The Virginia Training Group is looking for two contracted training specialists to join their team. Our training specialists are responsible for the creation and upkeep of training materials such as presentations, handouts, and computer-based training modules. They use the ADDIE Model to create materials that meet identified training objectives and comply with established development standards. These deliverables support training programs in both Power Generation and Power Delivery, as well as supporting other training efforts as needed. The successful candidate will be an expert in Microsoft PowerPoint and have experience with Adobe InDesign (or other products in the Adobe suite).
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The Technology Services Division provides comprehensive Information Technology (IT) portfolio management to agency business units.
The division develops appropriate synergies and support to business units to provide service quality, strategic planning, and guidance on technology systems and related initiatives. Additionally, the division is responsible for supporting, developing, and enhancing the operational systems that are directly assigned to the business units of the organization within the client agency.
The division manages and supports IT services assigned to the unit and works in coordination with business units while adhering to supporting standards and procedures developed by the agency and the Department of Information Technology (DlT) related to system development, procurement, and oversight. The coordination extends to internal customers as well as Public School Units (PSUs) that use these services.
The IT Financial Systems team within Technology Services is responsible for supporting the School Business Division, Financial Services Division and Teacher Licensure section.
Team members are responsible for support and development of financial applications and reporting data present in those systems, vendor relations with PSU’s financial vendors and client Licensure System support.
The IT Financial Systems team collaborates closely with other areas within Technology Services, and other State agencies such as Department of Information Technology (DIT), Office of State Controller (OSC), and Department of State Treasurer (DST).
Services and products managed by this team include MSA General Ledger, PSUs Cash Management Request System, PSUs Budgeting and allotment systems, NC Salary Compliance System, NC Teacher Licensure System, and other various reporting and collection systems essential to achieve department goals.
Primary Purpose of the Position:
The primary purpose of this position is to develop and implement Power BI Data Visualization and Reporting configuration and templates based on Public School Uniform Education Reporting Statistics (UERS) data files submitted to the client monthly along with other Agency School Business Services data such as allotment data, both operational and longitudinal, etc.
This position formulates and develops application system scope and objectives, provides detailed specifications for implementation, and provides contract and vendor support for applicable business areas such as Teacher Licensure section.
This role develops or modifies solutions for more complex projects and may provide guidance and training to other analysts and technicians.
This position reports to the SBSM Project Manager – External Systems, CTO, and/or IT Finance Manager.
Other duties as assigned.
Description of Work: 35%Power BI Data Visualization and Reporting Configuration:
The position will be responsible for developing dashboards and reports for School Business Services as well as operational areas within the department
The position will build relationships and work collaboratively with internal partners (senior management, service owners, PMO) as well as organizational stakeholders to identify relevant data set and structure data for analysis and develop solutions of interpretation (programmatically) that are beneficial through the analysis of data and lead in the improvement, efficiency, and effectiveness of services delivery
The Application Systems Analyst II (Power BI Data Visualization Analyst) will develop and deliver visual dashboards, reports and infographics that assist in understanding and the communication of operational performance data
The dashboards and reports shall be published for both internal Agency organizations as well as external stakeholders (General Assembly, Fiscal Research, Public Schools) as applicable
The position will design engaging and interactive business insight dashboards using Power BI or Tableau and possesses the knowledge and experience on data visualization best practices, with a focus on enhancing interaction and experience
Maintain data and analytic model structures that support goals in a data-driven government
Perform analysis of data sets in support of operational performance improvements
Translates data analytics into coherent reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders
Establish new reporting dashboards that are interactive, creative, and have professional visual graphics
Integrate data sources through programmatic interfaces (Python/APIs) for efficiency
Participate in gathering requirements and collaborating with customers to understand business problems and find the best way to visualize outcomes
Participate as a value-added contributor within the Agency as a whole
Ability to develop a solution data architecture to support business and financial models
30%Power BI Development
Serve as a Power BI Data Visualization Analyst – Application Systems Analyst II and technical agent for working with School Business Division.
Provide development expertise related to Power BI.
Provide development expertise in implementing the client’s needs related to Agency School Business Reporting related to Public School UERS files.
