Data processing manager job description

What we do here changes the world!
UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.


We are hiring immediately for a Full-Time Data Manager to join the department of Biostatistics and Data Science as part of the UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, TX 77030. In this position, you will collaborate with the Harris Health System and primarily focus on SQL coding to extract data from Epic/Clarity transactional databases at HHS, and EHR data mart design, development, and maintenance at SPH based on a standard data model.



Once you join us, you won't want to leave.
It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our excellent retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees!
As a world-renowned institution, our employees' well-being is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts, including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more

Position Summary:


The Data Manager will work under minimal supervision on building and maintaining electronic health record databases for data analytics and scientific research, software development projects, and work with internal and external partners to develop novel software systems. This position will serve as a UTHealth School of Public Health software engineer. The incumbent will be responsible for 1) implementing, testing, and operating advanced applications; 2) extracting and transforming data collected from partner organizations into standard data models and structures required for various projects and systems; 3) performing ongoing security testing and code review, and 4) mitigating security vulnerabilities through contribution to architecture and advisement of project teams.


Position Key Accountabilities:

• Participate in creating novel software to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data submitted by partner organizations generated by their electronic health records and similar systems. Create and build biomedical (e.g., EHR) data warehouses. Install, configure, operate, and maintain database servers.
• Assist with developing technical project proposals to build new software or deploy and update existing software used in data cleanup, Etling, and related tasks.
• Participate in research and evaluation studies' design, implementation, and reporting. Contributions to scientific reports, conference papers, and journal articles are expected, including documentation of methods, presentation of data, and participation in interpreting results.
• Assist with the workflow of incoming data requests and other processes around data management, transformation, analysis, etc. Recommend and assist with the development of workflow and process changes to enhance the efficiency of tracking and delivery. Participate and contribute to the communication of requests and results delivery. Assist with management of data governance around data sets.
• Participate in the creation of novel software that meets research needs. Work in an interdisciplinary team of informaticists, software developers, information quality experts, statisticians, and researchers during software development.
• Other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Data architecture and/or data warehouse development experience
• Business requirements analysis and user experience design
• Competency using MSWord; Excel; PowerPoint; Outlook, MS Teams and project management tools

Preferred:

• Healthcare and Epic Clarity databases
• Database management systems and database servers
• Database security, backup, and recovery
• Database design
• Data warehousing
• SQL (Oracle SQL, MSSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• Python/Javascript or similar high-level language
• Windows and *Nix experience
• API design (preferably RESTful or similar)
• De-identification of PHI using existing standards and algorithms
• Healthcare research experience
• Reactive programming techniques

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, related field or relevant experience in lieu of education.

Preferred:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Biomedical Informatics

Minimum Experience:

• Five years of related experience.

Preferred:

• At least 3 years of experience in a software development and/or data warehousing engineer position. Excellent formal and interpersonal communication skills, the ability to communicate effectively to a broad range of audiences such as faculty members, PIs, center directors, study coordinators, and IT personnel, and excellent writing skills for reporting and documenting applications and systems development and maintenance.

Physical Requirements:Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.Security Sensitive:This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215