IT Specialist Expert

Company:  PSI International
Location: Albany
Closing Date: 19/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
HBITS-(phone number removed) - IT Specialist Expert – 50% REMOTE – Albany, NY

HBITS-(phone number removed)

Agency Name: New York State Department of Health

Project/Program Name: Medicaid Enterprise Systems

Provide a short description of the Position: The position is to support the Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES). The IT Specialist position will support architecture review of projects in the Division of Systems (DOS) Portfolio and support major architecture initiatives of New York State Medicaid Enterprise.

Provide a complete list of the day-to-day tasks to be performed by the Selected Candidate:

The IT Specialist will perform report development tasks as it relates to health information technology including development of reports, workflows, data transformation, programming solutions, writing and executing unit test plans, researching, resolving, and testing reporting defects, and close collaboration with the technical team

Analyze, develop, and revise flow charts, process models and technical specifications describing as-is or to-be Information Technology (IT) systems or business processes

Review business requirements documentation with technical project manager and programmers to ensure clarity in implementation of technical design.

Participate in business requirement and joint application development sessions to inform report options.

Implement systems and program design to meet complex business needs and author technical design document. Create appropriate documentation in work assignments including technical documentation.

Assist project manager in development of report time estimates and complete assigned tasks.

Participate in development as data expert, with specialization in report development.

Troubleshoot end user technical issues, identifying report problems and leading solutions.

Support release management process including technical steps to promote, test and release through the development environment, coordinating with infrastructure staff.

Use waterfall, iterative and agile software development life cycle methodologies.

Assist in querying Data sources to determine the validity of project outputs.

Document data architecture

Job Title: IT Specialist

Skill Level: Expert

Target Start Date: 10/31/2024

Engagement Length in Months: 30

Is this a Full or Part-Time Position: Full-Time

What are the daily work hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm Negotiable, 8-hour work day, unpaid lunch

Where is the Home Base Region? 1

Where is the physical work office located: 11 Corporate Woods Blvd, Albany NY 12211

Is telecommuting allowed for this position: Yes

If YES, note if negotiable or list the percentage allowed/number of days allowed per week: 50%

What is the format of the Candidate interview: Webcasting

If Webcasting, is Candidate required to be on camera: Yes

What type of software is typically used by the Agency: DB2, Oracle, ETL, Cognos, SQL, Salient, Tableau, AIX UNIX, Java Development

What type of hardware is typically used by the Agency: IBM platforms

Position MANDATORY Qualification:

Position Job Title: IT Specialist

Position Job Title Description: Works in the field of Information Technology, experienced in the usage and support of a collection of development platforms, technical architectures or business applications and products that run on those platforms - beyond that of a Programmer.

Position Skill Level: Expert

Position Skill Level Description: 84+ months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.

List all the Position REQUESTED Qualifications:

84 months experience in the area of: public health information Systems such as Medicaid or the Childs Health Insurance Program

48 months experience using Oracle products including: SQL Developer, SQL plus and executing SQL scripts to query Vertica and Oracle Databases

84 months experience Working with Stakeholders and vendor in the entire project life cycle from requirement gathering to Implementation.

48 months experience with Center for Medicaid/Medicare Systems Standards and Codes such as EDI 837, EDI 834, ICD Codes, HIPPA etc.

48 months reviewing new projects for overall architectural impact and providing Architecture Assurance.

36 months experience in a Data Warehouse Environment processing billions of health care records

48 months of experience in research and evaluation of software / hardware products and industry trends to assist in Enterprise Portfolio Assessment and development of the Enterprise Roadmap.

24 months of experience developing technical RFP content for major System and Data Integration procurements.

24 months of experience in reviewing Cloud-based solutions and AI use cases.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Are there additional security requirements for the Authorized User: Yes

If YES, include the additional security requirements: Must complete Data Use Agreement (DUA)

Will additional training potentially be required during the Engagement: Yes

If YES, provide description of anticipated training: State workforce training such as Workplace Violence Prevention, Security Awareness, and preventing Sexual Harassment

What type and/or manner, of knowledge transfer is requested during the Engagement: Consultant will work with state staff and transfer knowledge gained to state staff. This includes Medicaid Enterprise Systems Planning, and Architecture review process. Written documentation may be required.

Is travel anticipated during the Engagement: No

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