Associate Implementation Engineer- Kansas City
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Summary
The Associate Implementation Engineer works at the intersection of technical support, software implementation, engineering, and education. In this role, you will become a go-to technical expert on how the Ascendco platform is deployed, configured, connected, and supported in fast-moving, complex, and critical healthcare environments.
Support is at the center of this role. Most of your time will be spent partnering with our Support team on Tier 2 issues — the problems that require someone to dig into how the platform actually works, investigate what’s happening, and determine how to resolve it. You’ll work closely with Software Engineering as you build deep platform expertise, helping resolve increasingly complex issues without requiring engineering involvement every time.
You’ll also support expansion implementations as existing clients add new modules, capabilities, sites, and workflows. Working alongside our Client Success Managers, Implementation Specialists, and more experienced Implementation and Interface Engineers, you’ll help hospital IT teams complete the technical work required to successfully expand their use of the Ascendco platform.
As your expertise grows, you’ll take increasing ownership of technical implementation work and support new client implementations as well. This includes system configuration, deployment, networking, printers, infrastructure requirements, troubleshooting, and coordination with client IT teams. Along the way, you’ll create and improve technical documentation that empowers both our clients and internal teams to work effectively with the Ascendco platform
Responsibilities
- Partner with our Support team to investigate and resolve Tier 2 and other complex
technical support requests. - Troubleshoot technical issues by understanding how the platform’s components work
together and using available administrative, configuration, diagnostic, logging, and
support tools to identify what is happening and determine next steps. - Work closely with Software Engineering to develop deep expertise in the platform,
resolve complex issues, and help protect engineering capacity by solving problems at
the appropriate support level. - Communicate technical findings, resolution steps, dependencies, and risks clearly to
Support, Client Success, client IT teams, and other stakeholders. - Identify recurring problems and opportunities to improve software configuration,
documentation, tooling, and internal support processes. - Build and maintain troubleshooting guides, technical documentation, and educational
resources that help clients and internal teams resolve issues more effectively. - Support expansion implementations as existing clients add new modules, capabilities,
sites, and workflows. - Partner with Client Success Managers and Implementation Specialists to execute the
technical and IT workstreams of expansion projects, providing clear updates on
progress, dependencies, risks, and technical requirements. - Work directly with client IT teams to communicate infrastructure, networking, security,
deployment, printer, and configuration requirements and guide them through required
technical tasks. - Configure and support the Ascendco platform as clients expand their use of our
software. - Shadow experienced Implementation and Interface Engineers on increasingly complex
technical implementations and integration projects, building toward independent
ownership of technical implementation work. - Support new client implementations as your platform knowledge and implementation
experience grow. - Participate in QA and testing as new functionality is developed, deployed, and
operationalized. - Serve as part of the feedback loop between Support, Software Engineering, Client
Success, Implementation, internal subject matter experts, and our clients as the platform
continues to evolve. - Spend approximately 25% of your time traveling to client facilities to support expansion
go-lives, technical implementations, and other onsite technical needs.
Requirements
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both
technical and non-technical audiences. - Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability
to investigate problems, identify next steps, and follow through to resolution. - Technical curiosity and excitement about understanding not only how software is used,
but how it works behind the scenes. - An investigative mindset and enjoyment of troubleshooting problems that do not always
have an immediately obvious answer. - Comfort learning and working with software configuration, administrative tools,
networking concepts, logs, diagnostic tools, and technical systems without needing to be
a software developer. - Patience and empathy when working with both people and technology.
- Ability to prioritize and manage support requests, implementation work, and competing
priorities while maintaining focus and achieving successful outcomes. - Ability to adapt quickly as priorities, client needs, and software functionality evolve.
- Ability to work effectively both remotely and in shared technical workspaces.
- Passion for continuous learning and improvement.
Work Environment & Culture
Ascendco operates in a flexible hybrid environment that combines in-person collaboration with remote work, along with approximately 25% travel to client facilities. You’ll join a team building mission-critical healthcare technology that helps surgical teams work more effectively and deliver better patient care. We value ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement. You’ll have the opportunity to develop deep expertise in the Ascendco platform while becoming a trusted technical resource for our clients and internal teams. This is a role for someone who enjoys learning how systems work, solving real problems, and helping both clients and teammates succeed. As your technical expertise grows, you’ll be given increasing responsibility and the opportunity to take ownership of more complex Tier 2 issues, expansion implementation work, client IT relationships, and technical challenges.