Job Location Type: Hybrid

.NET Application Architect

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33401

.Net Application Architect
*This position is 100% onsite during the first month, then hybrid with 4 days/week onsite

Description:

  • Seven years of progressive responsibility in an IT environment with demonstrated technical knowledge which provides the necessary skills knowledge and abilities.
  • Three years relevant Experience with enterprise-wide integration architecture in .net environment required.
  • Experience designing and developing web-based applications using C# .NET Core HTML CSS JavaScript React Node.JS SQL Server and RESTful Web APIs.
  • Strong knowledge in Cloud based architecture and design solutions.
  • Experience with cloud environments AWS Azure and/or Google Cloud.
  • Strong communication and written skills. Ability to work out differences of opinions and publish scalable and quality system design based on specification.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience with source code control systems DevOps preferred and CI/CD processes.
  • Strong knowledge of OOAD and multi-tier architectures and application of architectural design patterns for solution.
  • Strong knowledge with enterprise software development techniques such as SOA / EDA based design Microservices using Web API Queue based processing using any messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ MSMQ etc.
  • Ability to design develop and maintain large scale high performing high transactional systems.
  • Ability to diagram and document designs and requirements.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with presentation experience.
  • Ability to work as a collaborative member of a team while also being comfortable inleading a work initiative when directed to do so.
  • Ability to set strategic architectural direction in integration technologies.
  • Design and architect Identity and Access Management IAM solution using AD Microsoft application servers and Azure.
  • Design and develop low level environment and production environment to support Software development cycle.
  • Guide project teams with the implementations consistent with company policies and practices
  • Align projects with business and IT strategy to help projects sustain alignment with company policy’s and standards
  • Write policy and standards as needed to sustain company compliance with regulatory changes
  • Work with development and QA teams to ensure the use of secure coding practices and verification methods
  • Development of product roadmaps and align efforts to meet security goals
  • Deep knowledge in service-oriented architecture frameworks standards and tools.
  • Deep understanding of the architecture standards and best practices surrounding integration technologies
  • Deep understanding of the security considerations and implications surrounding SOA and transaction management.
  • Ability to determine the architectural implications from requirements that impact other areas of enterprise architecture.
  • Ability to breakdown requirements into project estimates and to determine timelines and dependencies with the other domains/ projects.
  • Clear understanding of ongoing and planned projects and their inter-dependencies/timelines.
  • Clear understanding of the governance process.
  • Deep understanding of all Enterprise Architecture processes.
  • Strong analytical problem solving and planning skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
  • Flexibility to adapt readily to changing business needs.
  • Enthusiastic can-do attitude with the drive to learn and improve.
  • Deep knowledge for design configuration and management of Azure and AWS.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Ten years of progressive responsibility in a .NET development environment, Required 7 Years
  • Demonstrated technical knowledge which provides the necessary skills, knowledge and abilities, Required 7 Years
  • Three years relevant experience with enterprise-wide INTEGRATION architecture in .NET environment required., Required 3 Years
  • Strong knowledge of OOAD and multi-tier architectures, and application of architectural design patterns for solution., Required 7 Years
  • Ability to design, develop and maintain large scale, high performing, high transactional systems in .NET., Required 7 Years
  • Expertise in C# programming language., Required 7 Years
  • Ability to diagram and document designs and requirements., Required 7 Years
  • Strong communication and written skills. Ability to work out differences of opinions and publish scalable and quality system design specifications, Required 7 Years
  • Ability to work as a collaborative member of a team while also being comfortable in leading a work initiative when directed to do so., Required 7 Years
  • Ability to set strategic architectural direction in integration technologies., Required 7 Years
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with presentation experience., Required 7 Years
  • Design and architect DVS Business applications., Required 7 Years
  • Design and develop low level environment and production environment to support Software development cycle., Required 7 Years
  • Design and architect Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution using AD, Microsoft application servers and Azure., Required 3 Years
  • Write policy and standards as needed to sustain company compliance with regulatory changes, Required 7 Years
  • Guide project teams with the implementations consistent with company policies and practices, Required 7 Years
  • Align projects with business and IT strategy to help projects sustain alignment with company policy’s and standards, Required 7 Years
  • Write policy and standards as needed to sustain company compliance with regulatory changes, Required 7 Years
  • Work with development and QA teams to ensure the use of secure coding practices and verification methods, Required 7 Years
  • Development of product roadmaps and align efforts to meet security goals, Required 7 Years
  • Design and develop databases, Required 7 Years
  • Deep knowledge in service-oriented architecture frameworks, standards and tools., Required 7 Years
  • Ability to diagram and document designs and requirements., Required 7 Years
  • Deep understanding of the architecture standards and best practices surrounding integration technologies, Required 3 Years
  • Deep understanding of the security considerations and implications surrounding SOA and transaction management., Required
  • Ability to breakdown requirements into project estimates and to determine timelines and dependencies with the other domains/ projects., Required
  • Ability to determine the architectural implications from requirements that impact other areas of enterprise architecture., Required
  • Clear understanding of ongoing and planned projects and their inter-dependencies/timelines., Required
  • Clear understanding of the governance process., Required
  • Deep understanding of all Enterprise Architecture processes., Required
  • Strong analytical, problem solving and planning skills., Required
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills., Required
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment., Required
  • Flexibility to adapt readily to changing business needs., Required
  • Optimize database systems for performance and reliability., Required
  • Monitor and provide technical assistance to resolve all database issues related to performance, security, capacity, and access., Required
  • Ensure data integrity and quality in database systems., Required
  • Prepare documentations regarding database design, configuration and change management tasks., Required
  • Experience with messaging platforms (such as Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ or MSMQ) and messaging patterns., Highly desired
  • Experience with Virginia State Government and VITA, highly desired, Nice to have

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Senior Business Systems Analyst

  • Location: Mechanicsville, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33391

Senior Business Systems Analyst
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite

Description:

