Systems Analysis, Consultant

About the role

The Pharmacy Care Management Platform team delivers all IT Pharmacy solutions to support Pharmacy Operations and Pharmacy Transformation. The Systems Analyst-Consultant will report to the Pharmacy Development Senior Manager. In this role, you will be the comprehensive subject matter expert in the technology products/platform feature space and apply, learn, and extend your skills beyond formal role boundaries. Our leadership model focuses on developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for personal, professional, and financial growth. We seek leaders energized by creative and critical thinking, building high-performing teams, achieving results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence, including Incident Management, process automation leveraging AI, and ensuring smooth deployments for your technology products/platform features.
• Automate and modernize release management to support the new Product/Platform and full CI/CD model, leveraging AI tools.
• Provide analytical support and troubleshooting for application-related issues.
• Work directly with product stakeholders and/or technology product teams to understand the business domain.
• Recommend the most efficient and cost-effective implementation, leveraging reusable features where possible.
• Understand, document, and communicate upstream/downstream dependencies supporting assigned development areas.
• Assist in creating, refining, and maintaining user stories and associated deliverables such as process flows and test cases to meet development and stakeholder needs.
• Write acceptance criteria and ensure criteria comes to fruition during product demos.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies (i.e., daily standup, sprint planning, retrospective, and demos), representing the needs and perspectives of your assigned development areas.
• Act as a proxy Product Manager/Scrum Master when necessary.
• Serve as Systems Analyst for more than one technology product line/platform feature team.
• Configure, develop (scripts, queries, reports), test, troubleshoot (system and application log interrogation), evaluate performance, and support (monitoring and impact remediation).
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate new features and improvements.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are met throughout the development and deployment process.
• Lead the team in regular system audits and implement necessary updates and patches.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of directly related professional experience and deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs, or technologies.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to influence stakeholders and technical counterparts.
• Excellent problem-solving and prioritization skills.
• Health Care knowledge and experience; Pharmacy knowledge and experience preferred.
• Database understanding and expert-level SQL querying skillset.
• Understanding and experience in Agile methodology, Product Model, DevSecOps, and Agile tools.
• Proven ability to function in a fast-moving and rapidly evolving environment.

About Us

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a healthcare experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus is part of the Ascendiun Family of Companies, which includes Blue Shield of California, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, and Altais, a clinical services company. Our vision is to empower customers to create a healthcare experience worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors, challenging the healthcare status quo through innovative, modern, scalable solutions.

We foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the communities we serve. Our core values—agility, trust, drive, courage, and service—shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Workplace Model

We balance purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, providing clear expectations while respecting diverse workforce needs. Most teams come into the office two days per week. Employees living more than 50 miles from an office, out-of-state employees, and those in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need. The company reserves the right to require more in-office presence as needed, with periodic reviews of requirements.

For employees with medical conditions impacting their ability to work in-office, we engage in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations.

Physical Requirements

Office Environment—roles involving part to full-time schedule in an office setting. Based in physical offices and work-from-home deskwork. Activity level: Sedentary, most of the workday.

Pay

Pay Range for California: $111,540.00 to $167,420.00

Pay Range for Bay Area: $125,736.00 to $188,728.00

Note: This range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Salaries are based on candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

Schedule

Full time

Locations

Oakland, CA, United States
Long Beach, CA, United States
El Dorado Hills, CA, United States
Lodi, CA, United States
Rancho Cordova, CA, United States
San Diego, CA, United States
Woodland Hills, CA, United States