Associate Cobol Technical Analyst
Highmark Health · United States · US
Health Tech
Remote
Not yet analysed
Demand57
Career growth44
Healthcare fit24
Remote potential85
Salary band
USD 58k – 90k
5-year outlook
Associate-level payer IT analyst pay is typically modest and stable, with meaningful upside only if you progress to senior analyst, product owner, or platform lead. COBOL/mainframe specialization can pay well for a shrinking pool of specialists but carries long-term obsolescence risk.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
moderate
Seniority
entry
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-11-09
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Engagement type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
- Eligible countries
- United States
- License jurisdiction
- US
- Rate period
- Annual
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Why this is worth applying to
Low priority for most clinicians — it does not leverage clinical expertise and pulls you toward a legacy mainframe stack. Worth a look only if you already have information systems exposure and specifically want a remote entry point into health plan IT.
Who should apply
Healthcare graduates or allied health professionals with prior IT support, SQL, or systems-analysis exposure who want a remote entry role in payer technology; IMGs or clinicians who have already decided to move into health insurance IT and are willing to learn COBOL/mainframe.
CV angle
Reframe real clinical and operational experience as domain knowledge for requirements gathering: documenting workflows, translating user needs into specifications, UAT/test scenario design, defect logging and root-cause follow-up, and compliance with standards. Highlight any hands-on exposure to EHR systems, claims or billing data, SQL/reporting, ticketing tools, or cross-functional IT projects; list COBOL/mainframe coursework or certifications honestly if they exist and do not overstate technical depth.
Skills to highlight
- Requirements gathering and documentation
- Test case creation and execution (UAT)
- Defect management and root cause analysis
- Cross-functional collaboration with engineers and business owners
- Data analysis and process improvement
- Health insurance / payer domain knowledge
- SDLC and Agile ceremony participation
- Stakeholder communication and status reporting
Role summary
An associate-level technical analyst at a Highmark Health technology arm (enGen) supporting mainframe COBOL applications used by health insurance operations. The work centers on gathering requirements, writing specifications and cost inputs, building and running test cases, managing defects and risks, and coordinating with engineers and business customers through the technology delivery lifecycle. Fully remote-based.
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