Principal Technical Analyst – MMIS, Medicaid Pharmacy

Gainwell Technologies

. Develop, maintain, and optimize complex SQL queries, views, and stored procedures to support analysis, configuration validation, reporting, and defect resolution.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $108,500 - $155,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop, maintain, and optimize complex SQL queries, views, and stored procedures to support analysis, configuration validation, reporting, and defect resolution.
Perform in‑depth data analysis and root ‑ cause investigations to troubleshoot system and production issues.
Use SQL to extract, analyze, reconcile, and validate data across environments to support solutioning, testing, and quality assurance.
Support performance tuning activities by analyzing queries, batch jobs, execution plans, and system throughput.
Perform smoke testing and post‑release validation to confirm data integrity and system stability.
Coordinate with data conversion teams to support migration planning, data loads, reconciliation, and validation.
Validate converted and migrated data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with business and policy intent.
Support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), parallel testing, and performance testing by validating data and system behavior.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
12+ years of experience as a Technical Analyst, Data Analyst, or Healthcare Systems Analyst
Advanced SQL skills, including complex joins, transformations, large dataset analysis, and stored procedures
Experience supporting MMIS, Medicaid, or Medicaid Pharmacy systems
Strong understanding of healthcare data and Medicaid domains (Member, Provider, Claims, Pharmacy, Finance, Care Management)
Experience with data analysis, troubleshooting, and validating technical outputs
Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills
Experience working in SDLC and Agile delivery environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

generous, flexible vacation policy
educational assistance
comprehensive health benefits
401(k) employer match
leadership and technical development academies

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLcomplex joinstransformationsstored proceduresdata analysistroubleshootingdata validationperformance tuningsystem integration testinguser acceptance testing

Soft Skills

analytical skillsdocumentation skillscommunication skills