Developer/Programmer Analyst 3

Job Title

Developer/Programmer Analyst III

Location

Austin, TX (Hybrid – 4 days remote, 1 day onsite per week; subject to change). Candidates must currently reside within a 50-mile radius of Austin, Texas. Out-of-state candidates planning to relocate are not eligible.

Position Type

Contract

Must Have Skills

• 8+ years of experience developing, testing, maintaining, and troubleshooting SAS, Python, R, or similar programming scripts.
• 8+ years of experience in system integration, dashboard development, and workflow automation.
• 8+ years of experience working with structured and semi-structured healthcare, public health, or complex administrative datasets.
• 8+ years of experience with databases, database querying, and data management.
• 8+ years of experience gathering business requirements, documenting system specifications, and translating business needs into technical solutions.
• 8+ years of experience testing and validating automated data integration solutions.
• 8+ years of experience documenting code, technical specifications, workflows, and procedures.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Desired Skills

• 2+ years of experience with electronic case reporting (eCR/eICR), Electronic Health Records (EHR), or Health Information Exchange (HIE).
• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7, XML, and FHIR.
• Knowledge of clinical terminology standards such as SNOMED CT.
• 2+ years of experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with public health surveillance systems, disease registries, and healthcare data integration.
• Experience with data linkage, record matching, and automated ETL pipelines.
• Familiarity with public health data modernization and electronic health data interoperability.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct interoperability needs assessments to identify business and technical requirements for integrating electronic initial case reports (eICRs) into the Texas Birth Defects Registry (TBIRDS).
• Develop automated solutions to ingest eICR data and auto-populate selected registry fields to reduce manual data entry and accelerate record abstraction.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain SAS, Python, R, or similar programs to support data integration, workflow automation, and reporting.
• Build dashboards to monitor electronic case reporting implementation, clinical review processes, and data modernization initiatives.
• Automate clinical case triaging, data extraction, validation, transformation, and ingestion workflows.
• Develop and maintain automated data pipelines to improve interoperability between electronic health data sources and existing surveillance systems.
• Perform testing and validation of automated workflows, data standardization, record linkage, and integration processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot integration issues, optimize existing scripts, and improve system performance and data quality.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, program teams, technical staff, and stakeholders to gather requirements and recommend technical solutions.
• Prepare system requirements documents, technical reports, workflow diagrams, validation procedures, and implementation recommendations.
• Support modernization of TBIRDS through electronic health data integration and improved interoperability capabilities.
• Identify technical limitations, evaluate integration opportunities, and recommend scalable solutions for future public health surveillance initiatives.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation to ensure sustainability, maintainability, and knowledge transfer of developed solutions.