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Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Systems Administrator IV - Health Systems

Enterprise ApplicationsUpdated on Nov 9
Full-timePleasanton, CA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least three years of experience working with Epic or comparable health system software, or at least three years of scripting or programming experience.
  • At least one year in an informal leadership role working with IT or operational teams.
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Social Science, Education, Business, Health Care, or a related field, plus at least six years working in IT or operations; equivalent additional work experience may substitute for the degree requirement.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze, design, configure, implement, optimize, and support Epic applications, translating complex clinical and business requirements into scalable technology solutions aligned with organizational goals, Epic best practices, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
  • Lead and support large-scale projects, system implementations, upgrades, and optimization initiatives across the application lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, build, testing, implementation, training, optimization, and production support.
  • Identify opportunities to improve system functionality, operational efficiency, and the end-user experience.
  • Build, test, validate, and support assigned applications, and investigate and document future-state operational specifications and application functionality.
  • Analyze application capabilities, workflows, data collection, report details, and clinical or technical issues associated with Epic software.
  • Develop and document internal procedures used with Epic applications; investigate user preferences; prioritize and implement system changes and updates; and serve as a liaison between end users, third parties, and Epic implementation staff.
  • Collect information, prepare specifications for system enhancements, analyze new-release functionality, and test each new release.
  • Provide supervisory support to the system administration team.
  • Complete work assignments and support business-specific projects by applying subject-area expertise, supporting work plans to meet priorities and deadlines, ensuring procedures and policies are followed, coordinating and assigning resources, collaborating on business decisions, solving complex problems, escalating high-priority issues or risks, and identifying improvement opportunities.
  • Provide coworkers and customers with information, resources, advice, and expertise; build cross-functional stakeholder relationships; influence through technical explanations and examples; adapt to competing demands and responsibilities; give and respond to performance feedback; support team collaboration; and learn from change and feedback.
  • Meet timelines to deliver appropriate, sustainable, and prompt solutions.
  • Assist technical and project team members in resolving system problems and application-specific issues.
  • Support enterprise system stability, availability, and performance by conducting complex systems analysis to identify problems, trends, and improvement opportunities across systems, applications, networks, databases, storage, and security.
  • Provide first- and second-level support for enterprise systems and other IT domains by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex incidents.
  • Escalate unresolved or critical issues, risks, and problems to system engineers.
  • Communicate with product users and suppliers to share information, identify opportunities, resolve problems, prioritize customer requirements, and maintain continuous improvement through customer feedback.
  • Plan and perform complex system configuration.
  • Participate in installation, upgrade, and decommissioning of designated systems, products, and infrastructure.
  • Document new and existing system configurations and procedures, ensuring configuration documentation is complete and accurate.
  • Plan hardware and software changes in production environments by conducting impact analyses.
  • Support vendor activities and participate in and influence change-management processes.
  • Define maintenance, modification, and documentation for complex and advanced applications.
  • Support development of guidelines to prevent or resolve recurring problems.
  • Recommend and execute performance-tuning and optimization activities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Three years of experience in Epic administration and configuration.
  • Three years of experience administering and custom-configuring large off-the-shelf applications or software packages.

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated healthcare provider and payer platform

Kaiser Permanente runs an integrated healthcare platform that lets members manage and pay medical, premium, and pharmacy bills online. It serves Medicare Advantage, Individual and Family, and non-employer plans, offering options to pay as a guest or set up payment plans. The platform works by presenting a centralized online portal where users can view bills, choose how to pay, and handle multiple types of charges in one place. Revenue comes from premiums and medical services fees, while the service aims to reduce administrative work for both providers and patients and encourage on-time payments. What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is its combination of healthcare services with a single billing experience across multiple plan types, focusing on a user-friendly, centralized payment process rather than handling billing through separate systems. Its goal is to provide a straightforward, reliable way for members to manage and pay their bills, improving convenience and payment timeliness.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
Founded
1945

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