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6 Month Contract
Extension Possible: Yes
Phoenix, AZ

Job Summary

The Developer role as a senior developer is to create and maintain applications designed to support the business operations across the entire enterprise.
This role is responsible for developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining web-based and mobile software applications. Troubleshoots problems and issues and looks for ways to improve applications. Familiar with a variety of healthcare concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Essential Functions

Designs, develops, tests, implements, and maintains solutions with minimal, to no, direction
Participates in on-call rotations
Performs source code/versioning management function adhering to technical management guidelines
Leads and coordinates code/peer reviews of multi-facility or application focused development work to insure it aligns to the business and technical requirements
Provides administrative, application development, and unit testing for medium to large complex projects (and support issues) or functional areas of larger projects or programs
Provides application development services for support and projects that align to the software development life cycles, organizational governance policies, and industry best practices
Collaborates with application and project team(s) to define design and unit testing scenarios and scripts in alignment with business and system requirements
Leads cross functional application development activities to achieve project objectives
Contribute to and maintain a thorough understanding of application development standards, policies, and procedures
Ensures application development deliverables are completed on a time, budget, and quality
Researches and recommends appropriate application development best practices, and tools
Develops and applies business knowledge in multiple functional areas
Demonstrates strong leadership through team motivation, coaching, mentoring, and delegating


Minimum Qualifications
Requires 6 or more year's development experience primarily creating new interfaces or applications in a hospital or medical related industry
Experience working with project life cycle and project management methodologies
Experience working with DICOM, X.12, HL7, HIPAA transactions sets, and EDI engines
Test management, test processes, automated and performance testing using tools such as HP ALM
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Technology, Medical, or Business discipline or equivalent experience


Preferred Qualifications
Expert working knowledge of one or more data integration middleware products and/or technologies such as HL7 interface engine, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM MQ, Managed File Trader (Axway Synchrony MFT product suite preferred), SFTP/FTP scripting
Advanced working knowledge of IBM Java, SQL scripting
Strong working knowledge of one or more data integration middleware products and/or technologies such as HL7 interface engine, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM MQ, Managed File Trader (Axway Synchrony MFT product suite preferred), SFTP/FTP scripting
Strong working knowledge of IBM Java, SQL scripting
Strong working knowledge of Cerner Foreign System Interfaces/Open Engine, ConnectR preferred
More than one SDLC methodology with detailed knowledge of Waterfall, Agile Development, and Scrum
Source code management and application build and deployment tools (Rational, Aldon)
IBM, Oracle, Lawson, or Microsoft software development certifications or a PMP certification are a plus

Time management best practices
Project management methodologies and tools (MS Project)
Development effort estimation techniques
Keeping technologically current and learning new technologies

Moderate travel may be required: 0-10% during the normal course of business but may be required to travel more frequently during certain events.