Business Analyst

Description

Company Summary 

CRISP Shared Services (CSS) serves as the technology partner for health information exchange (HIE) affiliates in Maryland, DC, West Virginia, Connecticut, Alaska, and Virginia. CSS facilitates the electronic transfer of clinical information between disparate information systems in order to positively impact the healthcare system through improved patient care and outcomes, reduced costs, and data-driven understanding of regional public health concerns. 

Job Summary

CRISP is seeking an experienced, mid-level business analyst to join the CRISP Insights team.  The incumbent will join a team responsible for consolidating various streams of healthcare data to produce business-ready data sets for analytics, reporting, and to support operational use cases for both internal and external stakeholders. CRISP is currently running an Azure Data Lake 2 / Azure Data Factory / Spark / Databricks infrastructure with over 200 production use cases that consolidate several streams of healthcare data. The ideal applicant will be an excellent verbal and written communicator, will have an attention to detail, the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders, manage priorities, and the ability to identify and resolve problems. The business analyst plays a critical role on the Insights team to ensure delivered outputs meet requirements. 

This position will have a base salary. 

This position requires the candidate to be in the Columbia office 1 day a week. 

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.  

• Define and document business requirements and produce technical specifications for deliverables 
• Communicate clear written specifications to data engineers 
• Work with different stakeholders and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, technical, research)
• Assist in coordination of the Agile/Scrum process, moving to leadership role
• Assist data engineers with testing and QA of deliverables to ensure alignment with requirements
• Help your team solve difficult problems - learning from and sharing with team members
• Manage priorities and requests in an organized manner
• Develop business knowledge of Insights data and workflows, understanding relationships between data sets
• Maintain documentation of data sources, use cases, and output specs 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the incumbent must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Required Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to understand complex business use cases and translate requirements into detailed specifications
• Ability to work with many different stakeholders and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, technical)
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple job duties, including personal time management and organizational skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Agile Methodologies – Familiar
• Experience with QA and testing processes 

Preferred Skills

• Jira – Intermediate
• Excel – Intermediate
• SQL – Foundational
• Experience in healthcare IT or public health 

Experience and/or Education Requirements 

• 4-year college degree (preferred)
• 3+ years working as a Business Analyst or similar role in the Data Analytics field (required) 

Compensation and Benefits Package

• Targeted base salary: 80k – 100k per year, based on experience and qualifications, plus benefits and bonuses.
• Benefits include the following but are not limited to health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. CSS also has a 403(b) plan with discretionary employer match and contributions. You will be eligible for 20 days of Paid Time Off per year (accrued in accordance with CSS’s policies). PTO is in addition to 8 company designated holidays. If you are not PTO eligible, you may be eligible for applicable state and/or local sick and safe leave in accordance with the provisions of any applicable state and/or local sick and safe leave laws. 

www.crispsharedservices.org  

www.crisphealth.org  

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