Assistant Director, Informatics & Data Engineering

Overview

On Site
USD 140,000.00 - 160,000.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Informatics
Strategic Management
Public Health
Optimization
SAFE
Systems Design
Ambulatory Care
Partnership
Collaboration
Management
Reporting
Research
Leadership
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Computer Science
Information Management
Management Information Systems
Electrical Engineering
Business Administration
Health Informatics
Information Systems
Higher Education
Health Care
HIPAA
System On A Chip
Databricks
Docker
Terraform
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
Amazon S3
Amazon Kinesis
Microsoft SQL Server
PL/SQL
Snow Flake Schema
PostgreSQL
Agile
Entity Relationship Model
Modeling
Dimensional Modeling
Analytical Skill
Process Flow
Interviewing
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Infrastructure Architecture
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
Data Engineering
Extract
Transform
Load
ELT
Data Warehouse
Operating Systems
Database
SQL
Python
Amazon Web Services
MuleSoft
Tableau
Regulatory Compliance
Training

Job Details

Position Summary

Determine the strategic direction regarding the use and practical applications of clinical information technology within the Student Health Center (SHC), and the University's public health function. Engage staff to ensure optimization of clinical application solutions that enable the delivery of safe, effective, and high quality patient care. Manage the entire project life cycle for health information system design and implementation initiatives for an integrated ambulatory health system. In partnership with the SHC Associate Director, Information Technology, plan and manage multiple medium to large scale projects, using resources from NYU Student Health Center Information Technology (SHC IT), clinical, and vendor teams. Provide subject matter expertise sufficient to translate clinical data into information, actionable knowledge, and reporting in the daily medical and counseling practices. Research and recommend new applications and solutions for strategic and tactical clinical needs. Serve as secondary liaison to the clinical user community and SHC/NYU leadership by providing direction and education on clinical information technology initiatives, especially concerning the SHC electronic health record (EHR) system. As designated by the SHC Governing Body, serve as the Health Information System official for compliance with external AAAHC accreditation standards.

Qualifications

Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering.

Preferred Education:
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration.

Required Experience:
5+ years of progressively responsible experience in health informatics and data engineering. Experience with first, design and implementation of information systems in health care; and second, leading complex, interdisciplinary projects that include various health care providers, administrators, and information system professionals. Demonstrated experience in designing and developing architectural/data solutions in Enterprise Data Warehouse environment using SQL.

Preferred Experience:
5+ years Previous experience in higher education environment and/or previous experience in healthcare organization, experience with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and GDPR. Previous experience with a wide range of development tools: Databricks, Airflow, REST, Aptible, Docker, Terraform, Spark, Kafka, Fivetran, AWS (S3, Lambda, Kinesis, Aurora, Glue). Knowledge and experience in Microsoft SQL, Oracle SQL, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, Tableau. Previous experience in Iterative and/or Agile methodologies.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Demonstrated strong knowledge of entity relationship diagram modeling and dimensional data modeling. Strong analytical, process flow, interviewing, and problem-solving skills; ability to understand technology concepts (application and infrastructure architecture). Ability to provide relevant, understandable technical advice to a non-technical audience. Knowledge of current and emerging information technologies and systems including systems development, data engineering (ETL/ELT pipelines), data warehousing, a variety of operating systems, and large database applications. Proficient in Structured Query Language (SQL) and Python.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Advanced programming skills in SQL and Python. Knowledge of NYU's enterprise systems such as UDW+. Familiarity with technologies / methodologies including AWS, Mulesoft, Tableau, sqlDBM and Data Vault.

Additional Information

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $140,000.00 to USD $160,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.

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