Provide development expertise and conversion support coordination related to transitioning from a legacy mainframe and Access based system to a new data environment leveraging Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, etc.
20% Internal Customer Relations Management/Strategic Consulting and Planning
Understand and leverage organization units, business drivers and business needs
Ensure customer satisfaction with agency IT services
Establish and manage a clear communication strategy with all business units
Consult with other sections within Technology Services to enhance service delivery
15%Technology Services Business Management
Aid in identifying and implementing standard IT products and services based upon customer needs
Assist with proactively identifying and implementing best practices (e.g. Azure best practices as they relate to leveraging Power BI)
Provide input and training for agency reporting activities
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience with any Microsoft Office Suite product, and/or financial systems Required 5 Years
Background with BI tools and systems such as Power BI, Tableau, and SAP Required 5 Years
Understanding of the Microsoft BI Data Visualization Stack Required 5 Years
Experience with Power BI development Required 5 Years
Experience with MS SQL Server BI Stack tools and technologies, such as SSRS and TSQL, Power Query, MDX, PowerBI, and DAX Required 5 Years
Analytical thinking for converting data into relevant reports and graphics Required 5 Years
knowledge of Power BI application security layer models Required 5 Years
Knowledge of Power BI application analytics layer models Required 5 Years
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We are seeking detail-oriented Document Review Specialists to assist in evaluating a large volume of electronic documents.
The ideal candidates will be responsible for reviewing documents to determine drafts or early versions vs. final documents for possible purging.
Review of content against retention schedules may also be required.
This position requires a meticulous approach to document analysis and the ability to work efficiently within established guidelines.
Responsibilities:
Review and assess electronic documents against guidelines
Identify final documents requiring retention and ensure proper classification.
Maintain accurate records of document assessments and decisions.
Required Skills/Experience:
Strong attention to detail and accuracy in document review Required 3 Years
Familiarity with documentation related to community development and regulation (land management, permitting, inspections, etc.) Desired 3 Years
Excellent organizational and time management skills Required 3 Years
Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment Required 3 Years
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The client is looking for a Senior Full Stack Java consultant to assist with design, development, and support of complex Java/JEE programs.
Required Skills/Experience:
Java/J2EE development experience Required 5 Years
HTML/CSS, JavaScript, SQL Required 5 Years
SOAP & REST Web Services, JSPs, Struts, Spring, JDBC, JPA/Hibernate, and JMS Required 3 Years
Spring Batch and Spring Boot Required 3 Years
Relational/Object Oriented Modelling Required 2 Years
Requirements Gathering Required 3 Years
Oracle Database Highly desired 3 Years
UNIX OS, UNIX Shell Scripting, PL/SQL, and UML Highly desired 3 Years
IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere Liberty Highly desired 2 Years
IBM Rational Applications/UML Highly desired 2 Years
Experience working in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban) Highly desired 2 Years
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Responsible for using the State convenience contract with Xerox to provide print services to the client and other interested agencies. Agency is eliminating one of their towers and have to create this service as a result.
Position is responsible for using the State convenience contract with Xerox to provide print services to the client and other interested agencies.
The Role is the key point of contact for new services, issues, inventory management, ticket management, vendor management, and data for billing purposes. Documented experience with print services.
Understands asset management and correlated billing processes.
Ticket management experience using ServiceNow.
Vendor management experience to include SLAs, performance, billing and invoice reconciliation.
Knowledge & Ability:
Self-starter who can excel in a team environment of an aggressively growing and dynamic enterprise.
Demonstrated ability to bring problems to resolution regardless of diversity and level of seniority of those involved.
Driven and able to work with minimal supervision and under specific deadlines.
Experience working with suppliers with demonstrated benefits to the business through strong relationship management.
Skilled in oral and written communication as it pertains to technical information.
Demonstrated ability to bring problems to resolution regardless of diversity and level of seniority of those involved.
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience working with suppliers with demonstrated benefits to the business through strong relationship management Required 5 Years
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Experienced PL/SQL developer with skills in Oracle coding
Must also have ability to do data analysis, develop requirements and data models.
Must have background in application backend support, Oracle PL/SQL and MS SQL server development.
Must have background in building interfaces between business applications.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum process is highly desired.
Ability to communicate with business users and developers an absolute must.