  • This contract position will be serving as a Senior Business Systems Analyst and Atlassian JIRA and BOX.com Administrator.
  • Should the authority purchase and implement other small COTS/SaaS applications this position would be instrumental in both their implementation and future maintenance and support.
  • In addition to support activities the incoming candidate will also be responsible for any requirements development and prioritization of enhancement requests.
  • They will also be responsible for escalating platform related issues and partnering with the appropriate vendor for resolution.
  • The incoming candidate needs to be a self-starter and fast learner who remains calm under pressure and who possesses excellent time management skills with an ability to communicate with colleagues from various areas of the organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as IT product configuration administrator for Atlassian, JIRA, BOX.com and any other small SaaS/COTS products implemented in future
  • Partner with business and IT stakeholders to identify and implement configuration-based enhancements to support Atlassian, JIRA, and BOX.com based on industry best practices
  • Troubleshoot and resolve configuration-related issues and defects and determine whether to escalate to vendor support
  • Partners with the key stakeholders to evaluate product upgrades and perform an impact assessment on both the existing systems and business processes
  • Elicits and writes requirements for all requested enhancements to supported products
  • Creates and/or maintains appropriately detailed business and system documentation
  • Creates detailed data mappings as needed for data integration with legacy systems
  • Serves as an escalation point of contact for the IT Production Support Team for supported systems
  • Partners with key business and technical stakeholders to maintain and/or establish standards and governance to ensure adherence to standards when it comes to the administration maintenance and enhancement of the supported applications
  • Partners with key business and technical stakeholders to annually review maintain and/or develop an operational support plan for the products
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for both the use of the supported applications and their technical implementation
  • Works with other IT functional groups to resolve issues related to connectivity and interfaces with other systems
  • Directs Stakeholders to submit a project initiation request for enhancements or additions that exceeds the bandwidth capacity and/or capabilities of day-to-day administration and 3rd party vendor supported enhancements
  • Coordinates Release Change Management efforts and for ensures that the change management process is followed for each release including those that contain just product configuration changes
  • Mentors and trains a back-up resource if/when available
  • Other duties as assigned such as a back-up to the CAR BAR and VAL applications as needed for resource redundancy training and guidance provided

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Has previous experience as a Sr. BSA or Applications Analyst as either a cloud-based or on-premise COTS product administrator
  • Previous experience as functional level expert and administration of Atlassian JIRA Jira Service Management Atlassian Access
  • Ability to learn new products and systems quickly
  • Possesses excellent problem solving and technical troubleshooting capabilities
  • Is a self-starter and independent worker does not require detailed instructions on what tasks to complete or how to complete them
  • Works independently and is able to effectively and efficiently translate business process and technical goals into actionable tasks
  • Able to balance multiple assignments simultaneously based on priority and complexity
  • Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills with both IT and Business Professionals at all levels of organization able to speak to big picture as well as technical details and knows when to speak to each and how
  • Diligently but tactfully pursues answers to needed questions to address gaps and advance work progress
  • Effectively facilitate meetings and requirements gathering sessions
  • Writes specific measurable and testable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Word Excel PowerPoint Visio
  • Makes recommendations for the logical design of COTs product enhancements
  • Publishes clear and effective process flows
  • Critical thinking skills

Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Previous experience as JIRA Architect
  • Certified Atlassian Cloud Administrator
  • Previous experience using and/or administering BOX.com

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience as a Sr. BSA and as either a cloud-based or on-premise COTS product administrator, Required 3 Years
  • Previous experiencing using and/or administering Atlassian JIRA and/or Confluence, Required 2 Years
  • Develops clear and effective business and system documentation (process flows, data mapping, etc.), Required 5 Years
  • Effectively facilitate meetings and requirements gathering sessions, Required 4 Years
  • Previous experience troubleshooting software related issues and defects (both SaaS/COTs and In-House developed), Required 2 Years
  • Basic SQL Skills (Select only, ability to write complex joins), Required 5 Years
  • Full SDLC experience, Required 5 Years
  • Experience working and partnering with Vendor Support, Required 2 Years
  • Previous experience using and/or administering Box.com, Highly desired 1 Years
  • Previous experience as JIRA Architect, Highly desired 1 Years
  • Certified Atlassian Cloud Administrator, Highly desired 1 Years

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ServiceNow Developer

  • Location: Raleigh, NC
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33388

ServiceNow Developer
*Local to Raleigh, NC only please
*This position is primarily remote with occasional onsite meetings

Description:

  • We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated ServiceNow Developer to join our dynamic team.
  • The ideal candidate will have a strong background in designing developing and implementing ServiceNow applications and solutions.
  • You will be responsible for customizing and configuring the ServiceNow platform to meet business needs as well as providing ongoing support and maintenance

Responsibilities:

  • Design and Development: Create and manage ServiceNow applications and modules including form design workflow creation and custom scripting.
  • Configuration: Customize ServiceNow modules and applications to fit the specific needs of the business including incident management change management problem management and more.
  • Integration: Develop and maintain integrations between ServiceNow and other systems or platforms using web services APIs or other integration tools.
  • Troubleshooting and Support: Identify and resolve issues with the ServiceNow platform including debugging and troubleshooting problems with scripts workflows or integrations.
  • Documentation: Develop and maintain technical documentation for ServiceNow configurations customizations and integrations.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with business analysts project managers and end-users to understand requirements and provide solutions that meet their needs.
  • Best Practices: Implement best practices for ServiceNow development and administration including coding standards testing procedures and change management processes.
  • Upgrades and Maintenance: Participate in system upgrades and maintenance activities ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Proven ServiceNow experience, Required 3 Years
  • Web applications, networks, protocols and email (SMTP, POP3), Required 3 Years
  • Basic understanding of ITIL v3 methodologies, Required 3 Years
  • Understanding of enterprise IT architecture, Required 3 Years
  • Working knowledge of relational databases, Required 3 Years
  • Web Technologies (XML, HTML, JAVA Script, AJAX, CSS, HTTP, etc.), Required 3 Years
  • Impeccable time-management and record keeping, Required 5 Years
  • The ability to take complex end-user requirements to code, Required 5 Years
  • A positive can-do attitude & willingness to learn, Required 5 Years
  • A strong personal commitment to quality service, Required 5 Years
  • The ability to work independently and with a team, Required 3 Years
  • LDAP directories, such as: Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP., Required 3 Years
  • Excellent communication, Required 5 Years

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Data Analyst

  • Location: Harrisburg, PA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33387

Data Analyst
*Local to Harrisburg, PA only please
*This is a hybrid position

Description:

  • The client is looking to hire a data analyst to assist with their Enterprise Risk Management program and other analyst projects.
  • The Data Analyst will collaborate with internal business partners to develop deliver and maintain analytic applications and solutions in furtherance of the department’s enterprise risk management goals.
  • Typical responsibilities include use case development and opportunity sizing experimentation and feature analysis strategic roadmap creation visualization and partnership with data engineering on data transformations.

