IT Integration Analyst Lead

The Integration Engineer Lead directs the development and implementation of solutions for integrating software, hardware, or other systems across different parts of the organization.  This position oversees administrative and technical procedures on information systems and covers multiple functional areas (systems design, systems and network administration, programmer/analyst, and information technology support). Working under no supervision, this role leads a team that focuses on ensuring that applications function seamlessly with business processes, organization data, and IT infrastructure.

The IT Integration Lead partners with business users, vendors, and IT staff to define the technical requirements, understand workflows, data flows, organizational infrastructure, utilizing principles and models that generally guide all integration solution decisions for their team. They are responsible for analyzing and translating business, information and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint that outlines solutions that integrate across applications, systems, and platforms leveraging IRIS for Health to achieve business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads the evaluation of systems' integration requirements to ensure that solutions meet organizational needs, often collaborating with internal and external subject matter experts.

• Approves the design and development of data transformation processes required to support integration between different systems.

• Identifies, troubleshoots, and resolves the most complex testing issues before launching a solution, guiding junior colleagues on simpler issues. Oversees the preparation of functional and technical documentation, such as testing procedures and schedules, data architecture mappings, and any applicable reports.

• Participate in developing plans, schedules, and requirements for the deployment and lifecycle of systems including current state, intermediate state, and future state diagrams.

• Integrate applications with Epic and other applications ensuring a seamless integration of new and existing systems to eliminate potential problems and maintain data structure and integrity.

• Participate in staff rounding, interviews, hiring, annual evaluations, and staff performance improvement plans. 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Required: Functional knowledge of Integration Engine platforms (IRIS for Health, Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, CorePoint, etc.) with Epic EMR and other healthcare software applications leveraging various integration solutions (HL7 v2.x, FHIR, web services, APIs (REST, SOAP), file-based interfaces, ESB, JSON, XML/XSLT, etc.).  Preferred: Practical experience architecting integration solutions in the Healthcare industry leveraging Epic as the foundational EMR application and Intersystems’ IRIS for Health.  Experience with Epic Bridges, Epic Interconnect, Epic applications, Engine rules, Destination mapping, Chronicles adapters and imports/exports.

• An understanding of database/storage technologies.

• Working knowledge of project management, test automation, end-to-end testing, SDLC, Waterfall and Agile methods.  Communicate and document project milestones to customers and other project team members.

• Participate in Clinical process design and optimization.

• Strong communication and team skills.  Must be able to work with clinical and nonclinical end users, application teams, infrastructure, leadership, integrated testing, training, etc.  Able to lead by driving task prioritization.

Work Experience, Education, and Certifications:

• Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field.

• Experience Required: 7+ years.  Progressive experience in a combination of IT healthcare integration, development, design, and architecture disciplines.  Minimum of 3 years of Epic application integration (HL7, FHIR, XML, flat file, Web services, REST), Interoperability, development experience, delivering quality scalable software on time, on budget, and in compliance with customer requirements.  Preferred: 10+ years Integration Engine experience in a healthcare setting. Intersystems’ IRIS for Health experience

• Certification Required: Epic Bridges certification.  Preferred: Epic Interconnect.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• Reliable high-speed internet connection is required for all remote/hybrid positions.
• Must have access to stable Wi-Fi with sufficient bandwidth to support video conferencing, cloud-based tools, and other online work-related activities.
• A HIPAA-compliant work environment is required, including a secure workspace free from unauthorized access or interruptions, no use of public Wi-Fi unless connected through a secure company-provided VPN, and compliance with all applicable HIPAA privacy and security regulations.

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