Programmer Analyst II - School of Public Health

We are hiring a Programmer Analyst II (Full-Time) to join UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Houston, Tx. In this role, you will be focused on continuous improvement of the flow of data submissions. Starting from the setup and configuration necessary to accept data submissions, to the monitoring and tracking of the submission flow, to providing technical support to data submitters, to providing compliance support to the operations team.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

The Programmer Analyst II is a critical technical role responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the systems, tools, and processes that support APCD data submission operations. This position combines software development, business intelligence, data management, and operational support to ensure efficient administration of data submitters, track submission compliance, maintain reference datasets, and provide actionable insights through dashboards and reports. The analyst serves as a bridge between operational needs and technical solutions, working to continuously improve and automate workflows while providing direct technical support to data submitters. This role requires strong technical skills in database development, programming, and business intelligence, combined with an understanding of healthcare data operations and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain operational tools and applications using MS Access, Python, and other technologies to support data submission administration.
• Maintain and update reference datasets critical to data validation and operations. Analyzes/designs system flows and develops/codes program specification to ensure the agreed upon requirements are met.
• Writes, tests, and implements computer programs. Codes straight-forward to moderately complex programs and ensures that the programs conform to departmental standards
• Tests programming thoroughly to ensure all expected results are verified and discrepancies are resolved.
• Adheres to departmental standards to ensure the consistency of product produced.
• Participates in structured technical and functional walk-through with project team members and reports status of programming to team members/clients on a regular basis to ensure a full understanding of the program and the status of completion.
• Resolves problems that arise with existing data systems to ensure the efficiency and proper functioning of programs and systems, including providing technical support and guidance to data submitters on submission requirements and processes, including troubleshooting submission issues
• Design and develop interactive dashboards in Power BI for monitoring submitter activity, submission status, and operational metrics
• Other duties as assigned

Certification/Skills:

• Experience with SQL, statistical analysis programs such as SAS, R or STATA, preferred.
• Experience with programming language PL/SQL, python is a plus
• Knowledge of administrative healthcare claims, electronic medical records, social determinants of health datasets a plus.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, related field or relevant experience in lieu of education required.

Minimum Experience:

• 2 years of programming experience required.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.