Responsibilities:

  • Engage with internal partners to understand business strategy questions goals and risk.
  • Bring structure to business requests translate requirements into an analytical project approach and lead projects through completion.
  • Provide tactical and strategic guidance to peers specifically as it relates to performance reporting.
  • Leverage data to inform risk management practices set benchmarks and risk tolerance thresholds.
  • Acquire and compile structured and unstructured data and verify its quality accuracy and reasonableness.
  • Perform analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods.
  • Prepare and deliver visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible actionable solutions for business partners to implement.
  • Develop own and manage recurring analytic or reporting processes.
  • Proactively expand knowledge of business and analytics and shares with team members.
  • Share and document best practices.
  • Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Minimum of three years related work experience.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • Stakeholder management Tableau preferred/Power BI SQL Python risk management experience.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Minimum of three years related Data Analyst work experience., Required 3 Years
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience., Required
  • The ideal candidate will have: Stakeholder management, Tableau (preferred)/Power BI, SQL, Python and risk management experience., Required

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Splunk Cyber Security Engineer

  • Location: Fairfax, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33386

Splunk Cyber Security Engineer
*This is a hybrid position

Description:

  • Splunk Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for engineering data ingestion into the clients’ Splunk instance is configured and maintained properly.
  • This includes but is not limited to onboarding new data ingestion sources modifying and adjusting current sources and maintaining the backend of Splunk throughout the clients’ Operations Technology Network.

Responsibilities:

  • Splunk Backend Management
  • Management of Indexes
  • Onboarding new Indexes as needed
  • Onboarding Log Sources
  • Maintaining Current Log Sources
  • Installing/Update Apps and Addons in Splunk
  • Researching Splunk Add-ons
  • Splunk Change Management and Maintenance
  • Network Knowledge Understanding of how data flows throughout the network
  • Linux Syslog Maintenance
  • Log Rotation
  • Maintenance of Syslog Services
  • Red Hat Linux Administration
  • Linux Updates
  • Security Patching
  • Splunk Deployments
  • On Call for Splunk related outages

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Splunk Core, Required 3 Years
  • Splunk ES, Required 3 Years
  • Networking Knowledge, Required 2 Years
  • Splunk Management of Indexes, Required 3 Years
  • Splunk Apps and Addon’s Configuration Knowledge, Required 3 Years
  • Red Hat Linux Administration, Required 3 Years
  • Change Management Experience, Highly desired 3 Years
  • Linux Syslog Administration, Required 2 Years
  • Splunk Log Source Onboading, Required 3 Years
  • Splunk Maintenance, Required 3 Years
  • Splunk Gov Cloud, Highly desired 2 Years

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Senior .Net Developer

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33385

Senior .Net Developer
*Local to Richmond, VA only please
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite

Description:

  • The client is seeking a senior Developer with .Net Applications Developer experience who will be responsible for managing encoding analyzing complex software requirements to design and develop high quality components using the .NET Core framework.
  • The Senior Developer is expected to ensure that programming best practices are being followed prioritize work effectively and write system documentation when required.
  • The successful candidate should have strong communication skills to be effective in both technical and business requirement discussions.

Responsibilities:

  • Ability to develop applications and backend services using C# ASP.NET MVC Web API, Java Script, JQuery, Angular, JS Node.js, CSS, and Blazor.
  • Design and develop using appropriate software design patterns to attain high reusability and maintainability.
  • Write effective unit tests and integration tests to ensure high quality software delivery.
  • In-depth knowledge of system design patterns tiered architecture and testing practices.
  • Understanding of key business processes and competitive strategies related to the IT function.
  • Work with project business and system analysts to clarify the requirements and then implement them.
  • Participate in Agile SDLC.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Web Application development experience and fluency with JavaScript including frameworks JQuery, React, Angular or Blazor, CSS3 and HTML5, Required 10 Years
  • Experience with Automated Builds using Microsoft Team Foundation, Required 10 Years
  • Experience with Oracle SQL Server Database, Required 7 Years
  • Experience with PL/SQL and using Oracle Database, Required 7 Years
  • Experience with Process automation and troubleshooting, Required 7 Years
  • Experience with Agile SDLC best practices, Required 3 Years

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SharePoint Developer

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33384

SharePoint Developer
*Local to Richmond, VA preferred
*Candidate will need to pick up equipment onsite
*This is a hybrid position with occasional onsite meetings

Description:

  • The client seeks to digitize and automate current paper-based records to streamline access to information across the agency.
  • The client is digitizing its paper-based records for storage and management in SharePoint.
  • The client seeks a SharePoint Architect to support the digitization effort by creating and managing SharePoint sites for customers across the agency.

Responsibilities:

  • Advise customers on SharePoint features and how they apply to their unique needs
  • Understand and apply records management principles/rules based on individual customer requirements
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to create consistent user-friendly design and implementation approach
  • Apply user UI/UX best practices to ensure 508 compliance adherences to the clients’ design standards and provide a seamless user experience
  • Understand and troubleshoot security issues customer questions and other inquiries as needed
  • Understand and apply the clients’ approved standards and processes
  • Develop a SharePoint Records Center using retention labels to manage required retention policies creating and managing file plans and building simple workflows and processes
  • Develop solutions that comply with existing security protocols and guidelines
  • Identify and escalate items that are architecturally significant and thereby affect development design/approach/solution
  • Engage in consistent and ongoing interactions with customer subject matter experts
  • Facilitate trainings and education opportunities
  • Other duties as needed

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Extensive knowledge using SharePoint Designer and InfoPath
  • Ability to manage Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance Center
  • Experience with SharePoint site creation UI/UX design document library configuration view creation and metadata management
  • Extensive knowledge and experience developing in 4 or more of the Power Platform technologies specifically: Power Apps – Model Driven Power Apps -Canvas Apps Power Pages Power Automate – Cloud flows Power BI – Desktop Publishing to Online Power Query AI Builder

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • previous experience as a SharePoint Developer/Architect, Required 5 Years
  • UI experience, Required 4 Years
  • UX experience, Required 4 Years
  • developing custom SharePoint solutions, Required 4 Years
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform licensing, the API limits, and throttling limitations within Power Platform, Required 3 Years
  • Creating complex workflows and business processes using Power Automate, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with SharePoint site creation, UI/UX design, document library configuration, view creation, and metadata management, Required 5 Years
  • Professional experience developing in 4 or more of the Power Platform technologies, Required 4 Years
  • In-depth understanding of SharePoint in a records management, information governance or compliance role ideally with strong Records Management knowhow, Highly desired 2 Years
  • In-depth understanding of the Microsoft Azure, Azure Active Directory, and O365 platforms, Desired 2 Years
  • PL-100: Power Platform App Maker Associate, Desired 2 Years
  • Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, Desired 2 Years
  • Exam MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration, Desired 2 Years
  • Power Platform Fundamentals, Highly desired 2 Years

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SAS Programmer Analyst

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33383

SAS Programmer Analyst
*This is a hybrid position with 2 days/week onsite

Description:

  • The client has an immediate need for a Medicaid SAS developer with expertise in SAS Enterprise Guide visual analytics and in the design of data conversion strategy real-time analytics and reporting solutions for the Care Management CRMS and Encounter Processing EPS Solutions within the Medicaid Enterprise Solution MES.

