Job Details

HBITS: HBITS-07-14614

Expert, IT Specialist

30 month contract

Interview: Telephone

Work model: 50% telecommuting, 50% Office per week

--- Project Description ---
New York State of Health (NYSoH) is New York's official health plan marketplace
established by Executive Order No. 42. The temporary personnel services
requested are needed to support the on-going design and development of
information technology systems consistent with enrollment goals and federal and
state law and rules.
The IT Specialist will work closely with NYSoH program staff, vendors and other
stakeholders to define requirements for the NYSoH.

--- Day-to-Day Tasks ---
1. Guide requirements gathering meetings to elicit functional requirements from
business users to define system functionality
2. Analyze, develop and review process flow charts and other business
documentation to define business processes
3. Document complex functional requirements in a thorough and clear formal
requirements document
4. Consult with and advise department staff during the technical design process.
5. Analyze, review and comment on design specification documents
6. Analyze, review and comment on technical documentation such as interface
control documents
7. Guide and participate in stakeholder review meetings for requirements and
design specification documents
8. Coordinate and document resolution of requirements and technical design
comments and gaps with business and vendor staff
9. Provide guidance in the development of test scenarios
10. Perform software testing as needed including specifying test scenarios and test
cases, executing tests, and analyzing and documenting defects in a defect
management system
11. Provide guidance for the development of internal software training documents
12. Work on complex software in a fast-paced, high volume work environment
13. Communicate and facilitation consensus among stakeholders
14. Deliver clear, specific and respectful oral and written communications to business
owners, IT program team members and management

--- Required Qualifications ---
• 84 months of experience in Information Technology supporting complex
software systems or applications.
• 84 months of experience analyzing complex business processes and creating
and reviewing test plans.
• 84 months of experience documenting, communicating, and validating
requirements throughout the system, process, or product/service
development lifecycle for all changes to processes that would enable the
organization to achieve its goals.
• 84 months of experience providing written communications to business
owners, IT program team members, and management.
• 84 months of experience working with Health Insurance or the Affordable
Care Act or Medicaid which includes Eligibility and Enrollment (not Health
Care).
• 84 months of experience with ETL tools, batch jobs, Rational Quality Manager,
Report Development using IBM Cognos or HIPAA compliant X12 format for
EDI transactions.
• 60 months of experience in reviewing and evaluating technical specifications
for compliance with business objectives and requirements.