Clear communication skills – written and oral is REQUIRED.
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience working with Oracle PL/SQL and SQL Server Database Development. Required 10 Years
Written and oral communications Required 10 Years
Background in data integration between business systems Required 8 Years
Write and maintain/extend existing PL/SQL code to convert initial data sets, system enhancements, reports production, and improved transaction editing Required 8 Years
Requirements analysis and data modeling Highly desired 6 Years
Experience with other data integration tools and techniques including IBM Datastage, web services, messaging and other modern data warehousing Nice to have 6 Years
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Note: Extensive statewide travel up to 75% of the time is required in the performance of the work for this position. Travel may include some evenings and weekend days.
Job Description:
The client seeks contract resources to assist with the training and implementation of the statewide Child Welfare system (CWS).
The purpose for this Training Developer is to design and develop practical training and course materials, as well as provide effective and creative classroom and virtual facilitation of training for employees who administer Child Welfare related programs.
This position will work closely with the Training Lead, Applications Lead, Development & Testing teams, and subject matter experts.
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience in curriculum design and developing training materials for adult learners Required 3 Years
Understands the social services programs that drive the efforts of the county, regional, and state staff who administer those programs. Required 3 Years
Research and evaluate the NC FAST case management software in order to translate the software functionality into effective learning materials. Required 3 Years
Ability to assist with scheduling, preparing for and participating in quality assurance checks on training materials that have been developed. Required 3 Years
Experience working with training developers, program subject matter experts, technical support and others to assure training materials are effective. Required 3 Years
Experience in business analysis, MS Office Suite (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) Required 3 Years
Experience in Learning Management System (LMS) technology such as Moodle, XML, HTML Required 3 Years
Experience in designing and delivering computer-based training instructional design, with learning program design systems. Required 3 Years
Experience in software that may include Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Captivate, Photoshop, Adobe Breeze, Dreamweaver, Visio or other training applications. Required 3 Years
Experience developing dynamic instructional training materials using interactions and simulations to create interactive, engaging course content. Required 3 Years
Experience developing interactive media presentations that enhance the online educational experience Required 3 Years
Experience leading training sessions in a variety of formats that may include in person, virtual and/or webinar. Required 3 Years
Ability to assist with basic application software and hardware support Highly desired
Must have strong understanding of internet concepts and web technology Highly desired
Ability to clearly communicate in oral and written form, and deal effectively with diverse groups to accomplish the objectives. Highly desired
Experience evaluating student progress and making recommendations for continued training participation curriculum Required 3 Years
Experience providing feedback on learning providing feedback on learning curriculum and methodology to assure program relevance and user comprehension. Required 3 Years
Experience with processes to prepare for and conduct classroom training including facility management, course scheduling and student registration. Required 3 Years
Knowledge of and experience with NC FAST and the Medicaid Program in NC Highly desired 2 Years
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The position has responsibility for system’s analysis and design review which includes assuring that business problems are fully understood, detailed requirements are investigated and proposed, and to collaborate with both internal and external teams to create architecture design.
One of the key responsibilities of the position is to create architectural models/diagrams of existing agency applications from multiple disciplines (business, systems, data, and technology) by gathering information from various sources within an organization and through an iterative approach, gain the necessary insight to accurately depict the architecture within each discipline.
The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.
Responsibilities:
Systematic review of the business, security, service, and information systems domain components of a proposed solution to a business (agency) need/problem
Review enterprise IT Projects for business alignment with state and agency goals, as well as the alignment with state and agency IT goals, objectives and strategies
Review Statewide IT Procurements, inclusive of procurement artifacts (e.g. Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotations, Invitations for Bids) and related enterprise IT project information to assure alignment between business requests/requirements and available architectural standards, technologies and solutions.