Responsibilities:

  • Identifying data sources and data elements to meet business requirements
  • Creating and supporting automated data extracts and interface processes
  • Creating extract files reports analytics dashboards
  • Modifying existing processes to meet business requirements
  • Designing developing and testing solutions that meet complex business requirements
  • Working with business users to understand requirements
  • Working independently and collaboratively with other team members and stakeholders at all levels of the
  • organization external agencies CMS VITA and vendors
  • Working on multiple assignments concurrently and meet important target dates

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience with SAS Enterprise Guide, visual analytics for data analysis and reporting, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with data architecture, data integration, data visualization, reporting, and process automation, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with SAS (programming), R, PL/SQL, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with ETL tools, Business Analytics tools, Required 5 Years
  • Demonstrated ability to design, develop and test solutions for complex solutions that meet user and agency requirements, Required 5 Years
  • Development experience using Software Development Life Cycle methodologies, Required 5 Years
  • Experience communicating verbally and in writing with technical colleagues and business users, Required 5 Years
  • Experience providing accurate estimates of effort and duration to complete assignments, Required 5 Years
  • Experience creating documentation to include technical design, flow diagrams, test results and user documentation, Required 5 Years
  • Experience working with SAS scheduler, Required 1 Years
  • Experience creating CI/CD pipelines and software build automation in one or more platforms. (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline), Required 2 Years
  • Experience with GIT version control software and GIT workflows, Required 2 Years
  • Experience with Data Warehousing, ETL Architecture, Business Intelligence, Data Modeling, Data Governance, Highly desired 5 Years
  • Experience with Production Support and issue resolution, Highly desired 5 Years
  • Experience with MongoDB, Highly desired 2 Years
  • Experience with SAS Viya, Highly desired 1 Years
  • Experience with SAS Administration, Highly desired 1 Years
  • Experience with Qlik, Nice to have 1 Years
  • Working knowledge of JSON, XML, multi-schema files, parquet, etc., Highly desired 2 Years
  • Experience with Talend, Nice to have 1 Years

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Workstation Specialist

  • Location: Clearfield County, PA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33380

Workstation Specialist
*Local to the Clearfield, PA area only please
*This is a hybrid position with 4 days/week onsite

Description:

  • The client requires the services of a Workstation Specialist with advanced PC installation support and troubleshooting experience to work with existing client/IED Delivery Center IT team members to support users located at various offices construction field site offices county stockpiles and other remote offices throughout their geographic five-county region within the Commonwealth.
  • The Workstation Specialist will be responsible for assisting IT staff by providing Tier 2 support for hardware and software and installation and troubleshooting services throughout District 2.
  • Candidate must possess the ability to install and configure PC hardware peripherals and software in both a network primarily and stand-alone environments.
  • The ability to use diagnostic software is required.
  • The ability to read understand and follow technical manuals schematics and documented processes in the English language is required.
  • The ability to assemble and support a microcomputer system and multifunction printers as well as install Cat5e and/or Cat6 cable runs and perform cable terminations is required.
  • The ability to assemble and support a microcomputer system and multifunction printers as well as install Cat5e and/or Cat6 cable runs and perform cable terminations is required.
  • Specific knowledge required in LAN/WAN TCP/IP Remedy MS Windows RDP and SCCM.
  • The resource may also be required to document and follow technical processes. Strong communications customer service skills leadership a high level of attention to detail and the ability to function effectively in a fast-paced environment are also required.
  • Although the primary focus of this position is to support field site offices the Workstation Specialist will also be required to support all other areas of the client including all units throughout the District Office County Offices and Stockpiles Traffic Management Center Driver License Centers Welcome Centers and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and PA Emergency Management Association (PEMA) remote sites should the need arise.

Responsibilities:
1. Installs computer system hardware software and related peripherals in accordance with departmental procedures and technical manuals.

  • Installs and configures PC hardware and peripherals to meet user requirements.
  • Installs and troubleshoots Cisco VPN routers.
  • Connects/disconnects PCs and printers to the network or local device.
  • Assigns workstation names for PCs being added to the network using Active Directory.
  • Installs related software Windows applications network drivers needed for proper
  • functioning of the complete system and all interconnected devices.
  • Installs and configures CISCO AnyConnect VPN software.
  • Upgrades or repairs existing PC equipment by replacing or adding memory hard drives and I/O cards as required.
  • Installs and tests images.
  • Plan schedule and track hardware deployments.
  • Install and troubleshoot Cat5e/6 network cabling terminations and patching.
  • Train end users on use of newly deployed equipment and/or software.

2. Provides direct support for workstation requests and issues.

  • Responds to workstation related trouble calls both on-site and remotely.
  • Provide PC related support to end users via in person telephone and e-mail.
  • Process requests for enterprise user accounts.
  • Troubleshoots individual PC problems resulting from SCCM pushes.
  • Run SCCM reports and monitor workstations for compliance.
  • Creates and updates Remedy tickets.

3. Garage Diagnostics Software.

  • Ensures mobile devices and adapters are kept current with latest patches drivers firmware and software updates as well as routinely monitoring devices to ensure they are being connected to the LAN and receiving updates.
  • Masters the troubleshooting procedures and support requirements for the garage diagnostic software and adapters.

4. Mobile iOS device support.

  • Configures and issues new iPhones and iPads.
  • Troubleshoots issues and provides training to users.
  • Monitors and updates devices in MDM Console.

5. Ensure complete and accurate equipment inventory.

  • Unpacks/packs computer equipment.
  • Receives checks in and inventories equipment and reports all inventory transfers.
  • Records inventory information and updates Remedy Asset Management System.
  • Runs reports from Remedy Asset Management System.
  • Coordinate equipment deliveries and pickups with staff.

6. Telecommunications.

  • Support for telecommunication equipment and services to include wiring analog lines VoIP sets audio and video conference equipment smartboards web conferencing and unified communications i.e. Microsoft Teams.

