NC DHHS seeks a LIMS Application Systems Specialist. The primary purpose of this position is to provide senior-level business and systems analysis, application development, and operational support for the NC State Laboratory of Public Health.
The primary purpose of this position is to provide senior-level business and systems analysis, application development, and operational support for the NC State Laboratory of Public Health. This position will be responsible for Laboratory Information Management system (LIMS) application development and maintenance operations using Java programming technology. The Specialist will perform business and workflow process modeling, and business systems integration based on a high degree of knowledge and experience using Enterprise Framework Components. In addition this position will provide rapid application development and system administration/configuration support for creating new applications and modifying existing applications to support NC SLPH Information Technology initiatives. This position is also required to understand advanced database concepts to create report requests and assist in application/database performance tuning. This position requires independent initiative and action in decision making, analysis, design, programming, and troubleshooting arenas.
Duties also include:
• Participation in strategic and tactical planning with Business Partners, Vendors, and organizational unit management
• Participating in project planning and estimating efforts
• Consultation and planning for specific modifications and enhancements to production applications/information systems
• Monitoring technical effort activities for adherence to schedules, milestones and deliverables
• Monitoring efforts for quality assurance and adherence to state, departmental and divisional standards and procedures
• Application/information system assessment and performance monitoring to avoid preventable interruption of production and to provide optimum quality service to the clients.
The ideal applicant will have work experience and familiarity with the following:
• Extensive experience in enterprise software suite - Required 5 Years
• Extensive technical knowledge in the areas of application system analysis and design and programming of a large-scale distributed application system - Required 5 Years
• Strong experience with Java, JavaScript, MS SQL, PLSQL, Web Services, SOAP, and XML - Required 5 Years
• Experience with development best practices and methodologies to evaluate, diagnose, and develop applications for optimal systems performance - Required 5 Years
• Senior level experience writing optimized SQL queries and analyzing existing SQL queries for performance improvements - Required 5 Years
• Experience in direct client contact and maintaining effective working relationships with end users and other internal/external staff - Required 3 Years
• Experience in organizing, prioritizing, and following complex and/or detailed technical procedures - Required 5 Years
• Experience with database design and file management techniques - Required 5 Years
• Senior level experience developing data transformation scripts for extract, migration, and interface needs - Required 5 Years
• Experience working with 3rd party Laboratory Information systems such as StarLims - Desired 1 Years