Lead Interface Engineer
The University of Texas at Austin2 days ago
Base Salary
$107k - $107k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate Enterprise Decision Intelligence Architecture strategy, governance, and priorities into technical roadmaps, standards, workstreams, and deliverables.
- Design, develop, implement, maintain, and peer-review complex Epic, HL7, API, file-based, and healthcare interoperability solutions.
- Lead technical discovery, architecture, troubleshooting, testing, deployment readiness, go-live, rollback planning, and post-production validation.
- Coordinate dependencies and delivery risks across Epic, infrastructure, information security, clinical applications, biomedical systems, data and analytics teams, and vendors.
- Provide senior oversight for interface monitoring, incident response, error management, production support, upgrades, and operational readiness.
- Develop integration standards, reusable patterns, documentation, runbooks, monitoring practices, and production-support processes.
- Mentor engineers and analysts in Epic Bridges, interface design, interoperability, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational practices.
- Support governance, data-flow analysis, disaster recovery, business continuity, downtime testing, vendor evaluations, and architecture assessments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Health Informatics, or a related field.
- At least six years of relevant experience in healthcare interoperability, interface development, integration engineering, or related enterprise technology work.
- At least four years of experience developing or supporting interfaces in an Epic environment and at least four years of hands-on Epic Bridges experience.
- Epic Bridges certification, accreditation, or a current equivalent Epic interface-development credential.
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting complex healthcare interfaces in production environments.
- Experience leading technical workstreams, complex interface projects, design discussions, troubleshooting efforts, or cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Experience with production support, incident troubleshooting, interface monitoring, change and release readiness, and end-to-end testing.
- Ability to communicate technical risks and recommendations clearly, exercise independent judgment, and provide constructive cross-functional influence.
- Preferred qualifications include six or more years in healthcare interoperability or healthcare IT; experience with InterSystems Health Connect, Ensemble, or IRIS for Health; FHIR, RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, SFTP/MFT, or Direct messaging; enterprise integration architecture and governance; Epic upgrades and regression testing; data and analytics or biomedical/device integration; technical mentoring; and related certifications or credentials.
Benefits
- Regular full-time position scheduled for 40 hours per week with an expected continuing duration.
- Austin, Texas location using standard office and remote-work technology.
- Participation in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, with an option for the Optional Retirement Program subject to eligibility requirements.
- Scheduled after-hours maintenance, upgrade, go-live, or incident support may be required as operationally necessary.
- A criminal history background check is required for finalists.
- Employment requires completion of federal I-9 employment eligibility verification, and the university uses E-Verify.
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About The University of Texas at Austin
UT Health Austin is the clinical practice of Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, providing primary and specialty care to patients in Central Texas. It operates multidisciplinary clinics across areas such as orthopedics, women’s health, pediatrics, oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, infectious disease, and ophthalmology, and bills through insurance and self-pay. Established in 2017 and based in Austin, it integrates care with UT Austin research and training programs.