Senior Application Developer - Epic Research

This position will provide technical leadership, direction, and technical support for the development, configuration, implementation and ongoing maintenance of Epic System software related to research applications. This position will work in partnership with the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Epic, Subject Matter Experts and Health Care Information Systems to support strategic planning, daily operations, and assist with technology planning to maximize user and organizational effectiveness. This position includes working with Project Management groups, key stakeholders, vendors, contactors, and end users regularly.

This position is eligible for remote work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

Position Responsibilities Analysis/Design

• Collaborate with subject matter experts to analyze workflows and develop application design
• Research system solutions
• Create functional/technical specifications for system build and complex integrated systems
• Lead design and analysis
• Develop technical design and procedures for new or revised applications
• Leads the review and analysis of system problems to identify solutions and/or make appropriate
• referrals
• Demonstrate features to the user community and assess applicability, impact and value

Implementation

• Configure and customize applications
• Review the application build for efficiency, completeness, and correctness
• Understand and adhere to Change Management policies and procedures
• Understand and adhere to IT Security policies and procedures

Support and Maintenance

• Completion of related Epic Certifications/accreditations or eligible to obtain and maintain relevant
• Epic certifications/accreditations specific to your role
• Guide development and maintenance of testing scripts for execution during implementations,
• special updates, and system upgrade cycles
• Resolve complex system problems through participation in 24 x 7 on-call rotations
• Proposal software maintenance procedures
• Evaluate system upgrades to identify new functionality
• Develop standards for documentation to ensure recovery capability, as well as satisfactory and
• stable performance of the platform(s) and all applications and processes
• Lead staff in development and maintenance downtime workflows and procedures
• Travel to customer sites as needed to support application implementation, upgrade, optimization
• and/or training/conferences

Project Management

• Develop work plan and time schedules for computing projects including outlining phases, identifying personnel, and computing equipment requirements. Monitor progress and revise schedule and plan as needed

Business Analysis

• Identify business system solution requirements by analyzing work processes and operations;
• Evaluate business and information systems functionality
• Serves as the liaison for technical staff, users, vendors, and other stakeholders
• Analyze, document, and recommend business process design in applicable areas

Leadership/Staff Management/Financial Responsibility

• Guide staff in documenting system procedure and guidelines for users, as well as programs and

program modifications

• Assist in developing ideas for presentations to senior management. Build and foster relationships
• Provide leadership in multiple areas of expertise
• Provide direction, assignments, feedback, coaching, and counseling to assure outcomes are

achieved

• May provide administrative and/or functional supervision over assigned staff

**Pay Grade:** https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/professional-and-scientific-pay-structure

**Salary:** $70,051 to commensurate – Paygrade 5B

The University of Iowa offers a generous benefits package, including 24 days paid vacation per year to start and paid sick leave. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits

**Percent of Time:** 100%

**Staff Type:** Professional & Scientific

**Type of Position:** Regular

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and related application development/support exper…