Application Systems Analyst III - PACS Administrator

Socket.dev; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health seeks a PACS Admin to support enterprise imaging and clinical applications across hospital systems. The role focuses on configuring PACS, RIS, VNA, and AI integrations to enhance radiology workflows.

The position requires strong DICOM/HL7 expertise, experience with cloud architecture and security, and leadership in multi-site deployments. Collaboration with IT and clinical teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Clinical field or equivalent.
• Experience configuring and integrating enterprise PACS, RIS (Epic experience or certification), VNA, and voice recognition platforms like PowerScribe One.
• Proficiency in DICOM syntax, HL7 messaging (ADT, ORM, ORU), MWL management, and DICOM router configuration (Dicom Systems Unifier, etc).
• Experience implementing AI diagnostic tools (Aidoc, Viz.ai, Lunit) and integrating results into PACS interfaces.
• Knowledge of RESTful standards (WADO-RS, STOW-RS, QIDO-RS) and HL7 FHIR for mobile/EHR viewing.
• Hybrid or cloud-native Enterprise Imaging architectures (AWS/Azure) with cloud VNA storage tiering.
• Advanced scripting for automating DICOM tag morphing and data cleansing.
• Familiarity with medical device cybersecurity and network segmentation.
• Experience leading PACS upgrades, multi-site rollouts, disaster recovery planning.
• Certifications: CIIP, ARRT, Epic Radiant/Cupid, vendor credentials.

Responsibilities

• Participates in meetings to discuss team and project activities and updates.
• Performs system builds and testing for software lifecycle activities with quality outcomes.
• Resolves incidents and work orders within SLA timelines and complete tasks on time.
• Maintains and creates documentation as needed.
• Acts as a resource to end users and team members on application usage and workflows.
• Executes and updates test scripts including unit and integrated tests.
• Collaborates with training staff to develop training materials and guide implementation.
• Researches new feature requests and participates in stakeholder reviews and documentation.

Skills

PACS admin

DICOM/HL7

Cloud architecture

Project leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Clinical

Tools

Python scripting

PowerShell

Bash

Dicom Systems Unifier

Job description

Overview

This posting is for a PACS Admin: --Knowledge of PACS, voice dictation, and EHR software's. --Experience configuring and integrating radiology imaging modalities.

The Application Systems Analyst is responsible for formulating and defining system scope and objectives through research and fact finding to develop and modify moderately complex information systems. The individual supports a variety of departmental clinical applications as well as interfacing between a broad spectrum of hospital systems. This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Participates in meetings to discuss team and project related activities, issues, change, communications, and updates.
• Performs system builds and testing for software lifecycle activities. Ensures quality outcomes and assesses integrated impact.
• Resolves incidents and work orders work according to agreed upon SLA's and assigned timelines. Completes project tasks on time with quality outcomes.
• Maintains and creates documentation as needed.
• Acts as a resource to end users and team members with regard to application utilization in context with workflow.
• Performs the execution and update of test scripts, including unit, application and integrated test scripts.
• Works with training staff and the instructional designer to guide the build and implementation of training tips and lesson plans to support features and optimization of the system.
• Researches and analyzes new feature requests. Completes system build and testing as defined. Participates in stakeholder review, implementation documentation and communication planning.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work under high stress conditions in a changing environment.

• Flexibility in accepting assignments, including on call and overtime activities.

• Organizational and analytical skills, ability to prioritize.

• Strong technical management and technical problem resolution skills.

• Demonstrated ability to perform application build and testing for assigned applications.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or Clinical Discipline or equivalency.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Strongly Preferred

An Application Systems Analyst for Enterprise Imaging in an AMC balances high-reliability technical infrastructure with a service-focused acumen and clinical enablement mentality.

• Service Delivery Excellence: Commitment to exceeding expectations, meeting and exceeding SLAs, responsive escalation, and high customer satisfaction for clinical faculty and clinicians.
• Experience Level: Direct support of enterprise PACS (Philips, Sectra, Visage, other), RIS (Epic experience or certification), VNA (Vendor Neutral Archive), and voice recognition platforms like Microsoft (Nuance) PowerScribe One.
• Core Standards: Proficiency in DICOM syntax, HL7 messaging (ADT, ORM, ORU), Modality Worklist (MWL) management, and DICOM router configuration (Dicom Systems Unifier, other).
• Technical & Database: Database and application troubleshooting, interface error log analysis, data mapping, and SQL scripting.
• AI Workflow Orchestration: Experience implementing and monitoring FDA-cleared AI diagnostic tools (e.g., Aidoc, Viz.ai, Lunit) and integrating AI results/overlays into PACS reader interfaces.
• DICOMweb & FHIR Protocols: Knowledge of modern RESTful web standards (WADO-RS, STOW-RS, QIDO-RS) and HL7 FHIR for lightweight image viewing across mobile devices and EHR patient portals.
• Cloud Architecture & VNA Tiering: Practical experience with hybrid or cloud-native Enterprise Imaging architectures hosted on AWS or Azure, including cloud VNA storage tiering.
• Advanced Scripting: Python, PowerShell, or Bash capabilities for automating DICOM tag morphing, data cleansing for research environments, or synthetic load testing.
• IoMT & Medical Device Cybersecurity: Familiarity with DICOM TLS encryption, medical device network segmentation, etc.
• Project & Clinical Leadership: Track record of leading projects, PACS upgrades, multi-site hospital rollouts and support, and disaster recovery planning.
• Non-Radiology EI Expansion: Specialized background expanding Enterprise Imaging systems into non-radiology domains, examples, Digital Pathology (whole-slide imaging), Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), other …ologies.
• Certifications: CIIP (Certified Imaging Informatics Professional), ARRT (Radiologic Technologist), Epic Radiant or Cupid certifications, and vendor-specific PACS credentials (e.g., Sectra, Visage, GE, Philips).

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Crawling, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Non Indicated, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking