Job Description

I am looking for a Solutions Consultant who can work in Lake Oswego, Pasadena, or Pleasanton for one of enterprise level healthcare clients. This is a contract to hire role, and we are only considering candidates who are seriously interested in being a full-time employee of this client.

Essential Functions:

• Elicit requirements and constraints from diverse sources and diverse teams including Business, IT Compliance, Govt Regulations.

• Perform current solution assessment, current system assessment, third party vendor product assessment and map it to IT / Business solutions that comply with Client’s technical roadmap, Client’s strategic roadmap, Industry best practices and various project constraints.

• Present various solution options - and build consensus from diverse groups with different perspectives including executives, Operations, System analysts and Project Managers.

• Provide clear and unambiguous directions to various solution delivery teams

• Develops/plans high level solution design.

• Oversees application & systems solution development & coordination and evaluation.

• Assures alignment with Enterprise Architecture Standards Assurance.

• Identify root cause of issues by researching interface / system design and data. Recommend strategic & tactical solutions. Collaborate with Project Managers and Development teams / Vendors / Testing teams to deliver quality & timely solutions.

• Continuously look out for any gaps or issues that can hinder delivery of solution and actively engage / support to mitigate risks.

Required Experience:

***These are the MUST HAVE items.***

• 5 years of IT experience including BA / Solution Consulting / Architecture experience in 3 of last 5 years

• 5 years software design experience - using at least one of the following - Oracle, Java, Websphere,  MarketProminence or equivalent technologies / products *** MUST be recent experience (within the last 2 to 3 years)***

• Sound understanding of SDLC working with Waterfall or Agile methodologies.

Preferred Experience:

• Medicare/Medicaid experience within last 5 years

• Software Design knowledge

• Prior MarketProminence Product Configuration / System Admin experience within last 3 years

• Prior experience working in a Matrix environment within last 5 years

• Prior Data analysis / Production Support experience within last 5 years