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Programmer Specialist (Job # 494349)
Technology Innovation Team

Overview

The Hilltop Institute (www.hilltopinstitute.org) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is seeking a Programmer Specialist to join its Technology Innovation team. Hilltop uses a data-driven approach to inform key state and federal policymakers on health care financing and delivery system reform in Maryland and other states. Hilltop’s Technology & Compliance team develops programs to transform, standardize, and load data into a central repository and relational databases. Data sets include Medicare and Medicaid administrative data, hospital discharge data, nursing home assessment data, and long-term services and supports (LTSS) assessment and program participant data. Hilltop conducts programming to restructure and format data to support evaluations of health care quality and performance measures, conduct program evaluation, and perform rate setting. The team maintains the Maryland Department of Health Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) SQL Server and Tableau®-based decision support system, called the DataPort, to meet the reporting needs of health care policy decision-makers. Clients also include the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Developmental Disabilities Administration, and the Health Services Cost Review Commission, as well as the federal government and Medicaid agencies in other states.

Hilltop seeks a programmer specialist with Linux, Python, SQL, and Tableau programming experience with health care data to join Hilltop’s Technology and Compliance engineering team as a quality control (QC) systems engineer. The specialist must have proven analytical skills, and an understanding of data security and management, at scale and with experience in automating QC controls. Hilltop’s DevOps team is at the forefront of operational support of large Medicaid and other health-related databases and products and has developed automation QC processes for validating products.

Responsibilities

The Programmer Specialist will be responsible for developing and managing multiple programming projects.

Specific duties include the following:

  • Maintaining and expanding the quality control automation tool suite that Hilltop has developed in support of various products, including its flagship DataPort business intelligence platform
  • Providing release management of new products, leveraging our version control system GitLab
  • Ensuring security practices are included and adhered to by front-end and back-end engineers during product development
  • Working closely with the data manager to support daily operational quality control and cybersecurity tasks
  • Supporting analysts’ and programmers’ requests
  • Performing other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Data Science, Computer Science, or closely related field. Master’s degree in one of these disciplines is a plus. Must have proven analytical skills with attention to detail; be comfortable working in both a team environment and independently; be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or GSuite; and have excellent verbal and written communication and time management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess the following professional and interpersonal competencies: a strong interest in working with large data sets and performing quality control on them on both Windows and Linux operating systems; demonstrable experience with Linux; a knowledge of large databases, such as Medicare and Medicaid databases, and data modeling techniques; the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams and be flexible in a fast-paced environment; and excellent interpersonal skills.

Compensation

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position is full-time, offers opportunity for professional growth, and includes the full university benefits package, including tuition remission for qualified candidates. Note: this is a grant-funded position wherein employment is contingent upon the renewal of the grant.

Application

Will remain open until position is filled, but for best consideration apply by November 13. Submit a cover letter (indicating Job # 494349), resume, and the contact information for three professional references to the Programmer Specialist Search Committee at:

https://listings.umbc.edu/cw/en-us/job/494349/programmer-specialist

Or

resume@hilltop.umbc.edu  (MS Word or PDF attachments required) *
*Note: The cover letter, resume, references, and examples should be included in separate attachments.

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October 30, 2023