Business Analyst

Business Analyst

Department : Applications / Software Development

Location : On-Site – Austin, TX

Role Type : Full-Time, Contract

About Our Client

Our client oversees critical systems and support activities for statewide Medicaid and CHIP programs. Their teams manage and oversee vendor systems, long-term care program applications, encounter data, and provider enrollment processes. They play a central role in ensuring that systems, processes, and data support efficient and compliant healthcare operations across Texas.

Job Description

We are seeking a Business Analyst to support the Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) initiative. PEMS provides a centralized electronic enrollment method for Medicaid and non-Medicaid providers. The selected candidate will serve as a Business Analyst will work closely with internal units, program staff, technical teams, vendors, and contracted resources to gather requirements, analyze processes, document needs, and support testing and backlog management.

This position requires experience performing complex business analysis, gathering and documenting requirements, supporting Agile teams, evaluating system impacts, and conducting testing activities within large enterprise systems.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze program policies, procedures, and processes to determine impacts to business systems.
• Review system, data, and project deliverables to ensure business and technical requirements are met.
• Work with program staff to solicit, analyze, and document business requirements.
• Serve as liaison between state program staff and vendors for translating needs.
• Serve as Product Owner for an Agile team implementing system changes.
• Write User Stories and Acceptance Criteria following Agile standards.
• Develop and maintain business user test scenarios; participate in system and user acceptance testing.
• Create use cases, test plans, and exit criteria mapped to requirements.
• Review and execute test cases using a formal testing tool.
• Track, document, and report test results and statuses.
• Evaluate testing strategies to ensure adequate coverage.
• Identify, document, and help resolve risks and issues; propose mitigation strategies.
• Report project status to management on scheduled timelines.
• Document action items, decisions, and meeting results.
• Manage deliverable schedules as required.
• Perform other duties associated with PEMS projects as assigned.

Required Experience / Skills

Preferred Experience / Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field (as implied by industry standards).

Pay & Benefits Summary

Call-to-Action

Apply today to support major statewide Medicaid initiatives and help enhance provider enrollment systems across Texas.

Keywords : Business Analyst | Product Owner | Agile | Medicaid | PEMS | Requirements Gathering | User Stories | Testing | Claims Processing | Texas HHSC