Review Statewide IT Procurement Awards to affirm best solutions/vendor to meet both current and future state/agency needs
Collaborate with an enterprise-wide stakeholder group to assess, develop, and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy and governance in alignment with the state of North Carolina’s goals and objectives
Evaluate current technology infrastructure and applications to identify areas of improvement and opportunity
Establish and uphold state-wide enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and optimization
Assess potential risks associated with initiatives as it is related to enterprise architecture and work with stakeholders to improve, protect and secure
Review, guide and support enterprise-wide IT projects and IT procurements governed by enterprise architecture
Evaluate third-party vendors and solutions crucial to the success of state projects and procurements, ensuring adherence to standards and integrations to existing solutions
Implement architectural standards, guidance and frameworks while keeping up with emerging technology trends
Required Skills/Experience:
Demonstrated experience working as a senior level technologist in a complex, large- scale organization. Required 7 Years
Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) Required 7 Years
Experience of enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, data management/integrations, systems development, and business processes Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience with IT governance, and the ability to define IT principles, standards and framework that support the overall governance model Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience aligning enterprise architecture practice to business strategy, and the ability to map business strategy to IT capabilities Required 7 Years
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The position has responsibility for system’s analysis and design review which includes assuring that business problems are fully understood, detailed requirements are investigated and proposed, and to collaborate with both internal and external teams to create architecture design.
One of the key responsibilities of the position is to create architectural models/diagrams of existing agency applications from multiple disciplines (business, systems, data, and technology) by gathering information from various sources within an organization and through an iterative approach, gain the necessary insight to accurately depict the architecture within each discipline.
The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.
Responsibilities:
Systematic review of the business, security, service, and information systems domain components of a proposed solution to a business (agency) need/problem
Review enterprise IT Projects for business alignment with state and agency goals, as well as the alignment with state and agency IT goals, objectives and strategies
Review Statewide IT Procurements, inclusive of procurement artifacts (e.g. Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotations, Invitations for Bids) and related enterprise IT project information to assure alignment between business requests/requirements and available architectural standards, technologies and solutions.
Review Statewide IT Procurement Awards to affirm best solutions/vendor to meet both current and future state/agency needs
Collaborate with an enterprise-wide stakeholder group to assess, develop, and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy and governance in alignment with the state of North Carolina’s goals and objectives
Evaluate current technology infrastructure and applications to identify areas of improvement and opportunity
Establish and uphold state-wide enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and optimization
Assess potential risks associated with initiatives as it is related to enterprise architecture and work with stakeholders to improve, protect and secure
Review, guide and support enterprise-wide IT projects and IT procurements governed by enterprise architecture
Evaluate third-party vendors and solutions crucial to the success of state projects and procurements, ensuring adherence to standards and integrations to existing solutions
Implement architectural standards, guidance and frameworks while keeping up with emerging technology trends
Required Skills/Experience:
Demonstrated experience working as a senior level technologist in a complex, large- scale organization. Required 7 Years
Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) Required 7 Years
Experience of enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, data management/integrations, systems development, and business processes Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience with IT governance, and the ability to define IT principles, standards and framework that support the overall governance model Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience aligning enterprise architecture practice to business strategy, and the ability to map business strategy to IT capabilities Required 7 Years
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The position has responsibility for system’s analysis and design review which includes assuring that business problems are fully understood, detailed requirements are investigated and proposed, and to collaborate with both internal and external teams to create architecture design.
One of the key responsibilities of the position is to create architectural models/diagrams of existing agency applications from multiple disciplines (business, systems, data, and technology) by gathering information from various sources within an organization and through an iterative approach, gain the necessary insight to accurately depict the architecture within each discipline.
The IT/Enterprise Architect will play a critical role in aligning state agencies need with technology solutions that drive innovation and manage/shape the overall IT strategy.
Responsibilities:
Systematic review of the business, security, service, and information systems domain components of a proposed solution to a business (agency) need/problem
Review enterprise IT Projects for business alignment with state and agency goals, as well as the alignment with state and agency IT goals, objectives and strategies
Review Statewide IT Procurements, inclusive of procurement artifacts (e.g. Requests for Proposals, Requests for Quotations, Invitations for Bids) and related enterprise IT project information to assure alignment between business requests/requirements and available architectural standards, technologies and solutions.
