Mainframe Systems Analyst

Columbia, United States | Posted on 11/10/2026

Mainframe Systems Analyst – Medicaid MMIS (COBOL, JCL,IDMS)

Project Identifier

SC

Client

South Carolina

Agency

State of South Carolina

Location

Fully onsite for the first 30-90 days with potential to switch to hybrid (3 days inoffice, 2 days remote).

1801

Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina, USA, 29201.

Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the roleat their own expense.

Contract Duration

12 Months

Interview Type

Virtual

The candidate will have to be on an InnosoftW
2.

At least 6 months of valid work authorization

Tentative Start Date

12/08/2026

Deadline

11/17/2026

The South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (SCDHHS) is the State Medicaid Agency for South Carolina. The Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) is critical to our business operations.

SCDHHS is seeking a Systems Analyst - Consultant toassist with supporting operations for the legacy MMIS system in the Bureau of Medicaid Systems. Related systems include the MMIS Online application, Provider Web Tool, Provider Enrollment application, and EDI/Translator.

The principal duties of this position are to serveas a systems analyst for the MMIS team under general supervision by the Bureau Chief of Business Systems Management. As such, the systems analyst is responsible for activities supporting MMIS operational activities including reporting and analytics, systems support, testing.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as aliaison between the business programs and the IT organization to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
• Develops,retrieves, and distributes reports and datasets to multiple internal and external stakeholders for purposes of monitoring, reconciliation, and operational processing.
• Performs operational support activities for the legacy MMIS and subsystems. Receives and responds to requests and inquiries from business stakeholders. Monitors vendor requests and coordinates between business and technical staff. Identifies trending issues and escalates to program management as needed. Translates business requests and needs into system requirements and technical requests.
  
  Serves as a subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures.
• Performs highly complex analysis, design, and testing as an analyst, to meet the needsof the users of MMIS and its subsystems.
• Reviews and verifies QA and UA results as assigned. Documents issues and defects for triageand resolution.
• Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.
• Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e. vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers, and other stakeholders).
• Workscollaboratively with the MMIS vendor teams to support SDLC processes as well assupport SCDHHS-specific code library changes to COBOL and JCL programs.
• Follows standard SDLC processes and contributes to ongoing process improvement.
• Communicates effectively in both written and spoken forms.
• Self-motivated and able to learn on the job with little training/guidance.
• Able toreview job schedules and logs to troubleshoot issues.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to relay moderately complex technical instructions and requests.
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members, technical team, key stakeholders,and vendors.

Education and

Certifications:

• Bachelor’sdegree in a technical, business, or healthcare field.
• 7+ years of equivalent experience in systems analysis and/or computer systems development/modification may be substituted.

Required Skills:

• 5 years
  
  Medicaid or healthcare experience. (Experience…