Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Kaiser Permanente - Clarity Lead

Job ID 70011
Company Name Kaiser Permanente
Job Category Technology
Location Aurora, CO
Position Type Full-Time, Employee
Experience 5-10 Years Experience
Date Posted May 7, 2008 (Reposted May 29)

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Regional Technical Clarity Lead


The Regional Technical Clarity Lead will provide Clarity Environment support and coordination, Coordinate/Test Clarity Releases and changes (includes review of Release notes and testing technical changes), Review/update/create/recommend Clarity Reporting solutions for more efficient reporting (including Views/Data Extracts, reviewing current region solutions and making improvement recommendations, analyze/review solutions from other regions to see if they can be leveraged), Coordinate Clarity Upgrades, Research and Resolve Clarity data quality issues and mitigate overall regional risk on issues (including tracking issues, helping drive to root cause, coordinating with regional/national teams and Epic), Provide Production Support (including running and matching daily/monthly TDL stats, verifying daily ETL meets SLA and address issues if not, attending daily ETL and ongoing Environment meetings, create and track Remedy tickets to help resolve regional issues), Coordinate Training sessions and brown bag lunch sessions, and Participate in Regional Forums, Perform CO Clarity Audit (including analyzing data from Teradata access logs to determine use of group IDs and reviewing defined audit steps), Lead involvement in regional IT Clarity SOX efforts.

The ideal candidate must have analytical ability, problem analysis techniques, ability to drive to solutions, awareness of BI tools (i.e., Crystal Reports/Enterprise, Business Objects, Cognos, SAS), awareness of Teradata and/or Oracle databases (helpful to have experience with these). The candidate should have excellent communication skills as well as demonstrated ability to work with end users to communicate changes, follow up on open tickets, understand potential impacts and require minimal supervision. Knowledge and experience in EPIC, Clarity and healthcare is a distinct plus.
Must have three to five years experience leading projects preferably in a Data Warehousing or Data Repository environment, Team Management experience; Project Management experience; Negotiating skills; Experience preparing presentations for senior mgt, financial, technical and business uses. Nice to have: SAS, Cognos, MS Access, Paradox, Epic Software - Resolute, Tapestry, Cadence, Radiant, ADT, Prelude, Clarity ETL, Clarity Reporting, relational database experience (Teradata, Oracle, Sybase, MS-SQL Server), MS Office suite (including MS Project, Visio), Technical Systems and applications upgrade/migration experience. Candidate must be self-motivated; Demonstrated ability to take initiative; Proven ability to see the overall plan and make recommendations to mgt; Ability to think outside the box; Very attentive to detail and able to work with the limits of mandated controls; Strong proven communication skills communicating technical information to non-technical and technical personnel; Proven problem analysis, root cause determination and coordination of resolution; Proven ability to work with multiple distributed and matrixed teams, leadership; Proven skills documentation such as requirements, analysis, design, user guides; Ability to work in a diverse work environment; Ability to quickly pickup and understand new ideas, technologies and systems and utilize that knowledge. Excellent written and verbal skills are essential for the successful candidate.


This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanentes Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanentes policies and procedures.
Kaiser Permanente is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.