Programmer Analyst III

UT Southwestern Medical Center•Dallas, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Programmer Analyst III is a hands-on developer supporting UT Southwestern's Revenue Cycle Automation Program. This fully remote position develops, maintains, and improves automations, with primary responsibility for owning the maintenance process—from monitoring and troubleshooting through implementing, testing, and documenting fixes. Working under broad direction, the developer partners with operational stakeholders, project management, and internal and external technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into reliable, maintainable code. The role applies critical thinking to implementation decisions, understands how automation affects operational workflows, follows established technical standards, and identifies opportunities to improve existing solutions. Success requires strong programming and troubleshooting skills, attention to quality, clear communication, and dependable follow-through. The ideal candidate independently manages assigned development and maintenance work, raises risks appropriately, and adapts to changing workflows, systems, and priorities.

Requirements

High School Diploma supplemented by successful completion of vocational training in computer programming.
Seven years of experience in computer operation and/or programming, including at least one year as Programmer Analyst II or equivalent; a college degree in a related field may be used in lieu of experience.
Work requires exacting accuracy and exercise of judgment.
Work requires personal contact with faculty and staff users regarding generally non-recurring, non-routine problems.
Strong programming and troubleshooting skills, attention to quality, clear communication, and dependable follow-through.

Responsibilities

Define and analyze complex business and/or scientific problems, or assist users in analyzing and defining problems for computer solutions.
Design computer systems that solve problems while integrating computer capabilities with user requirements.
Reanalyze programming problems from the original design and make modifications as necessary.
Select or modify existing computer programs or applicable program systems and structure data formats to solve problems.
Implement or lead implementation of systems or job streams.
Assist in estimating required project resources.
Provide technical advice and guidance to other computer professionals in solving work problems.
Develop, maintain, and improve automations for the Revenue Cycle Automation Program.
Monitor, troubleshoot, implement, test, and document fixes for automations.
Partner with operational stakeholders, project management, and internal and external technical teams to understand requirements and produce reliable, maintainable code.
Identify opportunities to improve existing solutions while following established technical standards.

Benefits

PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage.
100% coverage for preventive healthcare with no copay.
Paid Time Off, available day one.
Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
Paid Parental Leave Benefit.
Wellness programs.
Tuition Reimbursement.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer.
On-site childcare.
Paid holidays.
Merit increases.