Description

Description:

Job Summary:

As a key member of the Data & Analytics (D&A) organization, the IT Applications Engineer IV operates at the intersection of advanced data engineering and business intelligence to support a value-based, multi-payer healthcare ecosystem. This role is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of mission-critical data, utilizing Innovaccer, Databricks for robust ETL processing and crafting sophisticated visualization layers in Power BI and Tableau. The person will act as a lead and be the technical bridge between raw data Lakehouse architectures and clinical/operational stakeholders, ensuring that data-driven insights are accurate, accessible, and high-performing. By performing deep-dive data exploration and maintaining scalable pipelines, this position directly contributes to the organization's mission of improving health outcomes through data transparency and technical excellence.

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for supervising technical software aspects for development and production activities for one functional area or application. This includes providing technical expertise on Database/Data Warehousing software program/ application/system; acting as first point of escalation for Database/Data Warehousing technical decisions and problems, and leading other software engineers for efficient program/ application solutions which support business processes and functional requirements; and overseeing all Database/Data Warehousing coding and work quality reviews. Some of the unique challenges this position will face include acting as a SME on Database/Data Warehousing across healthcare / plan applications.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.
• Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others and managers; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi-channel, high-volume, high-transaction, on/off-premise, cloud-based solutions.
• Provides insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications.
• Assists in identification of specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions.
• Leads systems incident support and troubleshooting for complex and non-complex issues.
• Supports component integration testing (CIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT) for application initiatives by providing triage, attending test team meetings, keeping the QC up-to-date, performing fixes and unit testing, providing insight to testing teams in order to ensure the appropriate depth of test coverage, and supporting the development of proper documentation.
• Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers and third party vendors to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders.
• Reviews and validates technical specifications and documentation.
• Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions to support technical solutions while incorporating architectural designs.
• Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
• Provides implementation and post-implementation triage and support of business software solutions by programming and/or configuring enhancements to new or packaged-based systems and applications.
• Reviews and makes changes to technical specifications and documentation.
• Develops and executes unit testing to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications.
• Writes technical specifications and documentation.
• Ensures new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures.
• Builds partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specifications.
• Leads, mentors, and trains other technical resources to develop software applications.
• Develops, configures, or modifies basic to moderately complex integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component-based applications using programming languages.
• Participates and coaches others in all software development lifecycle phases by applying and sharing an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
• Assists with project estimation throughout the PLC.
• Develops and maintains specialist knowledge of database concepts, object and data modeling techniques and design principles, and a detailed knowledge of database architectures, software, and facilities. Analyses data requirements to establish, modify, or maintain object/data models. Evaluates potential solutions, demonstrating, installing, and commissioning selected products.
• Takes responsibility for the accessibility, retrievability, and security of specific subsets of information. Provides advice on the transformation of information from one format/medium to another, where appropriate. Maintains and implements information handling procedures. Enables the availability, integrity, and search ability of information through the application of formal data structures and protection measures. Manipulates specific data from information services to satisfy local or specific information needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years experience developing and implementing data warehousing technologies within a large organization.
• Minimum two (2) years experience in database technologies.
• Minimum two (2) years experience using SQL or similar query language.
• Minimum three (3) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC).
• Minimum one (1) year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum six (6) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Additional Requirements:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of development experience with zOS
• Master's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field.

Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building D

Additional Locations:

• Pasadena

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: KPIT ADMIN - KPD Exp Design - 9601
Pay Range: $150400 - $194590 / year Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
Requisition #: 1414359

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