Texas Children's Hospital

We are searching for a Lead Programmer/Analyst – someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you’ll be a senior resource in application development team, hands on development as well as coordinate activities with team members, escalate issues to manager, ensure proper documentation of processes, follow up on support incidents, and ensure the timely delivery of change requests and project activities for team. This role requires technical expertise and the ability to closely interact with the business and various IS teams to understand requirements and efficiently implement high-quality solutions.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the technical support team, acting as the first point of escalation for issues and questions.
• Provide performance feedback and staffing input to managers.
• Review and assign daily support incidents, ensuring efficient team coverage.
• Develop and administer system configuration and development plans.
• Perform independent programming and system optimization tasks.
• Implement new programming techniques, methods, and standards.
• Manage change orders and projects, working with managers and teams to ensure adequate documentation and prioritization.
• Document and update technical support processes, ensuring knowledge articles and workflows are accurate and accessible.
• Coordinate system operations, troubleshooting, and emergency support for system errors.
• Schedule and conduct training sessions for support staff, Customer Support, and Service Desk teams.
• Collaborate with management, Information Services personnel, users, and vendors on system lifecycle activities.
• Participate in strategic planning and hospital-wide data planning efforts, providing expert consultation on data flow and analysis.
• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission Information Management Standards and maintain system documentation in Quality Center (QC).

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree computer science, computer technology or business information management required
• Master's Degree Preferred
• 5 years major system design and implementation experience required
• Management or project leadership experience preferred
• Application and/or professional certifications preferred

Required Technologies

• SQL Server 2017 or greater
• SQL Server Integration Studio
• SQL Server Reporting
• .Net
• ASP.Net
• Angular

Bonus Technologies

• Power BI
• Power Apps
• Azure Synapse

Founded in 1996, Texas Children’s Health Plan is the nation's first health maintenance organization (HMO) created just for children. We provide STAR/Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to pregnant women, teens, children and adults in Houston and surrounding areas. Currently, the Health Plan has more than 375,000 members who receive care from our network of more than 1,100 primary care physicians, 3,200 specialists, and 70 hospitals. Texas Children's Health Plan is also the largest combined STAR/CHIP Managed Care Organization in the Harris County service area.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.