IT Consultant II - Laboratory Solutions

Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Pleasanton
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

As a IT Consultant II for the ITSO CDTS Laboratory Portfolio, you will participate in various aspects of Laboratory Application Product Management and Software Development Lifecycle Management. This includes but is not limited to estimating, design, implementation, documentation, configuration, testing, deployment, and support of Lab applications developed for our business partners. As a member working in a team environment, you will work in conjunction with other Solution Consultants and IT Engineers on product management, development, and implementation activities. You will work in a team with strong skills and knowledge in various Laboratory Application, such as Cerner Millennium, EPIC Beaker, Wellsky Bloodbank, Middleware Solutions and many others. You will implement, troubleshoot, and optimize solutions based on Business needs and requirements.


Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for providing support for customers (users), and assigned applications and/or information systems, including software implementation, integration, configuration, and testing. Additional responsibilities also include supporting solution design, researching how to help translate requirements into workable technical solutions, and supporting the evaluation of third-party vendors as directed.

Essential Responsibilities:

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• Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.
  
• Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others and managers; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
  
• Develops requirements for complex process or system solutions within assigned business domain(s) by interfacing stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture) and leading junior team members in the development process as appropriate.
  
• Leverages multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) across multiple business domains.
  
• Develops and documents comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of proposed solutions.
  
• Provides insight and supports the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across multiple domains.
  
• Maps current state against future state processes.
  
• Identifies the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.
  
• Provides recommendations to management and business stakeholders on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes across regions or domains.
  
• Identifies and validates value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
  
• Supports solution design by providing insight at design sessions with IT teams to help translate requirements into workable business solutions.
  
• Identifies and recommends additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.
  
• Participates in evaluating third-party vendors as directed.
  
• Supports continuous process improvement by participating in the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across multiple business domains.
  
• Recommends regional and/or national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
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  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and a Minimum of Six (6) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
    
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