Inter Enterprise Application Analyst - (Epic Applications)

Job Title & Specialty Area: Inter Enterprise Application Analyst - (Epic Applications)Department: IT Clinical Application ServicesLocation: Dallas, TXShift: 8:00 AM to 5:30 PMJob Type: Remote Why Children's Health?At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.Summary:Responsible for identifying, evaluating, analyzing, and recommending changes in support of assigned applications/systems, including ongoing production maintenance and troubleshooting. Supports the planning, design, development, build and/or configuration of supported applications/systems; leads and/or coordinates conversions, application/system testing and documentation of system procedures; participates and provides input in training design and development and assists in training execution related to assigned projects; provides go-live support, and serves as primary point of contact for on-going production maintenance/support and troubleshooting. Participates in on-call/after hours support schedule as defined within the Group. Serves as Lead or Project Manager for small to medium projects.Epic Prelude, Grand Central, Cadence, Referral, Welcome, RTE certification preferred.Responsibilities:Implementation: Responsibility for evaluating project requests associated with field of expertise and/or systems supported, conducting current state assessments, requirements gathering and definition, future state design and application build activities. Responsible for leading implementation teams in planning, design, development, testing (unit, application and integrated), and deployment of projects, as well as contributing to development of associated training curriculum/program, post implementation documentation and production support services. Ensure systems design supports corporate policies and federal legislation, where applicable. Work with customer departments to ensure solutions to complex business issues are an appropriate fit organization wide.Project Management: Prepare detailed project plans. Adheres to project schedules and timelines and completes projects on time and within budget. Identify and escalate issues to appropriate sponsor group, steering committee or other governing body to ensure successful implementation (on time, on budget and within scope). Responsible for facilitating change request process in relation to assigned projects. Prepare supporting documentation and present initial project requests and change requests to leadership and appropriate Change Advisory Subgroup(s). Provide weekly status updates on assigned projects. Work with IT and Materials Management counterparts to coordinate necessary support as needed.Maintenance, Support and Troubleshooting: Monitor, acknowledge and resolve heat tickets as assigned. Coordinate software and hardware repairs and version upgrades with customer departments and IT. Develop and maintain documentation for system procedures.Administrative: Attend related meetings, meetings with vendors, leadership team meetings and other meetings as needed.Production Support and Maintenance: On call support. Ensuring the integrity, integration and stability of production system. Formulating system scope and objectives to develop or modify complex system designs. Interface maintenance and support. Ensure coordination and documentation of hardware and software support and upgrades (servers, SQL, Citrix servers, VM Ware, desktop, network, telecommunication, SAN storage, internet application, remote users). Working closely with IT resources during upgrades and issue resolutions. Troubleshoot application, process and technical issues. Identify required resources and coordinate all efforts until issue is resolved. Complete documentation as needed. Coordinate and complete tasks during unplanned downtimes including system maintenance. Support training of IS staff and end-users as needed. Direct and coordinate communication, including notification to application teams and departmental super-users and key stakeholders of scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, vendor communication, and staff communication. Daily communication with key business process owners and departmental system support staff. Explaining technical and software concepts. Stay current with new application functionality and enhancements. Consult vendor support sites, discussion forums, and other sources to identify leading practices for problem resolution. Utilize vendor support site to log issues for assistance in resolution. Coordinate with leadership and customer departments to implement recommended solutions. Other duties as assigned.Project Assignments: Design, develop and manage an implementation approach through use of standard project management tools such as work plans, change management tools and issues tracking. Analyze user problems, determine and recommend optimum resolution based on system capabilities and user’s needs. Consult vendor support sites, discussion forums, and other sources to identify leading practices for implementation of systems. Consult with department on enhancements to ensure integration within the existing environment. Participate in design, build, test, troubleshooting and conversions. Assume project lead responsibilities. Plan, direct, develop, and coordinate the detailed process flow, design, implementation, performance management, and documentation of software and hardware implementation. Coordinate and consult with end user departments to determine activities and business functions of their departments. Determine requirements for system software, hardware, interfaces, and application integration. Develop project plans with system specifications based on defined requirements. Formulate and/or define project scope and system objectives through research and fact finding of internal, external and independent sources. Serve as technical leader to plan, coordinate, and develop a comprehensive implementation plan for specific aspects and components of project integration. Develop the project plan, including definition and assignment of project tasks to team members. Establish time lines and project milestones. Monitor progress to ensure compliance with project requirements. Serve as leader for technical, programming, support, vendor, and end user staff to determine system requirements, resource requirements, utilization, installation, implementation, and communication plans. Install and implement complex software, hardware, interfaces, and upgrades in a multiple user, networked and integrated computer environment. Coordinate and manage systems monitoring and performance enhancement activities to ensure optimal system performance and standards. Establish service level agreement metrics for supported systems based on identified objectives to meet quality standards. Provide application expertise during planning and design. Work closely with Manager to manage vendor resources. Coordinate department testing efforts and communicate on a regular basis with customer. Mentor other technicians and assisting other technicians with more complex and difficult assignments. Identify and document current and future state analysis. Coordinate and document hardware and software installations. Other duties as assigned.How You’ll Be Successful:WORK EXPERIENCEAt least 2 years work related experience RequiredProject management experience; Direct experience related to same or similar systems installed at Children's RequiredEDUCATIONFour-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience RequiredEnterprise App Analysts supporting software must demonstrate competency in software used in their role. All training and testing applicable to the role must be successfully completed and passed within 90 days of employment. Continuing education requirements must be completed and maintained for applications applicable to the role. RequiredLICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONSIf supporting Infor (HR): Infor HR Payroll Associate Certification or Infor HR Talent Associate Certification is required. Existing employees supporting Infor will have 90 days from 6/1/26 to complete certifications. 90 Days RequiredIf supporting Infor (Finance/Accounting or Supply Chain): Infor FSM Associate Certification is required. Existing employees supporting Infor will have 90 days from 6/1/26 to complete certifications. 90 Days RequiredA Place Where You BelongWe put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute. Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:· Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.· 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure· Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)· Caregiver Leave· Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity. Job SummaryJob number: 32146Profession: Other