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About Health Research, Inc.

Health Research, Inc. (HRI) contributes to the health and well-being of the people of New York State by complementing and enabling the strategic public health goals of the New York State Department of Health (DOH), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC), and other health-related entities.

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HRI provides best-in-class resource administration for stakeholders and programs related to the work and priorities of the Department of Health and its other partners. HRI does this through the provision of knowledge, expertise, funding guidance, and fiduciary oversight of sponsored program funding for public health and research programs in concert with community partnerships.

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Health Research, Inc. (HRI) offers a robust, comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees, including:

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• Health, dental and vision insurance - Several comprehensive health insurance plans to choose from;
• Flexible benefit accounts - Medical, dependent care, adoption assistance, parking and transit;
• Generous paid time off - Paid federal and state holidays, paid sick, vacation and personal leave;
• Tuition support - Assistance is available for individuals pursuing educational or training opportunities;
• Retirement Benefits - HRI is a participating employer in the New York State and Local Retirement System and offers optional enrollment in the New York State Deferred Compensation Plan. HRI provides a postretirement Health Benefits Plan for qualified retirees to use towards health insurance premiums and eligible medical expenses;
• Employee Assistance Program - Provides educational and wellness programs, training, and 24/7 confidential services to assist employees, both personally and professionally;
• And so much more!

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Responsibilities

The Senior Software Engineer/Developer will be located within the Bureau of Surveillance and Data Systems and will work directly with the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) to take the lead on enhanced informatics needs related to EIP Data Modernization grant deliverables. Specifically, the incumbent will ensure that the Communicable Disease Electronic Surveillance System (CDESS) disease supplemental forms are updated with new surveillance fields and are tested for accuracy and will assist with data quality verifications for the transmission of Health Level 7 (HL7) case notification data to CDC, focusing on the respiratory and invasive bacterial diseases as well as foodborne disease messages. This position will as also evaluate and implement alternate case notification technologies pending CDC decisions. The incumbent will also data exchange between New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) information systems and CDESS to electronically capture laboratory data in case report forms including Whole Genome Sequencing patterns and drug susceptibility results for selected enteric pathogens; sequencing results, and state immunization registry vaccine information for EIP pathogens. The incumbent will participate in regular calls with EIP and the technical assistance team and will work closely with EIP Surveillance Officers to resolve case reporting issues that are identified during audits and edit checks of EIP data.

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Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Computer Science, Biostatistics, Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology or a closely related field and four years computer programming, database design/development, or systems analysis experience; OR an Associate’s degree in a related field and six years of such experience; OR eight years of such experience. A Master's degree in a related field may substitute for one year of experience.

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Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Health Informatics, Computer Science, Biostatistics or a related field and at least three years of experience in public health surveillance, data collection and management of public health program data. Experience with IT systems and/or large, population-based or other health related data sets (e.g. SPARCS, ECLRS), disease registries and working with confidential data, and database design/management and analytics. Use of programming tools such as JAVA and SQL; data analysis from a relational database; HL7; release management process and applicable software (e.g. CVS).

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Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

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Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position requires that the incumbent will report to the official work location and live within commuting distance to the official work location. Telecommuting will be available.

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HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.  

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HRI has a long-standing dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. HRI is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in all phases of its employment procedures and practices.

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Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Qualified Individuals with Disabilities/Qualified Protected Veterans

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www.healthresearch.org

Responsibilities

Health Research, Inc. is seeking a Director, Software Engineering, who will be dedicated to growing and sustaining technology to meet the business needs of an innovative scientific organization while promoting engineering and operational excellence. The incumbent will work within the Wadsworth Center. 

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Innovative, multidisciplinary research. Complex diagnostics and novel detection methods. High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art laboratory services. All are components of the scientific community that is the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health.  This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the information technology needs of Wadsworth Center. Wadsworth Center serves a vital role in the New York State Department of Health’s efforts to protect and promote the health of New York’s citizens.  Come be a part of Science in the Pursuit of Health ®! 

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The Director, Software Engineering will be responsible for the direction, oversight and management of complex information technology projects and all associated activities and staff for the Software Engineering function at Wadsworth Center.  This position will provide leadership, guidance, and direction for the Software Engineering function including oversight and coordination of the software development staff and operations.  This position will direct and oversee Wadsworth Center's critical applications supporting laboratory information management systems, kit ordering and other Wadsworth core functions.  This position will be responsible for leading and supervising software engineering teams through architecting, designing, building, testing, and implementing innovative services and technical solutions across our full stack.  The Director of Software Engineering will be responsible for the technical roadmap for Wadsworth’s platform, as well as their team’s performance and career development.  The incumbent will encourage innovation and implementation of new technology, and ensure scalable, secure and resilient implementations. The Director, Software Engineering will be responsible for continuity of services and being a change agent.   Other related duties as assigned.

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Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and six years of experience in the direction and/or management of an an information technology program or closely related field, public health, health/human services, or health regulatory program or community-based services program/organization; OR an Associate’s degree in a related field and eight years of such experience; OR ten years of such experience. The years of experience must have included policy formulation, program planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and/or allocation of resources. At least four years of experience must have included supervision of staff. A Master’s degree in a related field may substitute for one year of experience.

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Preferred Qualifications

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• Five years’ experiencing managing teams using Java, Python, Oracle, JSP, GIT, Javascript, JQuery, Angular, Jenkins Three years’ experience with CI/CD processes, containers, test automation, cloud deployments 
• Seven years’ experience in web development and distributed architectures including microservices 
• Three years’ experience working within cloud environments such as AWS and GCP 
• Five years’ experience in Agile methodology 
• Three years’ experience in governmental setting. 
• Five years’ experience in securing confidential data systems 
• Five years’ experience producing data sets and data models to support data analysts and research scientists Previous experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and laboratory sample workflows.

