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Role Description Shape the world of health care by joining UPMC! As a leader in the industry, we are committed to enhancing the lives of all who are a part of our community. The Leave Specialist provides administrative and transactional support services for employees' leave of absence requests. Services include: - Advising employees and managers on all leave of absence policies and processes (i.e. FMLA, Military, Jury, Bereavement, Company-specific leaves, etc.) - Support for HR Professionals - Payroll/HRIS updates - Employee and manager communications - Case tracking This position is work-from-home anywhere in the Continental US. Despite the pay range listed, the current budget for this position is $25.40 - $27/hr. Responsibilities include: - Advising employees, employee's family members, managers, and HR Professionals on leave policies and processes. - Tracking employee absences as reported via web, fax, phone, and e-mail. - Resolving issues by interacting with employee's manager, Human Resources, payroll, or disability specialists. - Coordinating the leave process; verifying eligibility, determining leave approval, calculating leave length, and monitoring maximum duration of leave allowed under federal/state and/or client policy. - Supporting the return-to-work process. - Handling in-bound and outbound employee leave-related calls. - Applying concepts and rules as mandated by guidelines for FMLA and other federally or state mandated or company-specific leaves. - Maintaining communications with the employee, the employee's manager, Human Resources, and all integrated partners throughout the duration of the leave. - Utilizing HR information system [Peoplesoft], payroll system [Kronos], and web-based vendor software as needed to input and update leave data and generate reports. - Assisting in the identification of recommendations to positively impact the efficiency and quality of service delivery. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree and 1 year of leave of absence processing or Human Resources experience, OR High School and 3 years of leave of absence processing or Human Resources experience. - Minimum of 1 year of Absence processing required. - Ability to use and navigate web-based software programs and Microsoft Office products [Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.]. - Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. - Knowledge of client leave policies, federal and state leave laws pertaining to leave of absence. Requirements - Certified Leave Management Specialist (CLMS) designation required within 12 months of hire. - To maintain designation, 20 hours of continuing education credits are required every two years. Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description UPMC Health Plan is hiring a full-time UM Care Manager to support our UM Clinical Operations team. This role will primarily work Monday - Friday standard daylight hours, with occasional Saturday shifts required. This is a primarily telephonic role with electronic responsibilities. Preference will be given to candidates with a Pennsylvania RN license. The Utilization Management (UM) Care Manager is responsible for: - Utilization review of health plan services. - Assessment of member's barriers to care. - Working with providers and assessing members to ensure a safe and coordinated discharge from an inpatient setting. - Interacting daily with facility clinicians, physicians, and UPMC Health Plan care managers and Medical Directors as part of the member treatment team. - Facilitating transitions in care for skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term acute care as needed. - Coordinating with Health Plan case managers or health management staff members to follow-up after discharge from an inpatient setting. - Providing guidance and assistance to providers and members to ensure that health care needs are met through the delivery of covered services in the most appropriate setting and cost-effective manner. Responsibilities include: - Obtaining documentation to support requested level of care within defined health plan regulatory timeframes and providing verbal and/or written notification to providers as applicable. - Consulting with health plan medical director to discuss medical necessity for requested service. - Documenting all activities in the Health Plan's care management tracking system following Health Plan and internal department standards. - Identifying trends and opportunities for improvement based on information obtained from interaction with members and providers. - Reviewing and documenting clinical information from health care providers including clinical history, home environment, support system, available caregiver, cognitive and psychological status. - Conducting clinical reviews for authorization requests using established criteria including Interqual, Mahalik, and health plan policy and procedures for inpatient, outpatient, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Behavioral Health, and Private Duty Nursing. - Participating in health plan interdisciplinary team conferences and collaborative case reviews to discuss complex cases and determine appropriate discharge plan or level of service. - Consulting with health plan medical director on an as-needed basis to discuss medical necessity for requested service. - Working closely with peers and other departments to determine discharge needs including necessary referrals to health plan care management for short or long-term interventions. - Maintaining communication with health care providers regarding health plan determinations. - Identifying potential quality of care concerns and never events and referring to health plan quality management department. Qualifications - Minimum of 2 years of experience in a clinical and/or case management nursing required. - Minimum of 1-year work-related experience in Utilization Management required. - Work experience of 1 year in discharge planning preferred. - BSN preferred. - Strong organizational, task prioritization, and problem-solving skills. - Ability to construct grammatically correct reviews using standard medical terminology. - Computer proficiency required. Requirements - Case management certification or approved clinical certification preferred. - Registered Nurse (RN). - Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. - Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state. Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description UPMC Corporate Revenue Cycle is hiring a Coder II- Profee to join our Coding Department! This position will be a work-from-home position working Monday through Friday during business hours. As the Coder II, you will: - Review all pertinent physician, nursing, and ancillary documentation. - Determine the level of acuity, procedure(s) performed, billable supplies, and diagnosis to substantiate medical necessity. - Review and sequence all codes to maximize reimbursement and address any potential bundling issues. - Handle LMRP/CCI edit and coding denial resolution. Responsibilities include: - Utilize computer applications and resources essential to completing the coding process efficiently. - Meet and maintain charge lag and appropriate coding productivity standards within the time frame established by management staff. - Refer problem accounts to appropriate coding or management personnel for resolution. - Identify incomplete documentation in the medical record and formulate a physician query to obtain missing documentation and/or clarification to accurately complete the coding process. - Monitor and resolve coding edits and denials in a timely manner to ensure optimal reimbursement. - Make forward progress toward meeting coding accuracy standards within the first year of employment. - Utilize standard coding guidelines, principles, and coding clinics to assign the appropriate ICD and CPT codes for all record types. - Review coding for accuracy and completeness prior to submission to billing system utilizing CCI edits. - Adhere to internal department and system-wide competencies, behaviors, policies, and procedures to ensure efficient work processes. - Actively participate in monthly coding meetings and share ideas and suggestions for operational improvements. - Maintain continuing education by reviewing updated CPT assistant guidelines and updated coding clinics. - Complete work assignments in a timely manner and understand the workflow of the department. - Maintain daily productivity statistics and submit a weekly productivity sheet to management. Qualifications - High school graduate or equivalent. - In lieu of 2 years of coding experience with schooling, a minimum of 3 years experience or CPC certification required. - Graduate of an approved certified coding program preferred with a curriculum that includes Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, Medical Terminology, ICD-9-CM/ICD-10 and CPT Coding Guidelines and Procedures. - Proficient computer skills with MS Excel knowledge preferred. - General Surgery coding experience is preferred. Requirements - Eligible for CPC or CPC specialty certification. - Act 34 clearance. Benefits - UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description The Account Representative, Senior is responsible for all fiscal functions necessary to ensure the prompt and correct payment to the hospital of all monies owed by both insurers and patients. Responsibilities include: - Ensure claims are submitted accurately and timely. - Communicate with insurance companies, patients, and physicians regarding payment issues. - Establish reasonable payment arrangements. - Recommend adjustments according to UPMC policies. - Review the posting and balancing of payment/denial and adjustment transactions necessary for closing accounts. - Identify and assign appropriate status codes. - Review high dollar accounts on a regular basis. - Identify recurring problems and procedural deficiencies to report to management. - Serve as a key mentor to staff for training and procedural direction. Qualifications - Must have 1 year of claims/billing/collections experience; OR 4 years in a business office setting; OR a Bachelor's Degree; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, and effective problem-solving skills are necessary. - Must be able to communicate with patients, payers, outside agencies, and the general public through telephone, electronic, and written correspondence. - Prior working experience on personal computers, electronic calculators, and office equipment is needed. - Must be multi-disciplined in billing, collections, denials, credit balances, and/or the various payers. - Prior collections or medical billing experience with basic understanding of ICD9, CPT4, HCPCS, and medical terminology is preferred. - Familiarity with third party payer guidelines and reimbursement practices and available financial resources for payment of balances due is beneficial. - This position requires organization and time management skills. - The incumbent must develop and manage relationships with colleagues in a professional, independent manner. - The position requires the ability to maintain confidentiality with regard to all assignments. Requirements - Ability to work multiple payers. - Verify accuracy of payment posting and reimbursement. - Work with appropriate payer and/or department to resolve any payment discrepancies. - Identify root cause issues and recommend corrective action steps to eliminate future occurrences of denials. - Assist in claim appeal process and/or perform follow-up in accordance with Revenue Cycle policies and procedures. - Manage assigned book of business by ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of billing, collections, contractual postings, payments, and adjustments of accounts based upon their functional area standards. - Evaluate and recommend referrals to agency, law firm, Financial Assistance, and Bad Debt. - Understand third party billing and collection guidelines. - Demonstrate knowledge of the current functionality of the patient accounting systems. - Identify issues and submit corrective action recommendations. - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. - Meet quality assurance benchmark standards and maintain productivity levels as defined by management. Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description UPMC is hiring a Senior BI Developer to join the Epic Healthy Planet Team! Work Location: Remote (with potential rare travel for implementation project, training to vendor headquarters) The Epic Healthy Planet Team is responsible for supporting UPMC Quality Initiatives. This team supports changes to regulatory specifications, vendor upgrades related to these specifications, report development and testing, and rollout of tools to stakeholders to track and submit data. This team supports larger projects such as those related to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), Uniform Data Systems (UDS), along with other Quality and Regulatory healthcare initiatives. This position will assist with managing quality projects across multidisciplinary teams. - System Integration - May be responsible for the coordination of tasks and resources related to system integration, validation of testing, and implementation. - SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) - Have a proficient understanding of multiple system/application development life cycles. - Data Quality - Maintain data quality at all times. - Application Upgrades and Implementation - Identify new functionality and/or software requirements related to application upgrades and implementations. Creates test plans. Responsible for review and validation of functionality. Report back any problems. Create and/or manage cutover plans including downtime, etc. Responsible for evaluating impact and coordinating efforts across multiple platforms as necessary. - Interactions with Others - Successfully completes projects, tasks, and initiatives by embracing a team-first approach. Works in collaboration with team and offers feedback, where appropriate, to complete individual and group efforts. Shows the ability to adjust and be flexible to change by adapting approach when necessary. Demonstrated ability to mentor and support the development of less experienced team members. - Communication - Responsible for demonstrating appropriate, clear, concise, and effective written and oral communications in all interactions to build relationships and accomplish day-to-day work and projects. - Data Confidentiality/Security - Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information at all times. - Project Management - Take ownership of a project and have the ability to distribute tasks to team members and meet milestone completion. Update all project management and time tracking tools accordingly. - Vendor Relationships - Interact with vendors (technical issues, project initiatives) independently, as necessary. Ability to act as the point person for issue escalation. - End-User Training - Ability to create training content. Facilitate more detailed user training sessions. Ability to train peers. - Documentation - Complete detail-oriented documentation for new and moderately complex processes. Responsible for the quality and validity of produced documents. Extract and document customer/business requirements and needs for use by enterprise architecture and engineering teams (network, system, and software). - Second and Third Level Support (Including Maintenance Activities) - Independently triage and resolve Level 2 and Level 3 support issues. Act as a mentor to less experienced staff in resolution of Level 2 and Level 3 issues. Ability to handle problem management as appropriate. - Process Improvement - Ability to manage process improvement efforts. Create and update processes, as necessary. Ability to independently recognize opportunity for process improvements. - Self-Development - Responsible for continuous self-study, trainings, partnering with more senior members of team, and/or seeking out opportunities to broaden scope to stay up to date with industry and organizational trends. Seeks feedback from senior team members for development and effectively incorporates feedback into work and behaviors. Qualifications - Preferred bachelor's degree typically in computer science, mathematics, HIM, analytics, statistics, or relevant associated course work or 4 years equivalent BI work experience. - Preferred: Experience with BI tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Qlik, or Tableau. - Preferred: Experience with report writing tools such as Microsoft SSRS, Business Objects, Cognos, etc. - Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Understanding of data governance, data quality, and data management best practices. - Ability to plan and manage simultaneous tasks and projects. - High degree of professionalism, enthusiasm, and initiative. - Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment is a must. - Experience working with minimal direction and the keen ability to leverage business sense to guide decision making. - Strong attention to detail. - Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects, strong interpersonal relationships, excellent planning, communication, documentation, and analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Preferred knowledge of clinical workflow in hospital, ambulatory and post-acute environments. Requirements - Work with leadership on new project initiatives. - Healthcare analytic experience