Scientific Programmer II - Children's Learning Institute

UTHealth Houston and Children's Learning Institute is hiring a Scientific Programmer II! This role will support Texas Early Childhood Professiomal Development System (TECPDS) and Texas Infant-Toddler Specialist Network!

A strong candidate may have: strong skills in query optimization, data modeling, table design, and data validation; experience developing ETL/ELT processes for data integration, transformation, and reporting; working with large datasets and multiple data sources to support business intelligence and analytics initiatives; creating dashboards, reports, and data visualizations; gathering reporting requirements from stakeholders and translating business needs into technical solutions; automating data collection, reporting, and quality assurance processes; familiarity with Jira; strong collaboration skills; effective written/verbal communication.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus many more! 

Position Summary:

Applies experience and technical skills obtained from a concentrated degree program in the biomedical sciences, computer science or engineering in defining requirements and designing and developing highly specialized programs and applications in a research setting. In addition, this position mentors junior level colleagues.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Defines program and/or system requirements working with stakeholders.
• Leads the design of programs and systems from requirements.
• Ensures that the specification provided are thorough and detailed in order to avoid problems in coding development.
• Verifies the design with system stakeholders. Makes changes as appropriate.
• Translates program and system requirements into technical specifications.
• Codes moderate and complex programs and ensures that the programs conform to technical specifications.
• Thoroughly and adequately unit tests all functions of the program.
• Designs and conducts system and integration testing. Works with stakeholders to verify results.
• Prepares documentation on the program or series of programs.
• Prepares the proper paperwork and follows correct procedures for implementing new programs or changes in production.
• Responsible for the maintenance of completed/existing programs and systems.
• Adheres to departmental standards and generally accepted industry standards, policies and procedures for system development. Promotes the adherence to standards among junior colleagues.
• Maintains currency in subject matter required to perform job. Consults resource materials as needed.
• Perform quality assurance reviews on junior colleagues' work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

None

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree in computer science or engineering required.

Minimum Experience:

3 years of relevant research experience in appropriate scientific area required.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.