7. Document technical processes and/or update existing documentation if needed.
8. Identify and recommend opportunities for efficiency gains.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting PC hardware/software in an enterprise LAN/WAN environment., Required 2 Years
  • Experience installing and supporting laptops/docking stations., Required 2 Years
  • Experience installing and supporting multifunction print devices., Required 2 Years
  • Experience with Remedy or similar ticketing system., Required 2 Years
  • Experience with premise cabling (installing Cat5e/6 cable and terminations)., Required 2 Years
  • Valid Driver’s License., Required
  • Ability and flexibility to travel to attend trainings, meetings, or assist other districts when required., Required
  • Possess the following core competencies: continuous attention to detail, high performance in a fast-paced, multitasking environment, Required
  • disciplined to follow established SOPs, and effective communication skills, both written and spoken, in the English language., Required
  • Experience with Cisco VPN router installation and support., Desired
  • Experience with Active Directory., Desired
  • Experience with Hyena System Management Software., Desired
  • Experience with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager., Desired
  • Experience creating process documentation (strong writing skills)., Desired
  • Experience in project management., Desired
  • Experience leading team deployments., Desired
  • Experience reading and interpreting architectural and electrical plan sets used for remodeling facilities and/or building new facilities., Desired

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Business Analyst

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33379

Business Analyst
*This is a hybrid position with 2 days/week onsite

Description:

  • BA required with technical background to support SW development IT Projects Waterfall/Agile

Responsibilities:

  • Perform all tasks related to business analysis conduct analysis determine problems identify business needs elicit requirements and manage stakeholders to meet business and project objectives.
  • During execution they facilitate the implementation of the Product service or result of the project.
  • Act as the link between the Product Owner/Business Owner and the technical IT team.
  • Define project scope and risk analysis.
  • Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer between stakeholders and the development team.
  • Track metrics like user adoption and engagement to identify areas for improvement.
  • Facilitate user acceptance tests and business validation discussions and meetings.
  • Help to ensure that continuous prioritization of requirements.
  • As an Agile Business Analyst Agile BA who understands and experienced with the Agile methodology to help using business Agile principles work with stakeholders to help them understand the benefits of Agile and how it can help their business.
  • They also help the development team understand the business requirements and how they can be met using Agile methods.
  • Analyze the Business Domain initiatives to identify epics and features requirements.
  • Help Product Owner develop and manage Product strategy.
  • Stock and refine the Product Catalog.
  • Help break user stories into Minimum Viable Product MVP.
  • Help development team understand bigger picture.
  • Convert business requirements into business process flows and functional requirements.
  • Serve as Proxy Product Owner/Business Lead customers needed.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Strong Communication Skills: An Agile BA needs to communicate with nearly everyone and consider everybody’s needs and concerns.
  • At the same time, they should ensure a shared understanding of the product vision and requirements.
  • Flexibility and Adaptability: As Agile teams are cross-functional and self-organizing an Agile BA must learn to continuously self-reflect and think how best they can contribute to the team.
  • They should be able to easily adapt to new and changing requirements by doing detailed analysis beforehand.
  • Knowledge of Different Tools and Techniques: Agile tools and techniques make the team more effective.
  • They help to ease backlog management provide real-time collaboration make estimates and reports for sprints and releases.
  • A good grasp of the different tools and techniques available for Agile isa crucial skill to become an Agile BA.
  • Facilitation skills: The ability to effectively facilitate meetings for requirement gathering for both traditional and refinement ceremonies is vital.
  • Scrum masters ensure these events run smoothly and focus on the intended outcomes.
  • Technical knowledge: While not mandatory having a technical background can be beneficial especially when working with development teams.
  • It allows scrum masters to better understand the technical challenges faced by the team.
  • Scrum framework: SME in agile/ scrum frameworks and tools.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Exp with Scrum framework, Required 4 Years
  • Exp with Business Analysis (use cases), Required 5 Years
  • Exp with Business Process Flow documentation, Required 4 Years
  • Product Management, Required 3 Years
  • Knowledge of Different Tools and Techniques for Business Analysis, Required 5 Years
  • Exp with both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies, Required 5 Years
  • Facilitation skills, Required 4 Years
  • Technical knowledge, Required 3 Years
  • Strong Communication Skills, Required 5 Years

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Senior Project Manager

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33377

Senior Project Manager
*This is a hybrid position with 2 days/week onsite

Description:

  • Sr Project Manager will be responsible for successfully planning, organizing, and motivating diverse project teams throughout all phases of Waterfall Agile and Hybrid projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate vendors and consultants and the client and business staff as assigned in the execution of Business IT projects and related procurements.
  • Coordinate and oversee the development of proposals statement of work statement of requirements and RFP responses.
  • Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work.
  • Manage deadlines and push the team to ensure timeliness.
  • Facilitate multi-disciplinary teams in the development of plans goals objectives policies and procedures for completion of a project.
  • Oversee and manage execution and/or coordination of day-to-day project activities as required.
  • Manage working relationships with key stakeholders including executive management business management vendors project sponsors suppliers and technology management.
  • Track and communicate a project’s progress from a schedule cost and risk perspective to the project team customers and project stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with external vendor / Suppliers and internal technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.
  • Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle including execution of procurements definition of project plans resource allocation management of project risks scope and schedule delivery of value and well-ordered transitions to operations.
  • Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.
  • Develop and maintain project budget plans task lists schedules risks and status to include resource allocation and schedules.
  • Adhere to the clients’ and VITA project management practices and governance requirements.
  • Facilitates resolution of technical issues
  • Leads and coordinates the scoping technical requirements gathering estimating and planning for single or multiple work-streams

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Strong experience in developing, executing, and managing cloud hosted SaaS implementation projects, Required 5 Years
  • Strong experience in working with third party suppliers and COT’s products, Required 5 Years
  • Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills, Required 5 Years
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building, Required 5 Years
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills for collaborating and team building, Required 5 Years
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the demonstrated ability to simplify and briefly, succinctly communicate complex issues to, Required 5 Years
  • Exceptional knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall project management principles and practices. In addition, the ability to blend them together in th, Required 5 Years
  • Understands process, recognizing potential issues and consequences of changes during Software Development Lifecycle, Required 5 Years
  • Ability to understand technology at the level to help represent project team in multiple forums., Required 5 Years
  • Ability to run scrum, kanban or waterfall project management best practices., Required 4 Years
  • PMP Certification through PMI OR Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards (VITA) Certified PM, Required 5 Years
  • Expedience in Healthcare, Desired 3 Years
  • Experience with the core Commonwealth IT procurement processes (RFP, VITA Statewide Contract, and CAI SOW), Desired 3 Years
  • Experience with VITA’s Commonwealth Technology Portfolio (CTP) system and ECOS process, Desired 3 Years

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Service Level Manager

  • Location: Raleigh, NC
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33376

Service Level Manager
*This is a hybrid position

Description:

  • We are seeking an experienced Service Level Manager to join our team.
  • The ideal candidate will have a strong background in writing Service Level Agreements SLAs and Operational Level Agreements OLAs creating company-wide policies and improving performance metrics.
  • This role is essential for ensuring that our service delivery meets agreed-upon standards and drives continuous improvement.
  • The SLA Manager will oversee the delivery of all SLAs for information technology services across the organization.
  • This includes developing managing and administering service management best practices.
  • Additionally, the SLA Manager will facilitate communication between the IT department and its clients to define and maintain the SLAs required for each business unit.

Responsibilities:

  • In collaboration with business leaders, senior management, and stakeholders plan and establish SLAs that support business goals for the entire IT services portfolio throughout the enterprise.
  • SLA/OLA Development: Write and manage Service Level Agreements SLAs and Operational Level Agreements OLAs to ensure clear expectations and accountability.
  • Policy Creation: Develop and implement policies to ensure the client and other State agencies adherence to service standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance performance metrics and overall service delivery.
  • Performance Monitoring: Monitor service performance against SLAs and OLAs and report on compliance and areas for improvement.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment on service expectations and performance.
  • Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of SLAs OLAs policies and process improvements.
  • Training and Guidance: Provide training and guidance to team members on SLA/OLA management and policy adherence.
  • Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and continuously seek opportunities to improve service

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration Information Technology or a related field.
  • Proven experience in writing SLAs and OLAs.
  • Experience in creating and implementing company-wide policies to improve service excellence.
  • Strong background in process improvement and performance metric enhancement.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Certification in ITIL or similar is a plus

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience planning and establishing SLAs that support business goals for the entire IT services portfolio throughout the enterprise., Required 4 Years
  • Write and manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) to ensure clear expectations and accountability., Required 4 Years
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance performance metrics and overall service delivery., Required 4 Years
  • Monitor service performance against SLAs and OLAs, and report on compliance and areas for improvement., Required 4 Years
  • Maintain detailed documentation of SLAs, OLAs, policies, and process improvements., Required 4 Years
  • Provide training and guidance to team members on SLA/OLA management and policy adherence., Required 4 Years

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Database Administrator

  • Location: Glen Allen, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33375

Database Administrator
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite

Description:

  • Looking for 8+ years of experience with data base administration and server migration expertise.
  • Tech stack: Windows server 2019/2022, MS SQL 2017 & above, familiarity w/Azure Cloud Services, MS Office suite, UNIX
  • Hands on experience with database administration tasks as needed for SPAA owned dbs.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify improvements for dbs/servers and work with team to implement them.
  • Design, deploy and support databases changes/updates/enhancements.
  • Experience with prod and non-prod environment standards when deploying changes to respective environments.
  • Managing the database availability and performance, including incident and problem management.
  • Administering database objects to achieve optimum utilization.
  • Defining and implementing event triggers that will alert on potential database performance or integrity issues.
  • Performing database housekeeping, such as tuning, indexing, etc.
  • Monitoring usage, transaction volumes, response times, concurrency levels, etc.
  • Identifying reporting, and managing database security issues, audit trails, and forensics.
  • Designing database backup, archiving, patching and storage strategy.
  • Monitoring Scheduled Database Tasks
  • Server Maintenance and Monitoring:
  • Performing routine maintenance tasks such as installing software updates and patches as per DE enterprise standards.
  • Monitoring server performance and resource utilization and troubleshooting issues to ensure servers operate efficiently and reliably.
  • Support server upgrades, server migrations as per team needs.
  • Automatic File Transfer (AFT) Configuration for Fault Analysis team
  • Read communication functional drawings to identify relays the team communicates with
  • Using control drawing updates, identify network communication changes at substations that impact connections and require reconfiguration
  • Create necessary AFT files for new substations
  • Make updates to relay types, IP addresses, and other changes to ensure continued AFT operations.
  • Communicate upcoming access changes to System or Regional Operations in advance of relay alarms

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Database administration
  • Sever Maintenance and Monitoring
  • Ability and willingness to learn the nice to have skill set below, if they dont have that experience already

Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience with substation relaying, reading control drawings, and maintaining network communication Automatic File Transfer (AFT) configuration files

Soft Skills:

  • Strong teamwork and communication skills to collaborate with a local team of engineers and computer programmers, and to communicate with remote field technicians.

Education:

  • 2 or 4-year degree in computer science.

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Network Engineer

  • Location: Staunton, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33374

Network Engineer
*This is a hybrid position

Description:

  • Requires experience creativity and multi-tasking to independently and collaboratively achieve department service and support objectives for the Transportation Operations Center.

Responsibilities:

  • Responds to Tier 1 network support requests.
  • Communicates effectively with teammates and customers of varying levels of technical expertise.
  • Responds to all break/fix requests associated with network resources.
  • Designs extensions of and connections to the campus network.
  • Configures and deploys new/replacement network hardware and communications infrastructure.
  • Maintains up-to-date project and architecture documentation.
  • Maintains up-to-date inventory and maintenance records.
  • Monitors network resources for faults and traffic anomalies.
  • Resolves connection issues between users and resources.
  • Maintains detailed change history of network changes.
  • Supports ITS Field Maintenance with communications’ implementation and troubleshooting.
  • Supports team efforts to improve cybersecurity controls and defenses.
  • Supports team efforts for threat hunting and mitigation.
  • Manages time and resource constraints.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Cisco Routing and Switching, Required 8 Years
  • VLAN Management, Required 5 Years
  • Network Design, Required 5 Years
  • Access Control Lists, Required 8 Years
  • Subnetting, Required 10 Years
  • Routing Protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc), Required 8 Years
  • Authentication (Radius, TACACS, etc), Required 5 Years
  • FMC/Firepower, Nice to have 5 Years
  • Network Monitoring, Required 5 Years
  • Wireless Technologies, Nice to have 3 Years
  • DNS/DHCP, Highly desired 5 Years
  • STP, VTP, Multicast, Required 5 Years
  • Network Security, Nice to have 8 Years
  • VPN & Remote Access Technologies, Required 5 Years

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EHR System Administrator

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33373

EHR System Administrator
*This is a hybrid position with 4 days/week onsite

Description:

  • Must have excellent organization and planning skills corrections experience and an understanding of the utilization of technology in the business processes for the Electronic Health Records EHR program.
  • The ideal candidate will have experience in a recognized Electronic Health Record System.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify and quantify IT risk factors for EHR application security and related infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of Active Directory Group Permission PC refresh and software installations inventory and software management utilizing Asset Panda manage user accounts receive and transfer inventory to maintain accurate records.
  • The ability to communicate effectively both in oral and written forms is essential.
  • Working knowledge and experience with Keystone Edge, Microsoft OS, MS Office, DocuSign, Panda, VITA Remote tools, DEXIS, Adobe, Teams/SharePoint, VPN access, and inventory operations.
  • Create change and delete user accounts per request.
  • Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies.
  • Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
  • Diagnose and recover from hardware or software failures.
  • Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
  • Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
  • Configure/add new services as necessary.
  • Upgrade and configure system software that supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
  • Maintain operational configuration or other procedures.
  • Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
  • Perform ongoing performance tuning hardware upgrades and resource optimization as required.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Working knowledge and experience with Keystone Edge, Microsoft OS, MS Office, DocuSign, Panda, VITA Remote tools, DEXIS, Adobe, Teams/SharePoint, VPN, Required 5 Years
  • Create, change, and delete user accounts per request., Required 5 Years
  • Diagnose and recover from hardware or software failures., Required 5 Years
  • Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools, Required 5 Years
  • Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures, Required 5 Years
  • Experience in a recognized Electronic Health Record System (EHR), Highly desired

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System Administrator II

  • Location: Raleigh, NC
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33369

System Administrator II
*This is a hybrid position with some onsite work required

Description:

  • The clients’ Enterprise Endpoint Management Operations team provides security application and software support for endpoint and server operating systems as well as enterprise software and applications.
  • The Operations staff provide support for managed and non-managed desktops laptops mobile computing devices communication devices.
  • These support services are provided to staff in the clients’ campus buildings as well as optimized agencies that are distributed across the state.
  • This position functions as a Tier 3 System Administrator II for the Enterprise Endpoint Management Operations team.
  • This position will provide primary support for Enterprise Endpoint Security tools SCCM/MECM Intune Antivirus Tanium AGPM Infrastructure Configuration Management Remote Endpoint Management Support Project Management Process and Procedure Documentation.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Knowledge and demonstrable skills with Intel/AMD-based computing equipment Servers Desktops.
  • Extensive knowledge and demonstrable skills with MECM inventory software distribution patch management and PowerShell scripting on an Enterprise level
  • Extensive knowledge and demonstrable skills with Windows OS 10 11 Window Server2016 and Active Directory
  • Extensive knowledge and demonstrable skills with Microsoft Intune M365 Office 2016Visio Project SharePoint Extensive knowledge and demonstrable skills with LAN\WAN Troubleshooting

Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Knowledge and a minimum of 2 years’ experience with supporting and maintaining a MECM\SCCM enterprise environment
  • Knowledge of Azure and Intune MDM MAM Apple and WIN10 devices
  • Knowledge of CrowdStrike Antivirus Firewall on an Enterprise level
  • Knowledge of BitLocker Defender Anti-malware and encryption on Enterprise level
  • Some knowledge of Ivanti Admin patch management for non-Microsoft applications.
  • Ability to manage timelines resources and personnel internal staff and contractors and leads implementation efforts to completion.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Tier 3 level support, Required 2 Years
  • Intune administration experience, Required 2 Years
  • Power bi Experience, Required 2 Years
  • Sharepoint Experience, Required 2 Years
  • WIN11 experience, Required 2 Years
  • Documentation and Communication skills required, Required 2 Years

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Software QA Performance Tester

  • Location: Raleigh, NC
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33366

Software QA Performance Tester
*This position is primarily remote with occasional onsite meetings

Description:

  • The position will serve as the contract Technical Specialist assigned to the NCCRIS project.
  • This role will serve on the Enterprise Test Team and will assist IT Management at all levels with the delivery and support of software testing disciplines across the client.
  • This position will advise on best practices of processes and industry standards for software testing and support at an enterprise level.
  • The Technical Lead will advise on NCCRIS project testing activities including Component Integration, system Integration, Regression Performance, and Disaster Recovery Testing.
  • The position requires a high level of communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with management across all levels.

Responsibilities:
Test Specialist:

  • Analyze user requests and design appropriate testing environments to support application and business requirements.
  • Assist in the development of detailed work plans schedules project estimates staffing plans and status reports for tactical work.
  • Analyze code for requirements verification and validation of test results
  • Collaborate with the SQA Leaders in order to receive feedback on work direction with the test team staff members who provide testing and support services to the client including resource task and priority management.
  • Code scripts to support web service testing.
  • Perform testing services for the client including but not limited to test script development functional testing services performance testing services and results reporting.
  • Assist the SQA Leaders with training coaching and mentoring software testing processes techniques and tools.
  • Collaborate with the SQA Leaders to resolve problems that arise in day-to-day management of projects.
  • Review and analysis of project requirements for clarity understanding and testability
  • Development of system test plans and manual test cases
  • Execution of the test cases and test scripts
  • Defect management and reporting
  • Providing input or creating testing artifacts to include but not be limited to: Test Plans Test Results Metrics and Defect Reports
  • Providing weekly status reports to Management

Planning/Organization:

  • Collaborate with SQA Test Leaders to assist by developing and executing test plans to meet the clients’ business needs for all software testing disciplines on the NCCRIS Project
  • Research and maintain a current understanding of available and evolving software testing tools processes and techniques related to technology trends.
  • Assist SQA Leaders and IT Management with collecting organizing and communicating testing services and test results-related information needed on reporting for the NCCRIS Project

Professional Growth:

  • Self-improvement to ensure continual technical and personal growth

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Knowledge of specific agency functions and business needs; of changes in computer technology and specific application systems, Required 5 Years
  • Experience testing business web applications and complex business applications, Required 5 Years
  • Experience using OpenText Testing Tools Suite (ALM, UFT, LoadRunner/Performance Center and SiteScope, Required 5 Years
  • Ability to think analytically and effectively communicate actionable results for test analysis, issues identified and proposed resolutions, Required 5 Years
  • Code test scripts to support web service testing, Required 5 Years
  • Analyze code for requirements verification and validation of test results, Required 5 Years
  • Collaborate with the SQA Leaders in order to receive feedback on work direction, Required 5 Years
  • Graduation from 4-year college or university with a degree in Computer Science or a related field, Required 4 Years

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Software QA Test Analyst

  • Location: Raleigh, NC
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33365

Software QA Test Analyst
*This position is primarily remote with occasional onsite meetings

Description:

  • These positions/roles will provide software testing of new releases/upgrades to applications developed for the NCCRIS Project and applications developed internally by the clients’ Crash Team for NCCRIS.
  • Project testing task include testing activities in collaboration with the application development teams Unit Testing, System Testing, Component Integration, system Integration, Regression Performance, and Disaster Recovery Testing.

Responsibilities:

  • Assists with load stress and performance testing required for software applications.
  • Reviewing and understanding all business design and functional requirements
  • Gathering proper system requirements in order to create suitable performance test plans
  • Test strategies, test scenarios, load test scripts, and test data setting up performance monitoring
  • Executing bottleneck baseline scalability and breakpoints tests to ensure benchmarks are met
  • Evaluating performance measurements and analysis of test results and working with other project team members to diagnose performance related problems.
  • Position also helps coordinate and ensure that all testing activities and deliverables are on time and verifies all software applications are thoroughly performance tested and meet performance test goals.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience with VB scripting to create/modify code for test cases, Highly desired 5 Years
  • Experience with identifying and resolve automation issues and challenges, Highly desired 5 Years
  • Experience with Automated Testing products such as Tricentis Tosca, Cypress or Selenium, Jira. OpenText ALM and UFT, Highly desired 5 Years
  • Experience with performing software testing with OpenText ALM and UFT, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with execution of the test cases and test scripts, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with Defect management and reporting, Required 5 Years
  • Experience reviewing requirements documentation and design/develop test case coverage for system integration, regression and user acceptance testing., Required 5 Years
  • Experience designing Test Plans, execute test cases/scenarios, and develop testing documentation and results reports for applications tested., Required 5 Years
  • Graduation from a 4-year college or university with a degree in Computer Science or any related Information Technology concentration, Required

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QA Performance Tester

  • Location: Raleigh, NC
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33363

QA Performance Tester
*This position is primarily remote with occasional onsite meetings

Description:

  • This position/role will provide both software manual and automation testing of new releases/upgrades to applications developed for the NCCRIS Project and applications developed internally by the clients’ Crash Team for NCCRIS.
  • Project testing task include testing activities in collaboration with the application development teams Unit Testing System Testing Manual and Automation Component Integration system Integration Regression Performance and Disaster Recovery Testing.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience with VB scripting to create/modify code for test cases, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with identifying and resolve automation issues and challenges, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with Automated Testing products such as Tricentis Tosca, Cypress or Selenium, Jira. OpenText ALM and UFT, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with performing software testing with OpenText ALM and UFT, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with execution of the test cases and test scripts, Required 5 Years
  • Experience with Defect management and reporting, Required 5 Years
  • Experience reviewing requirements documentation and design/develop test case coverage for system integration, regression and user acceptance testing., Required 5 Years
  • Experience designing Test Plans, execute test cases/scenarios, and develop testing documentation and results reports for applications tested., Required 5 Years
  • Graduation from a 4-year college or university with a degree in Computer Science or any related Information Technology concentration, Required 4 Years

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Senior IT Program Manager

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #33356

Senior IT Program Manager
*This is a hybrid position with 3 days/week onsite

Description:

  • The client is seeking a senior experienced IT Program Manager to join the Project Product Delivery portfolio.
  • Candidate will lead and manage Project Product delivery program team using Agile SAFE Waterfall and Kanban methodologies.
  • This includes working with Release Train Engineers RTEs Project Managers and Scrum Masters to ensure delivery of initiatives.
  • Working closely with all stakeholders including the senior leadership business cross functional teams and vendors.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversee initiatives for the program
  • Work with business to collaborate and deliver the initiatives
  • Oversee work in assigned program to ensure consistent delivery.
  • Assign resources to complete initiative planning and delivery.
  • Monitor and report deviations to critical path of the initiative
  • Define and monitor the control points for the program
  • Compliance with the client and VITA policies standards and guidelines.
  • Work with peers and subordinates to define strategic direction for assigned program.
  • Be an expert in the clients’ and VITA project management procedures and requirements.
  • Be an expert in the use of the division core project management tool Microsoft Project On-Line POL.
  • Establish and maintain Agile Project Management Scaled Kanban and Waterfall Project Management frameworks and their supporting practices
  • Monitor initiatives for compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Monitor initiatives to detect risks and issues and escalate as needed to ensure appropriate mitigation is applied to keep the program on-track.
  • Guide RTE/SMs and PMs in identifying and managing risks.
  • Guide project managers in managing organizational change.
  • Guide project managers in defining critical path and managing schedule.
  • Guide project managers in managing budget.
  • Define and track the KPIs for the program

Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic goals.
  • 10 years of experience leading and managing direct reports.
  • Set direction and strategy for the assigned team
  • Strong leadership and team management abilities.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills capable of interacting with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Problem-solving mindset with the ability to handle challenges creatively.
  • Experience in budgeting and financial management related to product lines.
  • Ability to interact effectively with customers and project team members.
  • Knowledge of project management tools methods and practices.
  • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
  • PMP certification
  • Advanced skills using Microsoft Project Professional.
  • 15 years’ experience with Waterfall Scrum Agile SAFE and Kanban methodologies.
  • 15 years’ experience managing complex projects with multiple workstreams and high organizational change.
  • Must be able to quickly and easily adapt to changing priorities embracing changes to deliver leadership and guidance.
  • Strong functional understanding of MS Project Project Server SharePoint Microsoft Teams Microsoft Planner Azure DevOps and Power BI
  • Ability to assess project risks and issues and determine mitigation required to contain or resolve them.
  • Demonstrated understanding of project portfolio and lifecycle management processes
  • Demonstrated understanding of governance processes procedures and policies for project management.
  • Demonstrated understanding of organizational change.
  • Demonstrated understanding of how to manage the project critical path.
  • Demonstrated strong facilitation and collaboration skills.
  • Demonstrated skills in developing new processes that incorporate best practices and address stakeholder needs.
  • Demonstrated ability to create clear and concise written procedural documentation.
  • Ability to articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed.
  • Ideal candidates would be self-starters who can articulate thoughts and ideas in support of initiatives that are being newly developed

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience managing and leading direct reports, Required 10 Years
  • Experience managing and providing guidance to project teams, Required 10 Years
  • Project Management experience, Required 20 Years
  • Program Management experience, Required 10 Years
  • Experience managing Product lines and agile projects, Required 10 Years
  • Experience reporting metrics, Required 8 Years

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