Software Development Manager

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:  Possession of an Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Medical Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social/Behavioral Sciences, or a closely related field.

Experience: Four (4) years of full-time, or its equivalent, experience as a manager, supervisor, or project manager in a healthcare information technology environment having responsibility for one or more of the following areas: application support, development/programming, systems analysis, technical support, and network or server administration; OR Four (4) years of full-time, or its equivalent, experience as a clinical lead, supervisor, or manager performing systems analysis in a healthcare information systems environment; OR Four (4) years of full-time, or its equivalent, experience as a manager, supervisor, or project manager in a public health, health care delivery, or academic institution setting, one (1) year of which must have included direct supervision of staff in epidemiology, surveillance, or program evaluation activities.

Certification: May be required to obtain and maintain vendor specific certifications on applications supported. The incumbent will be required to obtain the certification requested within 6 months of notification from their supervisor.

Substitution for Experience: Possession of a Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in one of the fields noted above may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.

Substitution for Education:

• One (1) additional year of qualifying experience noted above may be substituted for the required academic major; OR
• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, up to a maximum of two years; OR
• Possession of professional technical certifications can substitute for up to a maximum of two (2) years of the required education. Each of the following current and valid certifications can be substituted for six (6) months of required education:
• Any of the following Epic certifications: Ambulatory, Tapestry, Epic Resolute Hospital Billing, Epic Care Everywhere, Health Information Management, Prelude (Grand Central), EpicCare Inpatient (ClinDoc), Epic Client Systems Administrator/Manager (ECSM), or Operational Database Administrator
• Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS)
• Health Level 7 (HL7) certification
• VMWare Certified Professional (VCP), VMWare Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP), VMWare Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Principles of healthcare administration and health plan operations
• Principles of leadership, management, supervision, training and performance evaluation
• Budget development and management
• Operations, services and activities of information technology support and analysis program in a health care environment
• Detailed understanding of information systems design, implementation and management strategies
• Methods and techniques used to develop, test and implement systems
• Project and change management