Review Statewide IT Procurement Awards to affirm best solutions/vendor to meet both current and future state/agency needs
Collaborate with an enterprise-wide stakeholder group to assess, develop, and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy and governance in alignment with the state of North Carolina’s goals and objectives
Evaluate current technology infrastructure and applications to identify areas of improvement and opportunity
Establish and uphold state-wide enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, interoperability, security, and optimization
Assess potential risks associated with initiatives as it is related to enterprise architecture and work with stakeholders to improve, protect and secure
Review, guide and support enterprise-wide IT projects and IT procurements governed by enterprise architecture
Evaluate third-party vendors and solutions crucial to the success of state projects and procurements, ensuring adherence to standards and integrations to existing solutions
Implement architectural standards, guidance and frameworks while keeping up with emerging technology trends
Required Skills/Experience:
Demonstrated experience working as a senior level technologist in a complex, large- scale organization. Required 7 Years
Working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) Required 7 Years
Experience of enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, data management/integrations, systems development, and business processes Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience with IT governance, and the ability to define IT principles, standards and framework that support the overall governance model Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience aligning enterprise architecture practice to business strategy, and the ability to map business strategy to IT capabilities Required 7 Years
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The client requires the services of an EXPERT Epic Beaker project manager to manage the planning and implementation of an EHR implementation project for the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities and transition from the three legacy LIS applications.
This project management role will work with other EHR project managers and executive leadership team, multiple internal and external stakeholders, and selected vendor(s) to analyze, plan, and implement the clinical/laboratory components required for an Epic EHR system.
This position will be responsible for working with senior-level business executives, IT management and personnel, business program resources and vendor staff to define and execute requirements and manage stakeholder expectations.
This position will manage the day-to-day activities for the assigned portion of the project and complete all input into overall EHR program reporting and the State’s Project Portfolio Tool (MS Project Server) and/or Smart sheet as needed.
Required Skills/Experience:
Maintaining the scope, schedule, and quality of the project for the Beaker Clinical EHR build team.
Setting clear expectations for team members, including defining what they should do at each phase of the project.
Working closely with the EHR Program Director and other project managers/team managers to coordinate activities.
Ensuring that the business community is engaged in the project.
Advising and coaching team members by providing guidance on project issues, key success factors of the project, and lessons learned.
Sharing with team members the positive effects of innovation and system capabilities.
Reinforcing the importance of the project together with the EHR program executives and the Program Director, and providing consistent communication to the project team
Organizing resources within the organization
Motivating and showing appreciation for the team
Appropriately matching team member skills to team responsibilities
Managing the project from an organizational perspective while attending to detailed tasks
Assisting as a support contact for revenue cycle.
Identifying and troubleshooting issues.
Guiding workflow design building and testing the system, and analyzing other technical issues associated with Epic software.
Serving as a liaison between organizational needs and Epic implementation staff
Maintaining regular communication with Epic representatives, including participating in weekly project team meetings
Working with Epic representatives, the business community, and end users to ensure the system meets the organization’s business needs in regard to the project deliverables and timeline.
Developing an understanding of operational needs to set the direction for the organization’s workflows.
Participating in training and working with end users.
Reporting and reviewing the status of projects and issues on an ongoing basis with leadership.
Holding weekly communications with team members to discuss the status of deliverables, shared issues, end-user concerns, budget, and upcoming milestones.
Developing and maintaining all required State CIO and DHHS PMO project documentation in coordination with other EHR PMO PM resources
Required Skills/Experience:
Beaker Experience Required 7 Years
Experience with Health Information Technology (HIT) projects with an emphasis on clinical information systems and healthcare application interoperability Required 7 Years
Develop and maintain project plans according to State and NCDHHS IT project management methodology; must be familiar with Microsoft Project Required 7 Years
Highly proficient knowledge of PMI standards for project management is required, experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies preferred Highly desired 7 Years
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The client is seeking an experienced Enterprise Cloud Architect and Advisor.
This position is responsible for overseeing the Department’s cloud computing strategy.
This includes cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring.
This position will indirectly lead teams of technologists to advance solutions delivery roadmap, providing guidance and oversight.
Responsibilities:
Evaluate projects from an Enterprise perspective, ensuring alignment with business needs, IT roadmap, architecture and security standards, internal controls, and IT methodology.
Collaborate with Stakeholders and develop/ Implement Cloud Adoption Framework
Establish and run the Cloud Advisory Council
Define standards, process, and community of practice to facilitate cloud computing
within our organization in support of client business and strategy requirements.
