Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Senior Automation Engineer

Position Status: Full-time, Day Shift

Position Location: This position is an remote position available in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Standard Working Hours: 8:00AM to 5:00PM (ET).

Position Summary:

The Senior RPA Engineer role requires UiPath development experience delivering and maintaining automation in a production environment. Utilizing UiPath and other technology, this role will design and implement reliable and scalable automation solutions, identifies and applies automation across diverse technology stacks. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to shape technical strategies and participates in the architecture and design of solutions, prioritizing factors such as reliability and scalability. Contributes to crafting high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code while actively providing support for production processing and monitoring of automation effectiveness. This role will also participate in POC's, innovation efforts and development of end-to-end process optimization solutions incorporating the latest technologies available, including Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, GenAI, Intelligent Document Processing, etc.

Job Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

Identify, pilot, select, and implement appropriate solutions, potentially across multiple technology stacks and integrated solutions

Mentor and guide junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical strategies and automation solutions

Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture, design, and coding guidelines

Contribute to the development of user and administrator documentation

Architecture And Design:

Architect and design complex automation solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security

Research and integrate other intelligent automation technologies into the framework, inclusive of OCR, NLP, AI, and ML

Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools to enhance development processes

Analyze and solve complex technical problems independently, providing innovative and effective solutions

Contribute to the optimization of existing processes, products & solutions

Coding And Development:

Lead the development of high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code

Drive the adoption of best practices, coding standards, and design patterns

Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to quality standards and promote knowledge sharing

Monitor and measure the effectiveness of automations and troubleshoot as needed

Provide support for production automation

Additional Competencies and Skills:

Excellent problem solving and prioritization skills with strong attention to detail

Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills

Excellent organizational and analytical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Proven ability to work with minimal direction, as well as be resourceful and independent in solving problems

Proven ability to work well with all levels in the organization (both business & technical), with the ability to keep discussions at the approprautomationte level of abstraction

Demonstrated communication capabilities with key stakeholders

Minimum Requirements:

• 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience with UiPath
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Experience working with Azure Compute and Azure DevOps products
• Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, VB, C# or .NET

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing custom code that will be utilized in automated solutions is strongly preferred
• Experience working in the Healthcare industry
• Experience with IA technologies (OCR/IDP, NLP/NLG, AI/ML)

Remote opportunities available in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

For applicants within Washington State, the following hiring range will be applied:  $100,464.00 to$167,419.20 /annually.

Diversity and Inclusion at Sentara

Our vision is that everyone brings the strengths that come with diversity to work with them every day. When we are achieving our vision, we have team members that feel they belong and can be their authentic selves, and our workforce is reflective of the communities we serve.

We are realizing this vision through our Diversity and Inclusion strategy, which has three pillars: A diverse and talented workforce, an inclusive and supportive workplace, and outreach and engagement with our community. We have made remarkable strides in these areas over the past several years and, as our world continues to evolve, we know our work is never done.

Our strategies focus on both structural inclusion, which looks at our organizational structures, processes, and practices; as well as behavioral inclusion, which evaluates our mindsets, skillsets, and relationships. Together, these strategies are moving our organization forward in an environment that fosters a culture of mutual respect and belonging for all.

Please visit the link below to learn more about Sentara’s commitment to diversity and inclusion:

https://www.sentara.com/aboutus/mission-vision-and-values/diversity.aspx

Sentara Overview

For more than a decade, Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked Sentara Health as one of the nation's top integrated healthcare systems. That's because we are dedicated to growth, innovation, and patient safety at more than 300 sites of care in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, including 12 acute care hospitals.

Sentara Benefits

As the third-largest employer in Virginia, Sentara Health was named by Forbes Magazine as one of America's best large employers. We offer a variety of amenities to our employees, including, but not limited to: 

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Annual Leave, Sick Leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement funds with matching contribution
• Supplemental insurance policies, including legal, Life Insurance and AD&D among others
• Work Perks program including discounted movie and theme park tickets among other great deals
• Opportunities for further advancement within our organization

Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For information about our employee benefits, please visit: Benefits - Sentara (sentaracareers.com)

Join our team! We are committed to quality healthcare, improving health every day, and provide the opportunity for training, development, and growth!

Please Note: The yearly Flu Vaccination is required for employment.

Note: Sentara Health offers employees comprehensive health care and retirement benefits designed with you and your family's well-being in mind. Our benefits packages are designed to change with you by meeting your needs now and anticipating what comes next. You have a variety of options for medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, disability, and voluntary benefits as well as Paid Time Off in the form of sick time, vacation time and paid parental leave. Team Members have the opportunity to earn an annual flat amount Bonus payment if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

The Senior Automation Engineer designs and implements reliable and scalable automation solutions, identifies and applies automation across diverse technology stacks. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to shape technical strategies and participates in the architecture and design of solutions, prioritizing factors such as reliability and scalability. Contributes to crafting high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code while actively providing support for production processing and monitoring of automation effectiveness. This role will also participate in POC's, innovation efforts and development of end-to-end process optimization solutions incorporating the latest technologies available, including Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, GenAI, Intelligent Document Processing, etc.

Job Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

Identify, pilot, select, and implement appropriate solutions, potentially across multiple technology stacks and integrated solutions

Mentor and guide junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical strategies and automation solutions

Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture, design, and coding guidelines

Contribute to the development of user and administrator documentation

Architecture And Design:

Architect and design complex automation solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and security

Research and integrate other intelligent automation technologies into the framework, inclusive of OCR, NLP, AI, and ML

Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools to enhance development processes

Analyze and solve complex technical problems independently, providing innovative and effective solutions

Contribute to the optimization of existing processes, products & solutions

Coding And Development:

Lead the development of high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code

Drive the adoption of best practices, coding standards, and design patterns

Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to quality standards and promote knowledge sharing

Monitor and measure the effectiveness of automations and troubleshoot as needed

Provide support for production automation

The ideal candidate will have the following competencies & skills:

Excellent problem solving and prioritization skills with strong attention to detail

Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills

Excellent organizational and analytical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Proven ability to work with minimal direction, as well as be resourceful and independent in solving problems

Proven ability to work well with all levels in the organization (both business & technical), with the ability to keep discussions at the approprautomationte level of abstraction

Demonstrated communication capabilities with key stakeholders

Required:

Understanding of agile software development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)

Experience working with Azure Compute and Azure DevOps products

Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, VB, C# or .NET

Preferred:

Experience developing custom code that will be utilized in automated solutions is strongly preferred

Experience with UiPath

Experience working in the Healthcare industry

Experience with IA technologies (OCR/IDP, NLP/NLG, AI/ML)

• Bachelor's Level Degree