System Software Programmer - Project Lead

Roles/Responsibilities:

The candidate will work closely with other members of the Systems Integration applications team and various programs within the Public Health Deputy Area. The candidate should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks. The candidate must be able to independently research and design processes, create specifications, develop, lead testing, perform code reviews, actively engage with the team and stakeholders, attend meetings, provide guidance, and respond promptly. Ideal candidates will have experience with electronic Case Reporting (eCR) and Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) formats, processing, and integration.

Participate in a team comprised of DPH and solution implementation staff for Systems Integration related planning, design, configuration, and conversion / rewrite of existing processes, code, and functionality in/into the Rhapsody Environment. Will coordinate with assigned IT Section Manager and Team Lead on daily assignments / tasks. Will coordinate and collaborate with contract and vendor staff as well as existing DPH staff and other IT professionals working with the Office of Information Technology. Ensure assignments are completed accurately and on-time, assist with problem resolution, mitigate issues, provide solutions, communicate, and escalate as needed to management, and report progress to manager.

Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

1. Monitor routes and production processing to ensure proper data flow and response times using Rhapsody UI and other tools
2. Help to perform and automate daily maintenance processes
3. Troubleshoot and resolve processing issues
4. Correct and reprocess errors
5. Advise on monitoring practices, thresholds, and notifications
6. Support Rhapsody upgrades and new environment configuration
7. Ensure maximum system uptime for critical components to ensure business continuity.
8. Work with program area staff to perform gap analysis, gather and document functional requirements, and create necessary processes
9. Perform complex programming functions, assistance, and technical advice including design architecture, configuration, writing, testing, and documentation to complex programming of agency computer systems as assigned.
10. Ability to plan, organize, review, implement associated project milestones to completion.
11. Create new and update existing Rhapsody routes to handle new data elements and formats creating the necessary output for upload into testing, lab, and surveillance systems as well as report to the CDC
12. Upgrade, modify, troubleshoot, review, and support disease surveillance interfaces including eCR and ELR processes
13. Create/modify routes that will import eCR data into our Disease Surveillance System (the Conduent Maven System using Maven Integration Format)
14. Assist with data migrations and database migration related code changes, testing, and validation
15. Modernization of legacy computer systems/processes to Rhapsody routes and logic. Review existing code for rewrite into Rhapsody routes.
16. Perform participate in code reviews for authored, team written, and vendor suggested changes and implement reviewed changes into Production
17. Advise the team on best practice and techniques. Mentor technical team on advanced topics.
18. Assist the team, DPH staff, and vendors to on board providers and partners to utilize Rhapsody supported services like HL7 electronic lab reporting (ELR), electronic test orders and resulting (ETOR), electronic case reporting (eCR), and InterPartner data sharing.
19. Prepare and maintain system documentation and architecture diagrams for processes assigned (new and existing).
20. Modification / rewrite of existing processes and creation of new processes to be compliant with agency security requirements and following industry best standards

Mandatory Skills:

1. 5 years of RHAPSODY INTEGRATION ENGINE (V6+)
2. 5 years of Symphonia Mapping Language (SML)
3. 5 years of HL7 (V 2.3.1 - 2.5.1; ORU & ORM Message Types)
4. 2 years XML / XSD / XPATH
5. 3 years SQL (including advanced join statements)
6. 5 years of JAVASCRIPT (ECMA/E4X)
7. 2 years of web services (SOAP)
8. Critical thinking skills and problem resolution
9. Experience with security and data classification related to cdc, HIPAA, CJIS, PHI, PII
10. Bachelor's Degree or 9 years of equivalent experience
11. Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form.

Desirable Skills:

1. Rhapsody Certification
2. ECR / EICR / RR / CDA / CCDA
3. WINDOWS SERVER OS ADMINISTRATION
4. Large scale integration and design in healthcare environment
5. 1+ year of Windows Server OS Administration Experience.
6. Ability to establish positive working relationships with technical staff, customers and others involved in data-centric management.
7. VISIO / FLOW DIAGRAMS.
8. LOINC / SNOMED
9. DEVOPS / JIRA
10. Public Health / Disease Surveillance Systems / Lims Experience
11. RHAPSODY CERTIFICATION (REQUIRED: Please indicate certification level AND/OR N/A)