Role : Senior Rhapsody Developer
Client : Government of South Carolina(DPH)
Work Type : Remote
Duration :36 Months(Extendable)
At the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH), we're committed to fostering
healthy lives and communities. Our team of over 2,900 professionals operates across 90 offices
statewide, boasting a rich diversity of talent united by a shared dedication to impactful work.
As stewards of public health, we have a proud history of attracting and retaining top-tier
individuals who seek fulfilling careers that directly impact people's well-being.
We're on the lookout for self-driven individuals who thrive in collaborative settings, capable of
working autonomously while also being responsive to priority tasks. Crucially, candidates must
excel at cultivating effective relationships with colleagues from various backgrounds and
across all levels of the organization. Join us in making a meaningful difference in South
Carolina's health and environment.
Candidates should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and
respond to priority tasks. Candidates 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.
A Senior Integrations Developer is needed to support the Advanced Molecular Detection
(AMD) / Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) project. This will include requirements gathering
with customers, providing technical advice, time and effort estimates, and project
documentation including status reporting. Expected work includes process development /
automation, ETL solutions, procedure creation and advanced querying, webservice calls,
parsing various data formats (xml, csv, SOAP, HL7, etc.), and route development. The
developer will help with testing, validations, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post
implementation support. Continued support will include the onboarding of additional organism
classes to the implemented solution. Ensure systems are following industry best practices to
ensure strategic initiatives and compliance with federal and state regulatory laws and ensure
business continuity. The candidate may also provide proactive monitoring processes for
immediate identification and resolution of data processing issues.
Ideally this position would serve as the IT lead for this project managing the project work,
communications, and customer expectations.
This position will be a part of the team responsible for supporting critical systems and
environments used by the Public Health and Lab and Disease Surveillance
DAILY DUTIES / 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.
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.
Will advise Staff on code conversions, route and configuration changes and enhancements,
process improvements, software updates and maintenance. Work with vendors and staff on
deliverables, troubleshooting and conversion of current processes to Rhapsody.
Includes rewriting existing solutions to conform to best practices and updated coding standards and to
improve efficiency, performance, and maintenance.
Ideally this position would serve as the IT lead for this project managing the project work,
communications, and customer expectations.
Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
Prepare and maintain system documentation and architecture diagrams for processes
assigned (new and existing).
Work with end users to perform gap analysis, gather and document functional
requirements, and create necessary processes
Assist with project and time management including estimates and status reporting
Ability to plan, organize, review, implement associated project milestones to
completion.
Process Development, Process Automation, and ETL Solutions
SQL query creation and validation to include advanced joins
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.
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
Transformation of multiple formats (xml, csv, SOAP, HL7, etc.) in Rhapsody with
Symphonia and Javascript (ECMA/E4X)
Formatting data into Conduent Maven Integration Format (MIF) for import into the
Disease Surveillance System
Utilize webservice calls to and from Rhapsody parsing request/response data
Monitor routes and production processing to ensure proper data flow and response
times using Rhapsody Web Management Console and other tools
Help to perform and automate daily maintenance processes
Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize new and existing processes.
Resolve processing issues.
Correct and reprocess errors
Advise on monitoring practices, thresholds, and notifications
Support Rhapsody upgrades and new environment configuration
Ensure maximum system uptime for critical components to ensure business continuity.
Assist with data migrations and database migration related code changes, testing, and
validation
Review existing code for rewrite into Rhapsody routes.
Perform / participate in code reviews for authored, team written, and vendor suggested
changes and implement reviewed changes into Production
Advise the team on best practice and techniques. Mentor technical team on advanced
topics.
Assist the team, DPH staff, and vendors to onboard 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.
Modification / rewrite of existing processes and creation of new processes to be
compliant with agency security requirements and following industry best standards
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
- 5+ YEARS V6+ RHAPSODY INTEGRATION ENGINE
- 5+ YEARS SYMPHONIA MAPPING LANGUAGE (SML)
- 5+ YEARS HL7 (SUCH AS V 2.3.1 -2.5.1; ORU & ORM MESSAGE TYPES)
- 2+ YEARS XML / XSD / XPATH
- 3+ YEARS SQL ADVANCED JOIN STATEMENTS
- 5+ YEARS JAVASCRIPT
- 2+ YEARS SOAP WEB SERVICES
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. WINDOWS OS SERVER ADMINISTRATION
2. PUBLIC HEALTH / DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS / LIMS EXPERIENCE
3. EXCEL / VBA MACROS / AUTOMATE & FLOW
4. LOINC / SNOMED
5. DEVOPS / JIRA
6. REDCAP
7. FASTQ FILES AND DEMULTIPLEXING
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