Job Title: Lead Interface & Interoperability AnalystJob Code: MS 167866Client: State of Mississippi – Division of Medicaid (DOM)Location: Jackson, MississippiDuration: Minimum 1 Year (Expected to continue for at least 3 years)Work Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM (40 hours/week)Work Location Address: 3771 Eastwood Dr, Jackson, MS 39211Work Arrangement: 100% OnsiteNumber of Positions: 1Closing Date: 11/13/2026 at 3:00 PM
Position Overview
The State of Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is seeking an experienced Lead Interface & Interoperability Analyst to provide senior-level technical leadership for healthcare interface operations, interoperability compliance, interface documentation, process improvement, and team coordination.
The selected candidate will support federal interoperability mandates under CMS-0057-F and CMS-9115-F, ensuring the implementation and maintenance of healthcare APIs based on HL7 FHIR standards.
The role involves managing healthcare interfaces using Infor Cloverleaf, supporting MarkLogic data stores, maintaining FHIR-based APIs, and coordinating data exchange with managed care organizations (MCOs), healthcare providers, payers, and government agencies.
The candidate will also lead a small technical team, oversee interface operations, manage documentation and governance processes, and support potential Cloverleaf configuration migration activities.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive healthcare IT experience with direct, hands-on experience in HL7 and/or FHIR-based healthcare interfaces.
- Experience with healthcare integration engines such as Infor Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, or equivalent enterprise integration platforms.
- Strong understanding of healthcare data standards, including:
- HL7 v2.x
- HL7 FHIR R4
- CDA / CCDA
- X12
- USCDI data elements
- Experience with healthcare interoperability in Medicaid, managed care, hospital/health system, or EHR environments.
- Experience with EHR interfaces and clinical data exchange.
- Experience implementing and maintaining document management systems and document governance processes.
- Experience leading or supervising technical teams or contractors, including work assignments, quality reviews, and performance oversight.
- Strong understanding of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule requirements.
- Experience with interface documentation, data flow mapping, and process improvement.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and presenting findings to IT leadership.
- Master's degree in Information Technology, Health Informatics, or a related management or technology discipline.
Key Responsibilities
1. Healthcare Interface Management & Operations
- Manage, monitor, and maintain HL7 and FHIR-based healthcare interfaces.
- Oversee the Infor Cloverleaf integration engine, including configuration, message routing, transformation, error handling, and performance tuning.
- Troubleshoot interface failures, message errors, and data exchange issues.
- Optimize existing interfaces to improve data accuracy, reliability, and processing performance.
- Coordinate with external trading partners, including MCOs, providers, payers, and government agencies.
2. Interoperability & Regulatory Compliance
- Support compliance with CMS-9115-F and CMS-0057-F interoperability requirements.
- Support implementation of:
- Patient Access APIs
- Provider Directory APIs
- Provider Access APIs
- Payer-to-Payer APIs
- Prior Authorization APIs
- Ensure compliance with HL7 FHIR standards, US Core Implementation Guides, Da Vinci Implementation Guides, and USCDI requirements.
- Coordinate with AWS, MarkLogic, Cloverleaf, and other technology vendors.
- Monitor CMS interoperability regulations and advise IT leadership on compliance requirements and implementation timelines.
3. Interface Documentation & Process Improvement
- Develop and maintain interface specifications, data flow diagrams, mapping documents, message inventories, and SOPs.
- Conduct current-state assessments of existing healthcare interfaces.
- Identify documentation gaps, performance issues, and opportunities for standardization.
- Document HIPAA-covered interfaces, including data sources, destinations, message types, exchange frequency, and data elements.
- Develop troubleshooting guides, operational runbooks, and knowledge base documentation.
- Implement process improvements and automation to reduce manual operational activities.
4. Document Management & Governance
- Implement, configure, and maintain document management systems as required.
- Establish document governance standards, including version control, access management, naming conventions, and retention policies.
- Organize project artifacts, SOPs, interface documentation, and compliance records.
- Ensure document management practices align with HIPAA, CMS, and Mississippi records management requirements.
5. Cloverleaf Configuration Migration
- Plan and support potential migration of Infor Cloverleaf configurations to a new infrastructure environment.
- Develop migration plans, interface validation strategies, and rollback procedures.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, network, and vendor teams.
- Validate interfaces after migration to ensure data integrity, message accuracy, and operational continuity.
6. Team Leadership & Coordination
- Lead and coordinate a small team of interoperability contractors.
- Provide technical direction, mentorship, and daily work assignments.
- Conduct interface configuration, code, and quality assurance reviews.
- Coordinate team meetings and status reporting.
- Manage team workloads, priorities, and deliverable timelines.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison between the interoperability team and DOM IT leadership.
7. Reporting & Operational Support
- Monitor daily healthcare interface operations and resolve data exchange issues.
- Prepare status reports covering interface operations, open issues, project progress, and team activities.
- Participate in interoperability project meetings, vendor coordination calls, and CMS compliance reviews.
- Maintain interface standards, naming conventions, and technical best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in state or federal government IT environments, particularly Medicaid, healthcare, or human services agencies.
- Direct experience supporting CMS interoperability mandates, including CMS-9115-F and CMS-0057-F.
- Experience with Infor Cloverleaf configuration, administration, and environment migration.
- Experience with MarkLogic or similar NoSQL databases in healthcare data management.
- Experience with FHIR API development, testing, or implementation, including US Core and Da Vinci Implementation Guides.
- Experience with SMART on FHIR and OAuth 2.0 authentication frameworks.
- HL7 certification or equivalent healthcare informatics/integration credential.
- Experience with enterprise document management platforms.
- Experience with AWS in healthcare or government environments.
- PMP or similar project management certification.
- Experience with CMS ARC-AMPE security requirements and Medicaid system security compliance.
Primary Skills
HL7 | HL7 v2.x | HL7 FHIR R4 | Infor Cloverleaf | Healthcare Interoperability | FHIR APIs | Medicaid | EHR Interfaces | Clinical Data Exchange | HIPAA | CMS-0057-F | CMS-9115-F | MarkLogic | AWS | Rhapsody | InterSystems | CDA | CCDA | X12 | USCDI | OAuth 2.0 | SMART on FHIR | GitLab | Document Management | Data Governance | Interface Management | Team Leadership
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