Leads architectural content across all aspects of architecture in support of IT delivery.
Provide leadership regarding cloud architecture and the implementation of infrastructure to support the AWS migration of systems.
Establish and maintain cloud architecture, tools, and processes.
Contribute to the success of application migration projects by supporting multiple customers with environment support and monitoring of the cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, and AZURE)
Architect and improve continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools and processes through infrastructure automation.
Lead cross functional project teams, and workgroups.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with business stakeholders as well as technical leaders within IT and other engineers throughout the organization (product engineering, data/application platforms, etc.)
Guide Solution Architects / Tech Leads to ensure that application and integration architecture aligns with system design guidelines and enterprise architecture standards.
Be the champion for a cloud and security-first mindset and ensure solution follows security guardrails/policies defined by PSO.
Mindful of the Healthcare Industry and Digital Health trends.
Foster innovation and implement creative out-of-the-box ideas by conducting brainstorming sessions, hackathons and other innovation events and elevate the thinking.
Assist in the development of policies, standards, and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation, and use of Information Technology within the enterprise.
Research and present ideas for the improvement of systems and processes for consideration by project managers
Provide leadership in adapting existing application architectures to cloud native architectures.
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience with AWS cloud (IAM, EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, LAMBDA) Required 5 Years
Objective decision-making ability based on strategic objectives priority, business performance analysis and resource availability Required 5 Years
Strong supervision, organizational, interpersonal and time management skills. Required 5 Years
Demonstrated presentation, training skills, oral and written communication skills. Required
Ability to communicate effectively at all job levels, use excellent evaluation skills, and ability to relay information in legible reports as required Required 5 Years
Experience with AWS cloud services API Gateway, CloudFront, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, Cloudwatch, ElastiCache Required 5 Years
Experience with Cloud technologies & SaaS applications running on Cloud Highly desired
Strong experience with Cloud migrations/DevSecOps and implementations. Highly desired
Experience leading organizations through major change initiatives Required 5 Years
AWS Cloud Certified Required
Experience with implementing one or more RPA technologies. Highly desired
Experience collaborating with Federal, State and Local Government Desired
Experience managing implementation of a statewide IT project Desired
Experience in establishing and implementing governance model for the Cloud Migration and transformation efforts across programs Highly desired
Experience in IT and stakeholder relationship management Required 5 Years
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The E911 NMAC Network Operations Center (NOC) Engineers will monitor the AT&T Esinet (Emergency Services Internet Network).
Troubleshooting issues with networks and find resolutions to the issues from a central location.
Will provide incident response on the system, communicate with site technicians, and customers alike, and track problems through to resolution.
Will operate in a 24/7 operation and maintain current SLA’s.
Required Skills/Experience:
Excellent understanding of technologies, operating systems, networking, anti-virus, back-ups, systems firewalls, and switches. Required 3 Years
Knowledge regarding at least one of the following vendor products: – Juniper, VMWare, Microsoft, Cisco Required 3 Years
Strong writing skills to maintain organized documentation Required 3 Years
Knowledge of network cabling, network classification and network topology Required 3 Years
Experience with VOIP technologies is a plus Highly desired 3 Years
Experience in a NOC environment is preferred Highly desired 3 Years
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The Azure Cloud Architect will be a support person to Infrastructure to assist with setting up Azure in a way that will benefit the client agency.
The client works with the Department of Information and Technology and Microsoft Azure Support Teams for the design and implementation of groups, virtual machines, data bases, firewall rules and VPN tunnels from an operations and security standpoint for our Permit Transformation Project.
Responsibilities:
Setup of our Customer Owned environment, Create Images, Create VNet and VPN gateways, Create VDI machines based on Custom Images.
Setup Intune for management of VDI machines, assign to resources and resource groups in high, medium and low zones.
Document DevOps environment and setup proper rights.
Knowledge share and training with my team during any down time.
