Education:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in computer sciences. An equivalent 1:1 education/information systems experience, including formal job training in software configuration, may be substituted for each year of college not completed.  Some examples of vendor-supplied software include EPIC, PeopleSoft, Seibel, and SAP.  This equivalency is in addition to what is required in the Experience section.

Licensures/Certifications:

EPIC certification in one or more EPIC applications preferred. 

Experience and Skills: 

The senior Enterprise Applications Systems Analyst must possess the following general I.T. experience elements unless noted otherwise:

• A minimum of 5 years experience in a system analyst role or equivalent. Of the total 5 years, 3 years was in solving production problems in a time-constrained environment.
• Prior job experience configuring vendor-supplied software such as EPIC, PeopleSoft, Seibel, or SAP.
• Prior job experience working with large data sets and database applications such as SQL or Oracle.
• Competent in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Visio).  Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel preferred.
• Knowledge of all phases of the software development or lifecycle for both custom and vendor-supplied software.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to assess release scope and business requirements deliverables to identify system impacts and estimate level of effort.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical design and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
• Ability to identify system constraints or gaps in business requirements and effectively communicate issues/risks to the project manager in a timely manner.
• Ability to work collaboratively with vendors and colleagues to analyze problems and propose recommended solutions that meet both business and technical needs.
• Ability to comply with, and contribute to, system configuration standards and guidelines.
• Ability to gather, standardize and enter or import all necessary clinical/business data into the system.
• Ability to configure and unit test the system as specified in the business and technical requirements to meet configuration exit criteria according to schedule.
• Ability to comply with, and contribute to, system change control standards and guidelines.
• Ability to document and execute an integrated test plan and a user acceptance test plan.
• Ability to maintain status of tasks, defects, issues, and support requests on a daily basis in each respective tool.