Senior Laboratory Application Support Specialist

LCH Lab. Corp. of America Holdings; North Carolina; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

STD/LTD, 401(k), PTO/FTO, Tuition Reim

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Labcorp is seeking an Senior Laboratory Information Application Support Specialist to maintain and optimize core laboratory information systems. You will manage HL7 data exchanges, perform system validation, and coordinate with IT and vendors to ensure compliant, secure operations.

Responsibilities include configuring test profiles, leading CSV efforts, and delivering training to lab staff while driving software upgrades and migrations in a regulated healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 5+ years hands-on experience supporting clinical LIS or scientific LIMS applications.
• 5+ years with HL7 standards, interface messaging protocols, and TCP/IP data routing.
• 5+ years administering laboratory middleware architecture.
• 3+ years writing SQL queries for data extraction and reporting.
• 3+ years experience with computer systems validation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• System Administration & Support: Maintain up-time, user access, and overall stability for LIS/LIMS platforms and middleware.
• Configuration & Interface Management: Configure analytical test profiles, workflow rules, calculations, and reporting formats; build and maintain HL7 data exchange interfaces between laboratory applications and EHR.
• Compliance, Validation & Quality Assurance: Lead CSV efforts, including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols; manage change controls, SOPs; ensure audit-ready logs and data integrity.
• Project Leadership & Training: Drive application life cycle projects, regression testing, and training materials for lab clinicians and IT staff.

Skills

HL7 standards

Interface messaging

TCP/IP data routing

Laboratory middleware architecture

SQL queries

Computer systems validation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

HL7 data interfaces

Laboratory middleware

LIS/LIMS platforms

Job description

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.
Labcorp is a global leader in diagnostic testing and drug development solutions, helping healthcare providers, researchers, and patients make informed decisions that advance care. Join us in our mission to improve health and improve lives.

Work Schedule

This is a full‑time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.

Responsibilities:

• System Administration & Support: Maintain up-time, user access, and overall stability for LIS/LIMS platforms and middleware. Troubleshoot complex application bugs, system errors, and data transmission failures. Manage the application support ticket queue, prioritizing business‑critical issues. Act as the primary liaison between laboratory operations, corporate IT, and third‑party software vendor.
• Configuration & Interface Management: Configure analytical test profiles, workflow rules, calculations, and reporting formats. Build and maintain HL7 data exchange interfaces between laboratory applications and Electronic Health Records (EHR). Map new test codes, billing protocols, and clinical documentation fields.
• Compliance, Validation & Quality Assurance: Lead Computer System Validation (CSV) efforts, including writing and executing IQ/OQ/PQ protocols. Author and manage change controls, system documentation, and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Ensure strict compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, HIPAA, CAP, CLIA). Maintain audit‑ready system logs and safeguard data integrity principles.
• Project Leadership & Training: Drive application life cycle projects, including major software upgrades and database migrations. Conduct end‑to‑end (E2E) regression testing for software updates and environment refreshes. Design and deliver training materials for laboratory clinicians, technicians, and secondary IT staff. Coach and mentor application development team on laboratory workflows.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Five or more years of hands‑on experience supporting clinical LIS or scientific LIMS applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five or more years of experience working in a heavily regulated environment in either healthcare, pharmaceuticals, or biotech.
• Five or more years of experience with HL7 standards, interface messaging protocols, and TCP/IP data routing.
• Five or more years of experience administering laboratory middleware architecture.
• Three or more years of experience writing database queries (SQL) for custom data extraction and reporting.
• Three or more years of experience with computer systems validation frameworks.

Additional Job Standards:

• Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving skills under high‑pressure clinical deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to bridge technical IT concepts with clinical personnel.
• Project management capabilities to balance daily production tickets alongside long‑term strategic projects.

The Senior Laboratory Information Application Support Specialist provides expert‑level application consulting, technical support, and system administration for core laboratory information systems. This role ensures compliant, secure, and highly reliable operations by overseeing system configuration, workflow optimization, and regular software upgrades. Serving as a senior technical escalation point, this specialist leads complex troubleshooting, coordinates with external software vendor, and support application development team.

Benefits:

• Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan.
• Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on 7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer: Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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