MetroPlusHealth provides the highest quality healthcare services to residents of Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island through a comprehensive list of products, including, but not limited to, New York State Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare, Child Health Plus, Exchange, Partnership in Care, MetroPlus Gold, Essential Plan, etc. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the United States, MetroPlusHealth network includes over 27,000 primary care providers, specialists and participating clinics. For more than 30 years, MetroPlus has been committed to building strong relationships with its members and providers to enable New Yorkers to live their healthiest life.

Position Overview 

The Information Technology department has an immediate opening for a Programmer/Systems Analyst. The successful candidate will offer support to our Production team and our business unit for a wide variety of critical software applications. The Programmer/Systems Analyst will also develop custom scripts and applications based on our project priority list, test applications regularly, create software patches for older platforms and perform routine maintenance on all our legacy systems

• Collaborate with the development team and other IT staff to set specifications for new applications.

• Interact with end users to verify detailed specifications.

• Understand client requirements and how they translate to new application features.

• Participate in detailed programming development and testing of interfaces according to the specifications.

• Write high-quality code to program complete applications on schedule.

• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design.

• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications.

• Plan and participate in the application deployment. Work closely with the Service Desk to coordinate installation of new applications, if needed.
• Participate in the application post-implementation phase to ensure the application meet the business requirements. Stay on track of the application lifecycle to ensure necessary updates are completed on time.

• Provide assists for on-going application maintenance. Find solutions to security threats, viruses, or errors that might hinder the performance of applications.

• Provide suggestions to supervisor to improve system/application performance.

• Develop technical documentation.

• Evaluate operational changes that result from system implementation, provide such feedback to supervisor for review.

• Carry out regular security and performance checks.

• Remain current on technology trends to keep our software as innovative as possible.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.

• 5+ years’ experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role.

• Understanding of software design and programming principles

• Project management skills.

• Operational and technical experience with development tools include but not limited to VB.NET; C#; Web Services, REST API, Angular (or similar Java script frameworks), Visual Studio (Current and Previous Versions), Python, LINQ, Regular Expressions, XML, JSON and other tools applicable. 

• Strong understanding of Microsoft DevOps framework; Content Versioning; Agile methodology.

• Strong experience with Database design, including Microsoft SQL Server database platform (latest version) with a focus on T-SQL.

• Strong experience with SSIS.

• Analytical ability to evaluate and construct accurate and efficient programming solution to business problems.

• Experience with Salesforce, AI is a plus.

• Knowledge of HealthCare industry is a plus.

Professional Competencies 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand business needs.
• Ability to learn new software tools.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills; Understand policies and procedures.
• Interpersonal skills to be able to work with team of members on assigned project.

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