Sr Rhapsody Integrations Developer

System Software Programmer

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

Candidates should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks. Candidates must be able to independently research and design processes, create specifications, develop, lead testing, perform code reviews, actively engage with the team and stakeholders, attend meetings, provide guidance, and respond promptly.

A Senior Integrations Developer is needed to support the Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) / Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) project. This will include requirements gathering with customers, providing technical advice, time and effort estimates, and project documentation including status reporting. Expected work includes process development / automation, ETL solutions, procedure creation and advanced querying, webservice calls, parsing various data formats (xml, csv, SOAP, HL7, etc.), and route development. The developer will help with testing, validations, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post implementation support. Continued support will include the onboarding of additional organism classes to the implemented solution. Ensure systems are following industry best practices to ensure strategic initiatives and compliance with federal and state regulatory laws and ensure business continuity. The candidate may also provide proactive monitoring processes for immediate identification and resolution of data processing issues.

Ideally this position would serve as the IT lead for this project managing the project work, communications, and customer expectations. This position will be a part of the team responsible for supporting critical systems and environments used by the Public Health and Lab and Disease Surveillance.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

The candidate will work closely with other members of the Systems Integration applications team and various programs within the Public Health Deputy Area. The candidate should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks. The candidate must be able to independently research and design processes, create specifications, develop, lead testing, perform code reviews, actively engage with the team and stakeholders, attend meetings, provide guidance, and respond promptly.

Participate in a team comprised of DPH and solution implementation staff for Systems Integration related planning, design, configuration, and conversion / rewrite of existing processes, code, and functionality in/into the Rhapsody Environment. Will coordinate with assigned IT Section Manager and Team Lead on daily assignments / tasks. Will coordinate and collaborate with contract and vendor staff as well as existing DPH staff and other IT professionals working with the Office of Information Technology. Ensure assignments are completed accurately and on-time, assist with problem resolution, mitigate issues, provide solutions, communicate, and escalate as needed to management, and report progress to manager.

Will advise Staff on code conversions, route and configuration changes and enhancements, process improvements, software updates and maintenance. Work with vendors and staff on deliverables, troubleshooting and conversion of current processes to Rhapsody. Includes rewriting existing solutions to conform to best practices and updated coding standards and to improve efficiency, performance, and maintenance.

Ideally this position would serve as the IT lead for this project managing the project work, communications, and customer expectations.

Specific duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• Prepare and maintain system documentation and architecture diagrams for processes assigned (new and existing).
• Work with end users to perform gap analysis, gather and document functional requirements, and create necessary processes
• Assist with project and time management including estimates and status reporting
• Ability to plan, organize, review, implement associated project milestones to completion.
• Process Development, Process Automation, and ETL Solutions
• SQL query creation and validation to include advanced joins
• Perform complex programming functions, assistance, and technical advice including design architecture, configuration, writing, testing, and documentation to complex programming of agency computer systems as assigned.
• Create new and update existing Rhapsody routes to handle new data elements and formats creating the necessary output for upload into testing, lab, and surveillance systems as well as report to the CDC
• Transformation of multiple formats (xml, csv, SOAP, HL7, etc.) in Rhapsody with Symphonia and Javascript (ECMA/E4X)
• Formatting data into Conduent Maven Integration Format (MIF) for import into the Disease Surveillance System
• Utilize webservice calls to and from Rhapsody parsing request/response data
• Monitor routes and production processing to ensure proper data flow and response times using Rhapsody Web Management Console and other tools
• Help to perform and automate daily maintenance processes
• Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize new and existing processes.
• Resolve processing issues.
• Correct and reprocess errors
• Advise on monitoring practices, thresholds, and notifications
• Support Rhapsody upgrades and new environment configuration
• Ensure maximum system uptime for critical components to ensure business continuity.
• Assist with data migrations and database migration related code changes, testing, and validation
• Review existing code for rewrite into Rhapsody routes.
• Perform / participate in code reviews for authored, team written, and vendor suggested changes and implement reviewed changes into Production
• Advise the team on best practice and techniques. Mentor technical team on advanced topics.
• Assist the team, DPH staff, and vendors to onboard providers and partners to utilize Rhapsody supported services like HL7 electronic lab reporting (ELR), electronic test orders and resulting (ETOR), electronic case reporting (eCR), and Interpartner data sharing.
• Modification / rewrite of existing processes and creation of new processes to be compliant with agency security requirements and following industry best standards

The position will be utilized for 40 hours per week for the duration of this project. In general, standard weekday work hours are expected. The selected candidate may be able to work flexible hours during the week for the purpose of providing coverage on weekends when necessary and preapproved. Total week hours (to include the weekend) should not exceed 40 unless approved in advance (i.e., hours worked on Saturday and/or Sunday would be deducted from hours worked Mon-Fri). This position would need to be available to support critical systems during business hours, on off-hours, and weekends.

The candidate will work closely with the Systems Integration Section Manager to identify, prioritize, and schedule workload and implementation to IT standards and procedures. The candidate will work closely with customers and subject matter experts for the system design, migration to the new framework, and testing.

This will also include compliance with SC DPH security policy/procedures as well as integrating systems, when possible, to streamline staff workflows, user security, and data correction.

Module support of the project.

• DPH will require that selected personnel sign the DPH confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. All web services must be secure.
• DPH will not accept any offers including an “up-lift” charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms.
• Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation.
• All source code (compiled and un-compiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. Any source code, data, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DPH will remain the sole property of DPH and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DPH.
• DPH has the final say on all programming choices.

Payment Schedule:

All timesheets shall be entered and approved in a timely manner per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract.

DPH Support:

DPH will provide:

• All required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output.
• Staff to assist with any application or data questions.
• Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos.
• A virtual workstation with required software.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• 5+ YEARS V6+ RHAPSODY INTEGRATION ENGINE
• 5+ YEARS SYMPHONIA MAPPING LANGUAGE (SML)
• 5+ YEARS HL7 (SUCH AS V 2.3.1 - 2.5.1; ORU & ORM MESSAGE TYPES)
• 2+ YEARS XML / XSD / XPATH
• 3+ YEARS SQL ADVANCED JOIN STATEMENTS
• 5+ YEARS JAVASCRIPT
• 2+ YEARS SOAP WEB SERVICES

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• WINDOWS OS SERVER ADMINISTRATION
• PUBLIC HEALTH / DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS / LIMS EXPERIENCE
• EXCEL / VBA MACROS / AUTOMATE & FLOW
• LOINC / SNOMED
• DEVOPS / JIRA
• REDCAP
• FASTQ FILES AND DEMULTIPLEXING

REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS:

• RHAPSODY CERTIFICATION – LIST CERTIFICATION ON RESUME

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• ABILITY TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TECHNICAL STAFF, CUSTOMERS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN DATA-CENTRIC MANAGEMENT.
• EXCELLENT WRITTEN, ORAL, AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• EXPERIENCE WITH SECURITY AND DATA CLASSIFICATION RELATED TO CDC, HIPAA, AND CJIS
• CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM RESOLUTION SKILLS
• ABILITY TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH THE NEEDS OF TECHNICAL PEERS, TECHNICAL AND USER MANAGEMENT, USERS, VENDORS, AND STAFF MEMBERS, AND TO COMMUNICATE
• LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION AND DESIGN IN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT