System Integration Architect

Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position is responsible for the strategic design and maintenance of data architecture and integrations from both internal systems and vendor systems. The incumbent explores and designs new solutions for problems in these systems looking at them as a whole, rather than simply as individual pieces.

Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million. University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics represents our clinical operations for the larger health system.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Develop integration strategy and roadmap where all data moves through appropriate systems minimizing errors to ensure systems are functional and efficient.
• Reviewing and consulting around application requirements to ensure performance, quality, and function.
• Translate business and technical requirements for integrations into a roadmap/blueprint.
• Ensure systems communicate with each other through data transfers or application programming interface (API).
• Maintain and support existing integrations
• Work closely with Business Systems Analysts, Enterprise Data Warehouse, and UIT partners to resolve configuration inefficiencies.
• Own and Maintain SQL databases that feed custom web apps
• Document integrations and HR data architecture.
• Collaborate during requirements, configuration, testing, and go live for new systems to ensure required data elements are passed to new systems as appropriate.
• Advise on integrations technologies, best practices, process improvement, platform configuration changes to drive business outcomes.
• Evaluate system needs, modifying existing processes to meet changing demands and ensuring seamless data interface communication.
• Researches and recommends opportunities to adopt new technology
• Supports process improvement initiatives

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Strong communication skills (oral and written), including documentation, project management, and report presentation.

• Technical expertise in software analysis, process design, installation, and support

• Business process knowledge

• Ability to motivate and organize projects across all hospital personnel to drive alignment with cross-organizational project teams.

• Proficiency in Business Intelligence solutions and knowledge of Information Security strategies.

• Self-motivation, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

• Familiarity with structured Project Management Methodology and ITIL training

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Health Care Administration, Business, or equivalent experience, required.
• Three years of applicable experience.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Preferred

• Experience with Tableau, PeopleSoft, iCIMS, Cornerstone Learning, SQL

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Lifting, Listening, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking