Application Data Engineer Assoc

Note: The compensation range(s) in the table below represent the base salaries for all positions at a given grade across the health system. Typically, a new hire can expect a starting salary somewhere in the lower part of the range. Actual salaries may vary by position and will be determined based on the candidate's relevant experience. No employee will be paid below the minimum of the range. Pay ranges are listed as hourly for non-exempt employees and based on assumed full time commitment for exempt employees.

Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum

$75,545.00 - $86,840.00 - $102,689.00

 

 

Summary: 

Location: 280 Chestnut St; Springfield MA (Hybrid opportunity)

Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8a-430p; evenings or nights as needed; On-call rotation required

The incumbent is responsible for translating business and technical requirements into well-engineered, documented and successfully deployed application systems.  The incumbent is accountable for full life cycle software engineer including designing, developing, testing, installing, and deploying software applications that meet business expectations.  The incumbent may perform the implementation of vendor-supplied software packages including the installation, customization, deployment, maintenance, and administration.  The incumbent will be accountable for day-to-day support including rotational off-hour support.

This individual will contribute to the project management activities including the identification of work tasks and their dependencies, estimating work effort, and contributing pertinent information as input to project evaluation and prioritization. The incumbent will interface and coordinate with vendors as well as server; database and network support as required, to ensure applications are stable, scalable and meet service level expectations. 

In an associate level position, the incumbent will demonstrated the basic technical skills required for the position and will require additional oversight and mentoring. The incumbent is expected to demonstrate consistent growth in performing increasingly complex assignments with a broader understanding of the technologies being supported. It is expected that an incumbent in an associate level position will achieve the levels of proficiency required of an Application Engineer within 3 years of being hired into the associate level position.

Job Responsibilities: 

1) APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE & DELIVERY

-  Effectively works with business partners to capture accurate and complete business requirements. 
-  Writes functional and technical specifications  involving moderately complex systems or solutions
-  Deliverables are developed and implemented following established standards and guidelines to meet functional and technical specifications along with business expectations
-  Promotes efficiency and quality by utilizing streamlined processes, automated solutions and quality control measures as appropriate.  
-  Deliverables are well documented and knowledge transfer is provided to ensure effective on-call and back-up support
-  Follows appropriate release management procedures
-  Participates in the assessment of new technology solutions for best fit into the Baystate Health technical environment balancing customer needs with technical feasibility and IT architectural standards

2) TESTING MANAGEMENT

-  Test plans defined are appropriate to scope
-  Works with stakeholders to support business acceptance testing and signoff
-  Performs and monitors unit/system/functional testing
-  Works with stakeholders to support business acceptance testing and signoff
-  Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in defect identification, resolution and documentation. 
-  Ensures acceptability of testing outcomes occur prior to live implementation and defects detected by users in production are minimal
-  Monitors first production usage 

3) PROBLEM RESOLUTION

-  Participates in 24x7 on-call rotational support.
-  Provides timely response to problem tickets and issue resolution
-  Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness in problem identification, resolution and  documentation
-  Appropriate root cause analysis is performed to implement preventative measures
-  Maintains sufficient knowledge of applications and environment to provide effective on-call or backup support
-  Assists users with day-to-day application usage issues

4) PROJECT ASSESSMENT, PLANNING & SUPPORT  

-  Assists business partners defining the value of proposed initiatives and identifies viable  solutions
-  May participate in budgetary planning for proposed so