Systems Analyst - Senior

UPMC • Pittsburgh, PA

2d • Remote

About The Position

This position helps develop and deploy world-class data analytics for the system antimicrobial stewardship program at UPMC, one of the nation’s leading health systems. The Senior level Systems Analyst is a senior member of a system shared service team comprised of healthcare professionals contributing to UPMC’s strategic initiatives, clinical excellence, and operational targets through data-driven insights. This position offers remote work options to fit individual needs and preferences. We prioritize a strong team collaborative culture. UPMC provides ongoing training, maintenance, monitoring, and promotion of data applications and reports to ensure data is widely known, accessible, and used to its fullest potential.
In this role, you will lead data analytics and visualization projects for antimicrobial stewardship and develop departmental dashboards. Your work will support analysis, monitoring, investigation, and planning activities, and you will produce professional deliverables for an executive audience. You will also lead investigative activities and coordinate with technical resources across departments.

Requirements

• Expert in data validation, analysis, and visualization techniques.
• Proficient in programming languages (ACL, Python, R, SAS, SQL).
• Understand software development techniques.
• Bachelor's degree and 5 years related work experience OR 2 years of experience and preferred certification or Master's degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience: Data/Business Analytics, Data Science, Software Development, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Information Technology/Information Security/ Auditing, Informatics Pharmacy
• Degree Preferences: Data Science, Business Analytics, Health Information Technology, Information Technology/Systems, Information Security, Computer Forensics, Computer Science, Pharmacy
• Experience Preferences: Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Programming/Software engineering, Statistics, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, Auditing, Information Technology, Health Care, Database Management, Pharmacy, ETL (Extract, Transfer and Load), SQL.
• Certification Preferences: Epic Willow, Epic Cogito, PGY-2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency
• Preferred Licensure: ACBT - Avaya CBTCXADMIN - AVST Cert CX Admin ITIL - IT Infrastructure Library

Responsibilities

• Lead data analytics and visualization projects for antimicrobial stewardship.
• Develop departmental dashboards.
• Support analysis, monitoring, investigation, and planning activities.
• Produce professional deliverables for an executive audience.
• Lead investigative activities.
• Coordinate with technical resources across departments.
• Serve as primary data support for management level leadership of the system antimicrobial stewardship team.
• Analyze and interpret data using statistical modeling software (e.g. R, Python, SAS) and apply statistical methods, analysis, and models (i.e. hypothesis testing, logistic and linear regression, correlation, parametric and non-parametric methods) to detect improvement opportunities.
• Report/dashboard creation (Tableau, Qlik).
• Serve as a subject matter expert and collaborate with peers.
• Extract and combine data from various sources.
• Distribute technical knowledge and identify training needs.
• Stay current with new technologies and IT systems.
• Reporting analytics and data analysis to support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.
• Ability to pull code and write custom reports (notably PowerBI, Qlik dashboards).
• Manage multiple projects on time and within budget.
• Enhance culture through analytics.
• Increase capabilities for full population testing.
• Meet productivity goals and proactively seek additional tasks.
• Lead special projects and build collaborative relationships.
• Maintain expert-level advice on technical matters.
• Monitor changes in Data Analytics and Healthcare industries.

Benefits

• UPMC provides ongoing training, maintenance, monitoring, and promotion of data applications and reports to ensure data is widely known, accessible, and used to its fullest potential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior