Business Analyst Consultant (Medicaid)

Location: Remote within the United States; Washington-based candidates may occasionally travel to Olympia, Washington, for in-person meetings, workshops, and stakeholder sessions. Candidates outside Washington will be primarily remote.

W2 annual salary: $110,000–$145,000 for candidates based in Washington or Texas. 1099 contracting/LLC compensation: $130,000–$175,000, without benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a Redmond-based boutique consulting firm delivering technology and analytics consulting services to public and private-sector clients.

What you will do

• Analyze federal legislation, CMS guidance, and Medicaid eligibility policies to determine business and system impacts.
• Document current-state and future-state processes, workflows, operational procedures, business rules, and decision trees.
• Facilitate requirements workshops with stakeholders, subject matter experts, compliance, legal, operations, and technical teams.
• Develop BRDs, functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, impact assessments, and requirements traceability.
• Support eligibility determinations, renewals, verifications, compliance reporting, Agile ceremonies, and requirements prioritization.
• Develop UAT scenarios, validate system functionality, review test results, and support defect triage and resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, health administration, information systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of business analysis experience supporting complex business or technology initiatives.
• Experience gathering, documenting, and managing business and functional requirements.
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder meetings and creating process maps, workflows, use cases, and requirements documentation.
• Experience supporting system implementation, modernization, transformation, UAT, test planning, and validation activities.
• Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments, with strong communication, process analysis, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Medicaid eligibility systems, healthcare benefits, public assistance programs, or public-sector clients.
• Knowledge of Medicaid policies, federal regulations, CMS guidance, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with traceability matrices, gap analyses, business rules, impact assessments, change management, or organizational readiness.
• Lean, continuous improvement, process optimization, or compliance-driven technology implementation experience.
• CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, Scrum, Agile, or related certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• W2 employment with medical, dental, and vision coverage for eligible full-time employees.
• PTO, 401(k) matching, and education reimbursement.
• Flexible career paths and opportunities to participate in community and philanthropic events.
• 1099 contracting/LLC engagement is available for professionals located outside Washington and Texas; benefits are not included.
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; visa and visa-extension sponsorship are not available.