Application Analyst and Developer, Special Applications

About the position

The Application Analyst and Developer, Intermediate position at HealthPartners focuses on supporting enterprise applications within Care Delivery and clinics, particularly in areas such as Neurology and Eye Care. The role involves managing a medium to high incident load, participating in on-call rotations, and collaborating with various IT and operational teams. The position allows for a mix of remote work and onsite visits for hardware support, with an emphasis on documentation and project management.

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses system failures and corrects issues.
• Assesses builds and deploys software and new application functionality.
• Performs unit testing and assists with system and end-user test planning and testing.
• Develops and/or assists with test scripts; may manage the testing process, or advise business partners on testing components.
• Analyzes functional and technical requirements for moderate changes or enhancements and updates system designs and specifications.
• Drafts technical specifications based on identified business requirements.
• Supports 3rd party application software; interacts with vendors regarding problems, upgrade schedules, and software installations.
• Provides requested documentation and interviews with auditors and third party requestors.
• Establishes, leads and completes small- and medium-sized projects and requests specific to their application portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems or equivalent experience/training.
• 3+ years IT analysis and technical design experience.
• 1+ year experience coding, testing, and implementing program changes.
• Working knowledge of programming languages.
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure.
• Proven ability to gather requirements and deliver output on those requirements.
• Strong communication skills in technical and non-technical vernacular.
• Proven ability to write technical documentation in a clear manner.
• Experience participating on project teams, preferably from initiation through successful implementation and acceptance of application changes.
• Expertise with more than one system development methodologies.
• Excellent analysis and problem solving skills.
• Able to be on-call 24X7 in areas of expertise.
• Ability to commute to clinic and hospital locations in/around Twin Cities metro locations.

Nice-to-haves

• 1 year of healthcare/ health plan experience.