Systems Analysis, Consultant

• Pay Range for California: $111540.00 to $167420.00
• Pay Range for Bay Area: $125736.00 to $188728.00
• Note: Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
• Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship: No

Responsibilities

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Drive operational excellence for technology products/platform features, including incident management, process automation, AI-enabled improvements, and smooth deployments.
• Modernize release management to support product/platform delivery, CI/CD practices, and reusable implementation approaches.
• Provide analytical support, troubleshooting, configuration, scripting, querying, reporting, testing, monitoring, and performance evaluation.
• Partner with stakeholders and product/technology teams to understand business needs, align scope and priorities, and manage dependencies and outcomes.
• Document upstream/downstream dependencies, end-to-end process, integration, and data flows aligned to enterprise standards.
• Create and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, test cases, and demos while actively participating in agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver secure, compliant, quality solutions, support audits and updates, coach analysts, and perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience 

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires at least 7 years of directly related professional experience and deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs or technologies
• Deep experience leading analysis and solution design across multiple systems/domains, including end-to-end process and data flows.
• Proven ability to align senior stakeholders on scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, issues, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong governance, quality, documentation, traceability, controls, and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business partners.
• Healthcare experience required; pharmacy knowledge preferred, along with expert SQL/database skills and experience with Agile, Product Model, DevSecOps, and Agile tools.
• Demonstrated ability to coach senior analysts, scale reusable patterns/templates/metrics, prioritize effectively, and perform in a fast-moving environment.

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