Analytics Data Specialist

About Us 

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience in the United States (U.S.) across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients.

Why We Do What We Do 

In the U.S., consumers, payers, and providers face significant challenges throughout the healthcare financial journey. Zelis helps streamline the process by offering solutions that improve transparency, efficiency, and communication among all parties involved. By addressing the obstacles that patients face in accessing care, navigating the intricacies of insurance claims, and the logistical challenges healthcare providers encounter with processing payments, Zelis aims to create a more seamless and effective healthcare financial system.

Zelis India plays a crucial role in this mission by supporting various initiatives that enhance the healthcare financial experience. The local team contributes to the development and implementation of innovative solutions, ensuring that technology and processes are optimized for efficiency and effectiveness. Beyond operational expertise, Zelis India cultivates a collaborative work culture, leadership development, and global exposure, creating a dynamic environment for professional growth. With hybrid work flexibility, comprehensive healthcare benefits, financial wellness programs, and cultural celebrations, we foster a holistic workplace experience. Additionally, the team plays a vital role in maintaining high standards of service delivery and contributes to Zelis' award-winning culture. 

Position Overview

About Zelis

Zelis is a leading payments company in healthcare, guiding, pricing, explaining, and paying for care on behalf of insurers and their members.

We align the interests of payers, providers, and consumers to deliver a better financial experience and more affordable, transparent care for all.

Partnering with 700+ payers, supporting 4 million+ providers and 100 million members across the healthcare industry.

About ZEDI

Zelis Engineering, Data & Infra (ZEDI) is a centralized apps, Infra & data team that partners across Zelis business units to unlock the value of apps, data through intelligence and AI solutions. Our mission is to transform apps & data into a strategic and competitive asset by fostering collaboration and innovation.

Enable the democratization and productization of data assets to drive insights and decision-making.

Develop new data and product capabilities through advanced analytics and AI-driven solutions.

Collaborate closely with business units and enterprise functions to maximize the impact of data.

Leverage intelligence solutions to unlock efficiency, transparency, and value across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

At least 5 years of experience in designing and developing Data Pipelines & Assets.

Must have experience with at least one Columnar MPP Cloud data warehouse (Snowflake/Azure Synapse/Redshift) for at least 3 years.

Experience in ETL tools like Azure Data factory, Fivetran / DBT for 2 years.

Develop and maintain analytics-ready data assets, taxonomies, and hierarchies that power BI dashboards, provider insights, and the Insights Hub.

Partner with BI Developers, Data Analysts, and Tech Product Analysts to translate business and product needs into well-structured data models and semantic layers.

Create and optimize dbt transformations and Snowflake data marts that support standardized KPIs, reusable metrics, and consistent reporting.

Support Data Intelligence outcomes by ensuring accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of curated data for downstream analytics and visualization.

Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to define metadata, lineage, and business definitions, embedding them into DI workflows.

Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and validation processes are in place to improve trust and adoption of Insights Hub deliverables.

Document solution flows, mappings, and knowledge artifacts, enabling transparency, governance, and reusability across the DI team.

Participate in Agile processes (sprint planning, backlog grooming, reviews) to deliver DI priorities with clear business alignment.

Contribute to data governance initiatives, including the creation of controlled vocabularies, KPI catalogs, and reusable templates.

Stay current with healthcare data standards and regulatory needs (HIPAA, ACA, CMS) to ensure compliant, domain-aware DI solutions.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.

Self starter & learner

4–6 years of experience in data modeling, analytics engineering, or BI-enablement roles.

Proficiency with Snowflake and dbt for developing analytics-ready datasets and reusable transformations.

Strong skills in SQL for creating data marts, KPIs, and optimized queries.

Working knowledge of data governance concepts (lineage, cataloging, controlled vocabularies).

Exposure to BI tools (Sigma BI, Power BI, Tableau) and an understanding of how semantic data layers fuel dashboards and insights.

Familiarity with Agile tools (Jira, Confluence) and collaborative workflows.

Strong documentation, communication, and requirement-gathering skills to align technical outputs with DI outcomes.

Experience working with large, complex datasets in cloud data ecosystems.

Preferred Qualifications

Domain experience in US Healthcare data, especially provider networks, credentialing, and reimbursement models.

Knowledge of healthcare data standards (ICD-10, CPT, HL7, NPI).

Familiarity with data quality frameworks and building KPI/metric catalogs for analytics.

Understanding of data privacy and compliance (HIPAA, ACA, CMS) and ability to embed these requirements into DI workflows.

Strong collaboration skills to work across business, product, and technical stakeholders.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

At Zelis, we champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our operations. We embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at Zelis, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Accessibility Support

We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and/or interview process, please email