Introduction
Are you looking for a career that will allow you to use your unique blend of business acumen and tech savvy? Business Analysts at IBM are subject matter experts that build the bridge between our business and our clients, immersing themselves into the market to understand problems and find innovative solutions. Be ready to navigate the complex relationships that make the business world run and find the actionable insights that result in great business decisions.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Participate in Client Joint Application requirement (JAR) sessions collect and define data, determine impact to existing systems due to policy changes and regulatory needs and document the impacts.

• Act as a liaison between client and technical solutions groups, using strong communication skills to elicit, document, analyze and validate business processes, systems, and solution requirements.
• Understand the system impacts,business process modeling of current state and desired future state processes, perform ambiguity analysis and ensure consistent understanding across users, developers and testers.
• Provide requirements and design estimates of the work effort required to fulfill the requirements using the IBM Rational DOORS tool.
• Create Specific Functional Document (SFD) which provides a through documentation of functional and non-functional requirements and high-level design specifics.
• Apply the knowledge of the claims system data model and Medicaid Architecture based on MITA to ensure the solution requirements are in alignment with regulatory framework.
• Develop acceptance test use cases, test design strategies and complete requirement matrices to ensure all enhancements are thoroughly tested and customer requirements are accurately satisfied.
• Review the design documentation created by the development team, update any issues identified and correct the changes.
• Analyze policy-oriented problem statements associated with the Client production subsystems and provide suitable resolution for the identified problems.

Location: Sacramento, CA; No Remote.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 3 yrs of experience as a BA in mainframe and non-mainframe application development with increasing responsibility
• At least 3 yrs of experience working for a government or private state health care payer
• At least 2 years leadership experience while working for a government or private state health care payer
• Working knowledge of Medicaid/Medicare regulations/standards and industry standards and best practices
• At least 1 year experience with the IBM Rational tool set or equivalent
• Ability to communicate effectively through clear, concise written documentation, verbal presentations and interviews
• Ability to work in team environment

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status with supporting documentation, where legally permissible.

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status with supporting documentation, where legally permissible.

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM offers a wide range of resources for eligible IBMers to thrive both inside and outside of work. In addition to a competitive benefits program consisting of medical and life insurance, retirement plans, and time off, eligible employees may also have access to:

• 12 weeks of paid parental bonding leave. Family care options are also available to support eligible employees during COVID-19.
• World-class training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform. IBM's learning culture supports your restless attitude to grow your skills and build the depth and scale of knowledge needed to achieve your career goals.

·Well-being programs to support mental and physical health. ·Financial programs that empower you to plan, save, and manage your money (including expert financial counseling, 401(k), IBM stock discount, etc.).

• Select educational reimbursement opportunities.
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups where you can network and connect with IBMers across the globe.
• Giving and volunteer programs to benefit charitable organizations and local communities.
• Discounts on retail products, services, and experiences.

The compensation range for this position is based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.