COBOL Developer

InnoSoul•Columbia, SC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a Hybrid/Local Healthcare Cobol Developer role with experience in QA, EDI, SAS, UA, and MMIS/Medicaid. The position is located in Columbia, SC, and is for a duration of 12 months with a possibility for extension. The work location is hybrid, requiring 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. The candidate must be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC at their own expense prior to starting the role. The role involves serving as a liaison between business programs and the IT organization, developing and distributing reports, performing operational support for legacy MMIS and subsystems, and translating business needs into system requirements. The developer will also perform complex analysis, design, and testing, review QA and UA results, document issues, identify risks, and interact with various internal and external organizations.

Requirements

3 years Medicaid or healthcare experience. (Experience working with Medicaid claims and provider operations concepts.)
Proficient in COBOL programming language.
3 years experience operating healthcare Mainframe systems for payers as a technical analyst or related duties.
At least 3 years experience with EDI transactions, including managing companion guides.
Experience working with a Medicaid eligibility and/or enrollment information system in an operations capacity.
Understanding of MMIS capabilities and intricacies.
Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or healthcare field.
3+ years of equivalent experience in systems analysis and/or computer systems development/modification may be substituted.

Nice To Haves

Subject Matter Expertise as it relates to MMIS Operations.
Proficient in data analysis tools and techniques, such as SAS, Excel, data visualization tools, and statistical analysis software.
Experience providing status reports and other technical or operational reports in a clear and concise manner.
Self-motivated and able to learn on the job with little training/guidance.
Able to review job schedules and logs to troubleshoot issues.
Experience working in a cross- functional team environment.
Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to relay moderately complex technical instructions and requests.
Ability to effectively communicate with team members, technical team, key stakeholders, and vendors.

Responsibilities

Serves as a liaison between the business programs and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
Develops, retrieves, and distributes reports and datasets to multiple internal and external stakeholders for purposes of monitoring, reconciliation, and operational processing.
Performs operational support activities for the legacy MMIS and subsystems.
Receives and responds to requests and inquiries from business stakeholders.
Monitors vendor requests and coordinates between business and technical staff.
Identifies trending issues and escalates to program management as needed.
Translates business requests and needs into system requirements and technical requests.
Serves as a subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures.
Performs highly complex analysis, design, and testing as an analyst, to meet the needs of the users of MMIS and its subsystems.
Reviews and verifies QA and UA results as assigned.
Documents issues and defects for triage and resolution.
Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e. vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers, and other stakeholders).