

Data Specialist
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This role is for a Data Specialist with over 10 years of IT experience, including 5 years with State Medicaid agencies. Contract length is unspecified, with a pay rate of "unknown." It’s a remote position requiring travel to Springfield, IL. Key skills include SQL, data analysis, and knowledge of Medicaid processes. A Master’s degree and experience with CMS reporting are preferred.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
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🗓️ - Date discovered
July 17, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location type
Remote
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📄 - Contract type
Unknown
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🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
United States
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Database Management #Datasets #Jira #Visualization #CMS (Content Management System) #Data Analysis #Teradata #EDW (Enterprise Data Warehouse) #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Data Warehouse #DevOps
Role description
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Primary Responsibilities:
• Provide data and information direction, guidance and recommendations supporting decision making for large Medicaid data warehouse implementation and operations.
• With the specialized knowledge of the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs, lead and guide internal and external stakeholders to make determinations relating to complex processes involving claims processing/adjudication, recipient/provider eligibility, and third-party liability.
• Proactively identify and understand state Medicaid agency data needs and determine the recommended solution to meet them with credible reason, justification and validated proof of concepts.
• Direct and train technical and business teams on healthcare topics understanding and utilizing healthcare data appropriately.
• Proactively suggest and recommend enhancements and improvements throughout the project processes, driven by Medicaid best practices, standards and policies.
Functional Description:
This position is a Medicaid Data Specialist for the Illinois Enterprise Data Warehouse supporting the State of Illinois Medicaid program. This role requires significant expertise of Medicaid Enterprise System modules and data warehousing or decision support systems. This role provides the guidance and direction to support a large data warehouse implementation and maintenance & operations. The selected candidate will provide the required decisions for the business and technical team members to modify, change, enhance or correct within the system, related to claims, provider, and recipient data. Roles in this function will partner with stakeholders to understand data requirements and support development and models such as interfaces, dashboards, data visualizations, decision aids and business case analysis to support the organization. Additional roles include producing and managing the delivery of activity, value analytics and critical deliverables to external stakeholders and clients. This is a telecommute position with some required travel to Springfield, IL for onsite customer meetings.
Required Qualifications:
• More than ten (10) years of experience in information technology with five (5) years of the experience working directly with/for State Medicaid agencies or equivalent supporting business initiatives through data analysis, writing business requirements and testing/validation of various systems.
• Understanding of claims, recipient/eligibility, and provider/enrollment data processes.
• Able to create and perform data analysis using SQL, Excel against data warehouses utilizing large datasets.
• Knowledge of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reporting requirements and the programs covered.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills, manager/executive/director-level client facing, team collaboration, and mentoring skills.
• Strong culture fit, demonstrating our culture values in action (Integrity, Compassion, Inclusion, Relationships, Innovation, and Performance).
Ability to travel to Springfield, IL two (3) to three (4) times per year.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's Degree preferred
• More than 2 years of experience working with PERM, T-MSIS, CMS Federal Reporting or similar projects
• More than 2 years of experience in Adult/Child Core measures, HEDIS, CHIPRA or similar quality metrics
• Experience with data analysis using Teradata Database Management System or other equivalent database management system.
• Experience using JIRA, Rally, DevOps or equivalent.
• Previous experience in large implementation projects.
• Located within driving distance (3 - 5 Hours) of Springfield, IL.
• All Telecommuters are required