preferred. Preferred Qualifications - Knowledge of healthcare quality programs such as CMS, MIPS, ACO, PCMH, HEDIS, UDS. - Knowledge of Department of Health and The Joint Commission clinical regulatory guidelines. - Understand regulatory guidelines for Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio. - Have worked with an electronic health record such as Epic/EpicCare. - Knowledge of clinical workflows. - Ability to project manage across multiple teams. - Have experience with electronic health record application build tools preferred but not required. - Epic Certification in an area such as Ambulatory or Healthy Planet preferred but not required. Top Skills Needed - Project manage across many teams and with vendors. - Work with operational leaders to verify government regulations are represented in electronic health record build. - Self-educate on new build within Epic electronic health record as it relates to new regulatory needs. - Maintain catalog of quality programs across all application teams. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances - Act 34 UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Role Description The UPMC Health Plan is seeking a Medical Director to join our Utilization Management team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of clinical experience, as well as experience working with a Health Plan. The Medical Director, Utilization Management is responsible for assuring physician commitment and delivery of comprehensive high-quality health care to UPMC Health Plan members. This fully remote role will be responsible for: - Assuring physician commitment and delivery of comprehensive high-quality health care to UPMC Health Plan members. - Overseeing adherence to quality and utilization standards through committee delegations. - Establishing effective working relationships between UPMC Health Plan's Network and its physicians, hospitals, and other providers. Responsibilities - Provide leadership direction for provider credentialing processes. - Ensure physicians devote sufficient time to the CHC-MCO for timely medical decisions, including after-hours consultation as needed. - Lead and direct efforts in meeting Quality Improvement and Care Management goals aimed at improving member health status outcomes and established business strategies. - Provide expedited review and determination of medically pressing issues in accordance with established policies of the Health Plan. - Participate in daily utilization management and quality improvement review processes, including concurrent, prospective, and retrospective reviews, member grievances, provider appeals, and potential quality of care concerns. - Stay current with accepted standards and professional developments in quality improvement and utilization management. - Communicate and educate network providers regarding clinical guidelines, pathways, protocols, and standards related to quality and utilization processes. - Report the communication of reportable communicable diseases in accordance with statute. - Interact with physicians regarding opportunities to improve member satisfaction and compliance with Utilization Management and Quality Improvement policies and procedures. - Work with the DOH State and District Office Epidemiologists in partnership with designated county/municipal health department staff to report reportable conditions in accordance with 28 Pa. Code 27.1 et seq. - Support implementation of the Health Plan's Quality Improvement and Care Management Programs through daily interventions. - Represent the Health Plan in external accreditation and certification activities. - Act as the first level physician reviewer for all cases referred by the Quality Improvement and Care Management Departments. - Support adherence to quality and utilization standards and establish effective working relationships between UPMC Health Plan's Network and its physicians, hospitals, and other providers. Qualifications - Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from an accredited school (Required). - Minimum of 5-10 years of clinical experience (ideal candidates). - Managed Care experience preferred. - Preference for candidates with board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, or Emergency Medicine. Requirements - Doctor of Medicine (MD) OR Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO). - PA Medical License. Benefits - Premier benefits package designed to care for your total well-being — physically, emotionally, and financially. - Endless opportunities for career advancement and growth. Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description Shape the world of health care by joining UPMC! As a leader in the industry, we are committed to enhancing the lives of all who are a part of our community. Without our employees, we would not be able to innovate health care for our patients and health plan members. To continue our tradition of excellence, we are in search of a full-time Managing Actuary. The Department of Health Economics is seeking a Managing Actuary! This credentialed healthcare actuary would drive high-visibility impactful analysis and would be responsible for developing and driving medical cost improvement strategies for UPMC Health Plan in collaboration with leadership. - Develop and evaluate financial outcomes of value-based contracts. - Analyze medical cost utilization and unit cost data. - Identify top trend drivers of contract performance. - Develop strategies across cross-functional teams such as Network, Actuarial, Finance, and Clinical. - Support the execution of those strategies. - Supervise 2-3 supporting staff, including actuarial analysts. This position is a work-from-home position located anywhere within the continental US. Responsibilities - Partner with Health Plan senior leadership for creative problem-solving and strategic decision-making involving medical cost improvement strategies. - Direct a team to produce detailed actuarial and financial models which communicate near and long-term projections of financial performance of value-based provider reimbursement contracts. - Forecast and interpret financial results of value-based contracts, including variances from budget. - Develop healthcare claims cost and utilization trends for use in projections defining savings methodologies for provider arrangements. - Develop and gain support for data-based recommendations with team members from product, clinical, network, and strategy functions. - Bring clarity to complex problems using exceptional communication skills when engaging with senior leadership and technical audiences. - Apply an understanding of complex actuarial concepts, methods, and applications in a variety of situations. - Creatively leverage a wide range of datasets to inform key analyses. - Build strong relationships within cross-functional workgroups including Network, Pharmacy, Actuarial, Analytics, and Finance teams. - Ensure that departmental work products meet the highest standards of quality. - Manage and develop a team of 2-3 supporting staff including actuarial analysts. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, economics, or related field required; advanced degree preferred. - ASA certification by Society of Actuaries required; FSA preferred. - 6.5 years of experience in progressively more responsible actuarial work in health insurance/managed care or equivalent training/education. - Experience in development and settlement of value-based provider contracts, network and reimbursement methodology analysis, claims-based experience analysis, trend analysis is a strong preference. - Experience with commercial and government health programs preferred. - In-depth understanding of health insurance market dynamics. - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. - Good oral and written communication skills. - Adaptability and ability to prioritize effectively. - Strong PC skills. - Data retrieval skills and relational database experience. - Management experience preferred. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances - ASA or FSA certification by Society of Actuaries required. - Membership in the American Academy of Actuaries required.

Role Description UPMC Health Plan has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Improvement Analyst, Senior position in the Medicare department. This is a full-time position working Monday through Friday daylight hours. This is a remote position, preferably in the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Applicants with Health Plan experience will be highly considered. The Quality Improvement Analyst, Senior will manage comprehensive analysis of data and information for various UPMC Health Plan products and programs. The role includes: - Taking a leadership role in the enhancement, development, documentation, and communication of identified variances and assessment of strategic opportunities. - Understanding the causes of quality, clinical trends, and anomalies. - Identifying opportunities to improve clinical and quality performance using knowledge from various sources. - Articulating opportunities to internal and external audiences, implementing solutions, and tracking progress. - Weighing practical considerations and potential barriers to successfully implement new programs and processes. Responsibilities include: - Independently prioritizing and managing 3-to-5 advanced quantitative and/or statistical analytics projects simultaneously. - Applying advanced data extraction and manipulation skills, complex analysis methods, statistical analysis, and data visualization tools. - Producing a combination of quality analysis and clinical utilization analysis to generate insights into drivers of Health Plan performance. - Routinely analyzing quality and clinical results. - Demonstrating attention to detail and initiative in discovering errors in data or analyses. - Developing knowledge and expert understanding of all products and benefit designs of UPMC Health Plan insurance offerings. - Producing customer-oriented reports that provide business context for the analysis and recommendations. - Becoming increasingly familiar with basic medical claims terminology to interpret the impact of care delivery on Health Plan performance. - Consistently demonstrating a strong customer orientation, producing analyses on-time and communicating results effectively. Quality Improvement is a fluid, dynamic, fast-paced environment. The successful employee is comfortable with ambiguity in priorities and maintains professionalism and a team-player attitude in the face of analytical challenges of moderate-to-high complexity. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in business, mathematics, statistics, health care management, decision sciences, or a similar field, or equivalent work experience. - Master's degree preferred. - Minimum of four years of work experience in an analytics job function; six years are preferred. - Demonstrated expertise in particularly relevant analytical methods or health care business domain may reduce time-in-position requirements. Requirements - Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: Act 34. Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description Do you have clinical care experience? Are you an RN looking to grow your career? UPMC is hiring a full-time Authorization Nurse. This position works Monday through Friday, as well as rotating weekends (typically 1 every 5-6 weeks) and holidays (usually 1 per year), during daylight hours. Additionally, this position is eligible to work from home. The Authorization Nurse provides support to appropriate UPMC departments and healthcare providers by obtaining referrals and/or authorizations for any acute admissions, hospital services, and treatments. The employee uses their knowledge of acute care experience and payer regulations to assess medical necessity and ensure the presence of supporting documentation to obtain authorization. Additionally, they communicate pertinent clinical information to Physicians, Medical Directors, or CFO. If this sounds like the position for you, apply today! Responsibilities - Serve as a liaison between care managers and payors and facilitates payor/physician contact when indicated. - Communicate to the Medical Directors, Attending Physicians and/or CFO, if indicated, regarding evaluation of medical appropriateness. - Act as a resource to other departments as well as the care managers leveraging clinical expertise relative to the authorization process. - Collaborate with other departments to ensure all information/documentation is obtained to support authorization, level of care and/or medical appropriateness. - Ensure clinical review process is followed in order to meet payor deadlines. - Report to management on an ongoing basis trends/barriers that could necessitate process improvement from a concurrent standpoint. - Assist in determining system-wide care management needs through investigation of authorization process and identification of root cause. - Identify and assign a root cause to each case to ensure denial reasons are tracked. - Monitor and evaluate for area of process improvement related to the payor specific authorization process. - Maintain current knowledge of regulatory guidelines related to authorizations. - Perform clinical review for cases referred for cases requiring authorization or adherence to payor medical policies. - Maintain collaborative relationships with utilization management and departments at payor organizations. - Provide ongoing education/feedback to care managers and other departments as related to the payor specific authorization process. Qualifications - RN required; BSN or Bachelor's degree preferred. - Licensed in practicing state. - 5 years of acute care clinical experience. - 2 years payer or care management experience. - Understanding of clinical and care management process. - Knowledge of medical necessity criteria (InterQual). - Ability to apply InterQual criteria appropriately. - Prior utilization review experience. - Knowledge of payer reimbursement structure. - Excellent customer service skills. - Negotiation skills for obtaining appropriate level of care. - Critical thinking/assessment skills. - Self-motivation/autonomy. - Organization/time management and prioritization skills. - Proficient in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. - Experience working with databases preferred. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances - Registered Nurse (RN) - Act 34 - Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state. Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Role Description UPMC is hiring two Software Engineer-Associates to join their Application Engineer team. This opportunity offers an excellent total rewards package and opportunity for growth. If you have C#, REST / Web API, Microsoft Stack, APPLY NOW. Work Location: Fully Remote Work Hours: Standard daylight hours must be able to work eastern standard time Purpose: Under the direction of management and more senior members of the team, the Software Engineer - Associate will contribute to the overall Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by completing assigned projects and tasks by meeting established quality measures. Responsibilities - Show fundamental knowledge of application development cycle. - Follow established coding and unit testing standards. - Submit code for review and deliver quality, unit test code. - Participate in peer code reviews. - Be highly available and responsive on chat during Eastern time work hours. - Be on time for meetings and use camera when asked. - Successfully complete projects, tasks, and initiatives by embracing a team-first approach. - Work in collaboration with team and offer feedback, where appropriate. - Show the ability to adjust and be flexible to change. - Show fundamental knowledge and the ability to learn secure coding processes. - Follow established design patterns and has awareness of back-end design and user experience standards. - Responsible for individual components of design. - Show the ability to resolve basic issues and offer input on issue resolution. - Responsible for less complex components of integration within a module. - Create basic technical documentation. - Has ownership in success of projects. - Responsible for estimating and delivering on individual task within project. - Responsible for demonstrating appropriate, clear, concise, and effective written and oral communications. - Responsible for continuous self-study, trainings, and seeking out opportunities to broaden scope. - Develop, validate and implement software solutions based on customer requirements. - Performs other duties as assigned. - Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors. Qualifications - Typically has familiarity with the work through education or practical experience. - Experience with complex development environments. - Deep knowledge of programming. - Basic understanding of the SDLC. - Highly driven and self-motivated to exceed expectations. - Ability to work independently and in a team-based environment. - Proficient in both oral and written communication. Requirements - Top 3 Skills Needed: - C# - REST / Web API / Open API Specification - Microsoft Azure Cloud - Preferred: - YAML knowledge (bonus) - SAFe certification or training (bonus) - Scrum certification or experience (bonus) - Current or past UPMC employee or contractor Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances - Act 34 Company Description UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.