Lead System Engineer (Chicago)

Job Description for Systems Analyst for HEDIS 2026

Required Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 8 years of IT work experience including application system design and implementation.
• Experience with the following technologies: SQL, XML, JSON, Erwin, HL7 formats including FHIR, Ab-Initio.
• Experience with HL7 data formats for Interoperability.
• Exchange mechanisms
• Implementation mechanisms
• mapping data from HL7 formats to FHIR.
• Storing HL7 data for query and analysis.
• Experience with the following: Data Warehousing, Data profiling, Data Quality analysis and Data Analytics.
• Experience in creating SA technical artifacts such as Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Source to Targets (S2Ts), Data Exchange Documents (DEDs), and Data Models.
• Advanced SQL query and experience in a data analyst role with strong data analysis and analytical skills
• Minimum 3 years of data modeling including one or more of the following: Postgres, DB2 or comparable
• Effective at gathering and analyzing business requirements and current system behavior and collaborating to create system design specification documents including functional specifications, system use cases, mock-ups, and design models.
• Demonstrated experience working within a complex team environment, working with multiple vendor teams, providing SME support across multiple programs
• Experience with reference data management / governance and end to end data lineage
• Knowledge of multiple development methodologies.
• Strong collaboration, facilitation, and listening skillset

Preferred Basic Qualifications:

• HL7 certifications for FHIR.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• Familiar with data governance, data lineage, data quality, and security.
• Familiarity with BCBS and health care industry concepts (e.g. HEDIS, EHR).
• Knowledge of Federal Employee Program.
• Familiarity with AWS.