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Pursue your passion for caring and innovation with Duke Heath Technology Solutions, which is dedicated to the transformation, development, and management of enterprise information technology solutions across Duke Health. By harnessing the power of innovative technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence — and pairing them with a forward-thinking approach — Duke Health Technology Solutions is revolutionizing the future of health care at Duke Health and beyond.
Job Title: Application Analyst I, II or 3 – Clinical and Business Applications
General Description of the Job Class
The Application Analyst couples knowledge of business practices/operations with knowledge of information systems to implement, maintain and support Duke Health Clinical and Business applications.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
Level 1:
Interprets and analyzes systems, data, and information with supervision.
Implements applications, tools, processes and structures that assist end users with the management of data in their business unit.
Provides systems support, including troubleshooting and the configuration and testing of software.
Ensures security of technology solutions with supervision.
Participates in planning and providing customer training sessions on system use or revisions.
Assists in making oral and written presentations to project teams and management.
Completes moderately complex tasks and portions of larger information system projects with direction.
Identifies internal resources to build project team performance.
Author and updates system, operational and department documentation.
Recommends areas for process improvement.
Provide application system support for team – rotating 24x7 support
Facilitate issue resolution with internal teams: Service Desk, Networking, Device Support, Citrix, OS, Server, VM/Docker Containers, Database, App development, Operations, DevOps
Coordinate design, implementation and management of HL7 Interfaces and FHIR APIs
Produce Data / System Flow diagrams to represent new system designs
Coordinate continuous vulnerability management / patching for each apps servers
Manage logs: application, OS, and system
Ensure application / data backup and disaster recovery processes are in place and tested
Detailed analysis and documentation of customer workflows
Collaborate with Administrative, Business, Clinical and Research customers to understand and meet needs
Coordinate Application Testing
Follow established Change Management processes
Provide feedback on departmental processes and procedures / suggest improvements
Plan and coordinate system and application upgrades
Develop relationships with vendors to ensure customer needs are met in a timely manner
Ensure systems conform to Duke Information Security Office policies and procedures
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Level 2 (In addition to the duties described for the Level 1, the Level 2 will):
Applies best practices to the management of the information system life cycle.
Analyzes, modifies, designs and researches information systems and processes.
Analyzes customer requirements; researches, designs, acquires and implements innovative systems.
Assists in the evaluation and revision of existing information systems.
Provides analysis and advanced support including hardware maintenance, trouble shooting, component replacement and repair, system monitoring and the installation and maintenance of software.
Ensures security of technology solutions including maintenance and development of ISOPs as well as assisting in vulnerability management.
Makes oral and written presentations to project teams, management, and other departments.
Coordinates and operationalizes simple to complex projects with direction.
Initiates, writes and evaluates system, operational and department documentation.
Identifies areas for procedural improvements. Provides detailed specifications describing functions to be automated.
Ownership for application support on Application Center of Excellence (App CoE) initiatives to include strategic investigations on how our applications can be supported more optimally in the future to include cloud.
Level 3 (In addition to the duties described for the Level 2, the Level 3 will)
May function as a subject matter expert, with proficiency in defined area(s) of the profession.
May function as a generalist, with a broad knowledge of all aspects of the profession.
May function as a team or technical leader, responsible for supporting management in day-to-day personnel oversight and workflow management activities.
May conduct continuing education sessions and new employee training.
Leads discovery sessions that document requirements and workflows and proposes build to address customer needs.
Optimizes departmental and interdisciplinary resources to maximize team.
Has a leadership role in the evaluation and revision of existing information systems.
Coordinates and operationalizes complex projects.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a related clinical or technical field, or four years of equivalent technical experience required.
Experience:
Level 1- One year of related experience is required.
Level 2- Three years of related experience is required.
Level 3- Five years of related experience is required.
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification:
Level 1- If applicable, maintenance of North Carolina licensure or certification in related clinical or technical discipline is required for all levels.
Level 2- In addition to the requirements described for the Level 1, the Level 2 requires:
Certification in an area of application support of a technical or support nature preferred.
Level 3- In addition to the requirements described for the Level 2, the Level 3 requires:
Certification in an area of application support of a technical or support nature.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Level 1 -
Customer service focused, strong technical support skills
Relationship builder
Critical thinker
Working knowledge of: Statistical reporting, Data coding – general, Data analysis and trending, Database design/programming, Database management software
Strong oral and written communication skills
Ability to translate business process into a technical solution
Willingness to be trained and to provide training and support to clinical or business staff with new implementations or workflows
Team player!
Willingness to learn and be innovative
Positive approach and attitude in difficult/challenging situations
Support of our quality assurance initiatives to include huddles and escalations when necessary
Clear, methodical thinking in stressful situations
Works well with others across all DH areas and especially with team members across DHTS when a critical event is underway
Level 2 (In addition to KSA KSAs described for the Level 1) -
Knowledge of project management to manage deliverables
Ability to understand design specifications for information systems
Experience with implementation of information systems and maintenance of information systems
Knowledge of procurement procedures
Level 3 (In addition to the KSAs described for the Level 1 and Level 2) -
Ability to lead discovery sessions
Advanced technical consultation and support
Ability to design complex information systems
Financial procedures
Implementation of complex information systems
Contract negotiation theory (may be required)
Supervision of Staff (may be required)
Preferred Skills/Experience
Modified based on the type of position -
Experience with Server (Linux, Windows) Administration
Basic understanding of Networking topologies, Firewall rules, Certificate Management
Database Structures / Report Writing
Development experience in at least one language/environment
Supervisory Experience
Project management, SCRUM experience
Application Development Lifecycle, ideally with DevOps focus
HL7 experience
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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