Senior Systems Analyst

Role Description

Are you passionate about data analytics and visualization in pharmacy? Do you thrive in a remote work environment and excel at leading high-quality projects? This position helps develop and deploy world-class data analytics for the system antimicrobial stewardship program at UPMC, one of the nation’s leading health systems. The Senior level Systems Analyst is a senior member of a system shared service team comprised of healthcare professionals contributing to UPMC’s strategic initiatives, clinical excellence, and operational targets through data-driven insights. This position offers remote work options to fit individual needs and preferences. We prioritize a strong team collaborative culture. UPMC provides ongoing training, maintenance, monitoring, and promotion of data applications and reports to ensure data is widely known, accessible, and used to its fullest potential.

In this role, you will:

• Lead data analytics and visualization projects for antimicrobial stewardship.
• Develop departmental dashboards.
• Support analysis, monitoring, investigation, and planning activities.
• Produce professional deliverables for an executive audience.
• Lead investigative activities and coordinate with technical resources across departments.

No scheduled evening, weekend, overnight, or holiday coverage is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years related work experience OR 2 years of experience and preferred certification or Master's degree.
• Experience in Data/Business Analytics, Data Science, Software Development, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Information Technology/Information Security/Auditing, Informatics Pharmacy.
• Degree Preferences: Data Science, Business Analytics, Health Information Technology, Information Technology/Systems, Information Security, Computer Forensics, Computer Science, Pharmacy.
• Experience Preferences: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Programming/Software engineering, Statistics, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Auditing, Information Technology, Health Care, Database Management, Pharmacy, ETL (Extract, Transfer and Load), SQL.
• Certification Preferences: Epic Willow, Epic Cogito, PGY-2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency.

Requirements

• Serve as primary data support for management level leadership of the system antimicrobial stewardship team.
• Analyze and interpret data using statistical modeling software (e.g. R, Python, SAS).
• Apply statistical methods, analysis, and models (i.e. hypothesis testing, logistic and linear regression, correlation, parametric and non-parametric methods) to detect improvement opportunities.
• Report/dashboard creation (Tableau, Qlik).
• Expert in data validation, analysis, and visualization techniques.
• Proficient in programming languages (ACL, Python, R, SAS, SQL).
• Understand software development techniques.
• Distribute technical knowledge and identify training needs.
• Stay current with new technologies and IT systems.
• Extract and combine data from various sources.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and collaborate with peers.

Benefits

• Remote work options to fit individual needs and preferences.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Collaborative team culture.

Company Description

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.