Epic Systems Analyst III

Essential Responsibilities

• Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; following procedures and policies, and applying data and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborating with others, often cross-functionally, to solve business problems; supporting the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicating progress and information; identifying and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities when possible; and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.
• Pursues self-development and effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listening, responding to, and seeking performance feedback; acknowledging strengths and weaknesses; assessing and responding to the needs of others; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Mets timelines to drive the delivery of appropriate, sustainable, and prompt solutions.
• Provides first and second level support for enterprise systems and systems in one or more additional IT domains by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex incidents to minimize system issues.
• Sustains stability, availability, and performance of enterprise systems (e.g., systems, applications, network, databases, storage, security) by monitoring systems to identify problems, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Aids technical and project team members to resolve system problems and application-specific issues.
• Escalates identified issues, risks or problems to lead administrators according to processes.
• Plans and performs complex system configuration.
• Supports communications with product users and suppliers to share information, identify opportunities, resolve problems, prioritize customer requirements, and maintain continuous improvement through customer feedback.
• Defines and tests maintenance and refresh activities.
• Assists with the installation, upgrade, or decommissioning of designated systems, products, and infrastructure.
• Assists with application-oriented administration and technical support for production and non-production environments.
• Supports vendor support activities, as appropriate.
• Recommends and executes performance tuning and optimization activities.
• Creates documentation of new and existing system configuration and procedural information, and reviews documentation of others.

Leveraging Advanced Analytical, Technical, and Workflow Design Expertise

• Leverages advanced analytical, technical, and workflow design expertise to lead and support large-scale projects, system implementations, upgrades, and optimization initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities to improve system functionality, operational efficiency, and the end-user experience while supporting all phases of the application lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, build, testing, implementation, training, optimization, and production support.
• Serves as a trusted advisor, providing strategic guidance and technical expertise to ensure the stability, scalability, performance, and long-term success of enterprise Epic solutions.

Collaboration and Communication

• Works collaboratively with clinical leaders, business stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional IT teams.
• Shares resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listens, responds to, and seeks performance feedback; acknowledges strengths and weaknesses; assesses and responds to the needs of others; and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Supports communications with product users and suppliers to share information, identify opportunities, resolve problems, prioritize customer requirements, and maintain continuous improvement through customer feedback.

Technical and Operational Knowledge

• Minimum two (2) years experience working with EPIC or comparable health system software OR minimum two (2) years scripting or programming experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Social Science, Education, Business, Health Care or related field and minimum three (3) years working in IT or operations. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Two (2) years experience in EPIC administration and configuration.
• Two (2) years experience in the administration and custom configuration of large of-the-shelf applications or software packages.