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Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

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Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Travel, up to 25% of the time, will be required.

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This position requires that the incumbent will report to the official work location and live within commuting distance to the official work location. Telecommuting will be available.

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This position may require occasional work on weekends, after-hours, and holidays.

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HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.  

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HRI has a long-standing dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. HRI is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in all phases of its employment procedures and practices.

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Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Qualified Individuals with Disabilities/Qualified Protected Veterans

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www.healthresearch.org

Responsibilities

Innovative, multidisciplinary research. Complex diagnostics and novel detection methods. High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art laboratory services. All are components of the scientific community that is the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health.  The Senior Software Engineer/Developer will oversee computer application development in support of the Wadsworth Center under the Public Health Infrastructure grant.  This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the information technology needs of Wadsworth Center including software development to support laboratory accessioning, processing, resulting and reporting.  Specific duties will include: performing application development tasks including researching and documenting technical designs, programming solutions, and customer technical support; developing unit tests and testing processes autonomously to ensure conformity of the application with business requirements and implement change management; overseeing the release management process, including the testing, promoting and releasing of applications through the development environment; and leading code critique sessions and overseeing the development of technical design documentation.  Other related duties as assigned. 

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This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the Wadsworth Center’s mission in the New York State Department of Health’s efforts to protect and promote the health of New York’s citizens. Come be a part of Science in the Pursuit of Health®!

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Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology and four years of computer programming, database design/development, or systems analysis experience; OR an Associate’s degree in a related field and six years of such experience; OR eight years of such experience.  A master’s degree in computer science or information technology may substitute for one year of experience.

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Preferred Qualifications

Four years’ experience building Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using modern MVC-based frameworks, such as Vaadin or Angular, from specifications expressed by use cases, class diagrams, interaction diagrams and sequence diagrams. Four years’ experience in application development using Spring and/or enterprise Java technologies, such as Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) and REST web services.  Four years’ experience programming with SQL and interfacing with Oracle databases using persistence frameworks like Java Persistence API (JPA), Hibernate or myBatis.  Two years’ experience with JavaScript.  Two years’ experience in program management and supervision of staff.  Domain knowledge of Laboratory Information Management System.

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Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

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Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Travel, up to 25% of the time, will be required.

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This position requires that the incumbent will report to the official work location and live within commuting distance to the official work location. Telecommuting will be available.

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HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.  

​

HRI has a long-standing dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. HRI is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in all phases of its employment procedures and practices.

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Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Qualified Individuals with Disabilities/Qualified Protected Veterans

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www.healthresearch.org

Responsibilities

Health Research, Inc. is seeking a Director, Software Engineering, who will be dedicated to growing and sustaining technology to meet the business needs of an innovative scientific organization while promoting engineering and operational excellence. The incumbent will work within the Wadsworth Center. 

​

Innovative, multidisciplinary research. Complex diagnostics and novel detection methods. High-tech instrumentation and state-of-the-art laboratory services. All are components of the scientific community that is the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health.  This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the information technology needs of Wadsworth Center. Wadsworth Center serves a vital role in the New York State Department of Health’s efforts to protect and promote the health of New York’s citizens.  Come be a part of Science in the Pursuit of Health ®! 

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The Director, Software Engineering will be responsible for the direction, oversight and management of complex information technology projects and all associated activities and staff for the Software Engineering function at Wadsworth Center.  This position will provide leadership, guidance, and direction for the Software Engineering function including oversight and coordination of the software development staff and operations.  This position will direct and oversee Wadsworth Center's critical applications supporting laboratory information management systems, kit ordering and other Wadsworth core functions.  This position will be responsible for leading and supervising software engineering teams through architecting, designing, building, testing, and implementing innovative services and technical solutions across our full stack.  The Director of Software Engineering will be responsible for the technical roadmap for Wadsworth’s platform, as well as their team’s performance and career development.  The incumbent will encourage innovation and implementation of new technology, and ensure scalable, secure and resilient implementations. The Director, Software Engineering will be responsible for continuity of services and being a change agent.   Other related duties as assigned.

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Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and six years of experience in the direction and/or management of an an information technology program or closely related field, public health, health/human services, or health regulatory program or community-based services program/organization; OR an Associate’s degree in a related field and eight years of such experience; OR ten years of such experience. The years of experience must have included policy formulation, program planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and/or allocation of resources. At least four years of experience must have included supervision of staff. A Master’s degree in a related field may substitute for one year of experience.

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Preferred Qualifications

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• Five years’ experiencing managing teams using Java, Python, Oracle, JSP, GIT, Javascript, JQuery, Angular, Jenkins
• Three years’ experience with CI/CD processes, containers, test automation, cloud deployments 
• Seven years’ experience in web development and distributed architectures including microservices 
• Three years’ experience working within cloud environments such as AWS and GCP 
• Five years’ experience in Agile methodology 
• Three years’ experience in governmental setting. 
• Five years’ experience in securing confidential data systems 
• Five years’ experience producing data sets and data models to support data analysts and research scientists
• Previous experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and laboratory sample workflows.

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Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

​

Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

​

Travel, up to 25%, will be required.

​

This position may require occasional work on weekends, after-hours, and holidays.

​

This position requires that the incumbent will report to the official work location and live within commuting distance to the official work location. Telecommuting will be available.

​

HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.  

​

HRI has a long-standing dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. HRI is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in all phases of its employment procedures and practices.

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Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Qualified Individuals with Disabilities/Qualified Protected Veterans

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www.healthresearch.org