Systems Analyst 3

Understands business objectives and problems, identifies alternative solutions, performs studies and cost/benefit analysis of alternatives. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer system: Confers with personnel of organizational units involved to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements, such as forms of data input, how data is to be; summarized, and formats for reports. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer program. Reviews computer system capabilities, specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.

Special Consideration- **Due to the specialized skill set being sought, we understand it may be difficult to recruit in Austin. We’d like to request an exception to this standard, as the program area is pushing to get this resource in quickly. 

Job Details

The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) requires the services of one (1) Cerner Millennium CCL and Data Transformation Lead to support Electronic Health Record (EHR) migration initiatives. This staff augmentation role provides a combination of Millennium data management expertise and hands on technical development and data extraction approaches within Cerner Millennium environments.

The Worker will ensure that clinical workflow intent and operational requirements are accurately translated into Cerner Command Language (CCL) logic, data extracts, and downstream reporting and analytics solutions. This position operates under HHSC direction, policies, and standards, and collaborates closely with clinical stakeholders, informatics governance bodies, and technical delivery teams to support EHR modernization, data migration, reporting, and legacy system retirement efforts.

Description of Services / Key Responsibilities

The Worker will perform the following services, including but not limited to:

1. Assess, analyze, and document clinical workflows across inpatient, outpatient, and ancillary care settings.

2. Translate clinical and operational requirements into technical specifications for data extraction, reporting, and analytics solutions.

3. Design, develop, test, optimize, and maintain Cerner Command Language (CCL) scripts within Cerner Millennium environments.

4. Perform complex data extraction, validation, and reconciliation from Cerner Millennium Oracle schemas.

5. Support enterprise wide EHR data migration, reporting, and legacy system retirement initiatives.

6. Develop, maintain, and support structured data feeds, flat file extracts, and ETL processes.

7. Troubleshoot and resolve CCL performance issues and downstream data integration or reporting challenges.

8. Serve as a liaison between clinical informatics stakeholders and technical delivery teams to ensure accurate implementation of clinical intent.

9. Clearly communicate data limitations, technical constraints, and system dependencies to non technical audiences.

10. Execute and tune CCL scripts, manage batch jobs, and support production and non production environments in accordance with HHSC standards.