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Principal Application System Analyst
In the Enterprise Development & Integration Department, you’ll lead complex application development and integration projects that enable secure, scalable, and innovative solutions for healthcare. This is more than a technical role—it’s an opportunity to influence enterprise-level systems that improve patient care and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Application Database Development & Support
- Lead efforts to design, develop, and optimize application solutions for secure data collection, storage, and reporting.
- Provide technical leadership in analyzing, deploying, and maintaining application databases.
Reporting & Analytics
- Drive initiatives to integrate and expand reporting capabilities across teams and departments.
- Ensure accurate and timely delivery of analytics to support business and clinical decision-making.
Data Access & Integration
- Collaborate with teams to identify and incorporate data from multiple systems.
- Provide secure and efficient access to data for internal and external systems.
Technical Leadership
- Serve as team or technical lead for complex applications and integrations.
- Act as product owner when required, ensuring alignment with institutional goals.
- Mentor team members and promote best practices in application development.
Documentation & Standards
- Prepare and maintain documentation for application design, workflows, and integration processes.
- Ensure adherence to institutional standards, security protocols, and compliance requirements.
Other Duties
- Perform additional tasks as assigned to support departmental objectives.
EDUCATION
- Required: Bachelor's Degree
- Preferred: Master's Degree Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, Healthcare Administration or related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Required: 7 years In progressive software systems implementation and support, business systems process analysis and design, Epic software, or domain to include two years lead/supervisory experience
- May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis.
Preferred experience: Professional experience building front-end applications using Angular and TypeScript, hands-on experience developing back-end APIs using .NET or .NET Core, experience leading multiple software development projects at the same time.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.
This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
