications, including Swagger/JSON Specs, for the development of API/Web Services that will run on Amazon's AWS

Responsible for being the technical SME of the APIs as they are developed by the development team through both an Agile and waterfall development processes.

Must have hands-on experience in integration projects and REST/JSON API development

Candidate must be a very strong Data Analyst, with experience in SQL, SQL Server and/or Oracle, Postgres, and NoSQL such as MongoDB.

Candidate should be comfortable writing complex queries to understand sources of data

Define how API Caches should be populated with data - either via batch or real-time updates to cache - be able to implement controls and balancing on data that is being loaded into API Caches

Knowledge in APIGEE API Gateway helpful

Healthcare or Healthcare Insurance industry experience preferred in the areas of Claims, Benefits, Enrollment, Provider

Must be able to interface with client applications/project team to understand their needs, then work with the analyst team and architects to develop an API that meets the client's needs, document the API in a Technical Requirements document and JSON Swagger interface spec, and then walk the development team through the requirements/specs, and develop test scenarios and cases.

During development, should be able to converse with the development team for questions/clarification.

Interface with Software Quality Assurance (SQA) team members to sign off on the test plan and test cases of the API, and then be able to support the new API as it goes through SQA, and UAT testing.

Support the API in production

Required experience:

8+ years of experience total in IT, with at least 3 previous years of hands-on JAVA development

Minimum 5 years as a Business System Analyst

Greater than 4 years in the health insurance industry

Knowledgeable about Domain Driven Design (DDD) and Microservices

Should have prior experience with API

Should have experience working with Application Development

Should have worked with Architecture Review, Modelling, SDLC Process

Experience with HealthCare/ HealthCare Insurance is a must

Required skillset:

Excellent analytical & communication skills

Excellent Soft skills

Excellent BSA skills

Strong problem-solving skills and critical thinking

Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

Knowledge of tools like JIRA, ALM, Splunk Visio, Lucidchart