Cerner Millennium CCL and Data Transformation Lead

Job title: Cerner Millennium CCL and Data Transformation Lead

Location: Austin, TX

Duration: 3 Months

The Client requires the services of one (1) Cerner Millennium CCL and Data Transformation Lead to support Electronic Health Record (EHR) migration initiatives. This 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 client’s 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.

Responsibilities:

• Understands business objectives and identifies operational problems and opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluates alternative solutions and performs feasibility and cost-benefit analyses.
• Analyzes user requirements, business procedures, and system workflows to automate processes and enhance existing computer systems.
• Collaborates with personnel from various organizational units to assess current operational procedures and identify system-related issues.
• Gathers and documents input/output requirements, including data entry methods, data summarization needs, and report formats.
• Prepares detailed documentation of user requirements, program functions, and development or modification steps.
• Reviews computer system capabilities, technical specifications, and scheduling limitations to determine the feasibility of requested system enhancements or program changes.
• Assess, analyze, and document clinical workflows across inpatient, outpatient, and ancillary care settings.
• Translate clinical and operational requirements into technical specifications for data extraction, reporting, and analytics solutions.
• Design, develop, test, optimize, and maintain Cerner Command Language (CCL) scripts within Cerner Millennium environments.
• Perform complex data extraction, validation, and reconciliation from Cerner Millennium Oracle schemas.
• Support enterprise wide EHR data migration, reporting, and legacy system retirement initiatives.
• Develop, maintain, and support structured data feeds, flat file extracts, and ETL processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve CCL performance issues and downstream data integration or reporting challenges.
• Serve as a liaison between clinical informatics stakeholders and technical delivery teams to ensure accurate implementation of clinical intent.
• Clearly communicate data limitations, technical constraints, and system dependencies to non technical audiences.
• Execute and tune CCL scripts, manage batch jobs, and support production and non production environments in accordance with client’s standards.

Minimum Requirements:

• 11+ years of experience with strong understanding of clinical workflows and healthcare operations.
• 11+ years of experience supporting large-scale EHR implementations, migrations, and optimization initiatives.
• 11+ years of experience translating clinical requirements into technical and data specifications.
• 11+ years of hands-on experience with Cerner Command Language (CCL).
• 11+ years of working knowledge of Cerner Millennium architecture and Oracle databases.
• 11+ years of experience with SQL, Linux, and enterprise data extraction or migration patterns.
• 11+ years of experience designing and supporting ETL processes.
• 11+ years of familiarity with healthcare data integrations and reporting environments.
• 11+ years of experience with REST / SOA development.
• 11+ years of knowledge of distributed systems, networking, and performance tuning.
• 11+ years of experience writing, executing, and tuning CCL scripts in production environments.
• 11+ years of experience with data extraction, system integration, and code development.
• 11+ years of working knowledge of one or more programming languages/tools including Java, C, C++, Python, Perl, and OCI.
• 11+ years of hands-on experience developing or supporting services on public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or OCI.
• Preferred: 11+ years of experience supporting Cerner Millennium environments.
• Preferred: Prior experience serving as a Senior Cerner Consultant or Technical Lead.