Required Skills/Experience:
*Azure Cloud Architect, to include Custom Imaging and VDI/Hypervisor, InTune, and MDM management, VNet and Resource Groups and Azure VPN gateways. Required 5 Years
Demonstrated knowledge of directory services (Azure AD and AD) Required 5 Years
Must have great Interpersonal and leadership skills – leadership, collaboration, facilitation, negotiation, and documentation skills. Required 5 Years
Demonstrated knowledge of cloud computing and management (groups, users, virtual machines, etc.) Required 5 Years
*Require a thorough knowledge of firewalls (access groups, rules, ports, and specific pinhole connections), and interoperations between technologies Required 5 Years
Require a thorough knowledge of implementing secure, best practices, access for the confidential data and availability between all infrastructures. Required 5 Years
Strong written and oral communication skills. Required 5 Years
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Note: This position is primarily remote. However, candidates will be required to report on site in Harrisburg, PA on occasion.
Job Description:
The Project Manager (PM) directs, administers, manages and facilitates the data management for the implementation of performance-based contracting (PBC) for the client.
The Project Manager is the individual ultimately responsible for the coordination of collection of all necessary data elements from multiple vendors, counties and internal sources and from multiple IT systems.
The Project Manager must ensure that data collection, data collection systems, data analysis, and reporting meet the business, technical, and established quality requirements and timeframes to support the initial implementation of PBC and on-going operations including updating and adjusting performance standards for continuous quality improvement.
Responsibilities:
Develop and manage a data collection, analysis, and reporting project plan to support the implementation of performance-based contracting.
Notify relevant task leads of project timelines, milestones, phases, work requests, target dates, and approved executable data management related tasks.
Identify and manage project risk, and develop risk mitigation strategies, and track to closure.
Monitor project milestones and phases and take corrective action as needed to ensure the project remains on schedule.
Direct data collection activities for performance-based contracting among applicable vendors and counties.
Manage data reporting plan to ensure timeliness and accuracy or data collection, analysis and reporting.
Monitor the activities of the Performance Analysis Services (PAS) vendor to ensure contract compliance.
Solicit, collect and compile recommendations for data management systems improvements to support project objectives.
Coordinate and facilitate all reporting to the client’s Provider Performance Review Subcommittee.
Coordinate and facilitate all reporting for the client’s Quarterly Provider Forums or successor venues.
Manage data governance process for performance-based contracting reporting to external parties.
Maintain performance-based contracting measure sets data definitions and documentation.
Support Quality Management Division in evaluation and adjustment of performance measures.
Required Skills/Experience:
Project Management Required 5 Years
Data Collection and Management Required 5 Years
PowerBI Required
Tableau Required
Excel Required
Reporting Required
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The client Information Technology Division (ITD) is seeking a Technical Writer / System Analyst to work as a key member of the Design and Planning Team for IT network infrastructure projects.
This role will work closely with the PMO office and be responsible for documenting procedures via job aids, templates, forms, flow diagrams, and presentation decks.
They will create, update training programs, and conduct trainings as required.
Responsibilities include analyzing problems; documenting business processes; developing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; and managing requirements traceability and testing.
The client is a fast-paced organization with very high standards for work quality and efficiency.
This position is expected to handle multiple projects, and remain flexible and productive, despite changing priorities and processes.
Ongoing improvement and efficiency is a part of our culture and each team member is expected to proactively contribute to process improvements.
Responsibilities:
Create and update job aids, templates, forms, flow diagrams and presentation decks on the subject of technology project management and the methodologies employed at the client and Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA).
Consult with other members of the PMO and subject matter experts within the organization to develop content for documentation and training programs.
Work with the Project team members and business stakeholders to understand business processes and pain points
Develop expertise in the customers’ business applications
Conduct Root Cause Analysis to identify system gaps and deficiencies that require a business, technical or blended approach for resolution
Diagram current processes and proposed modifications using process flows, context diagrams and data flow diagrams
Discover and document requirements and user stories with a focus on improving both business and technical processing
Decompose requirements into Epics and Features and create clear and concise user stories that are easy to understand and implement by technical staff
Utilize progressive elaboration; map stories to technical design specifications to be used by internal staff to develop the system modifications
Identify and group related user stories into Themes, document the dependencies and associated business processes
Assist Product Owner in maintaining the product backlog
Create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
Propose alternative solutions that balance cost and benefit, and adequately test a solution’s feasibility for business and technical compatibility
Collaborate with staff, vendors, consultants, and contractors as they are engaged on tasks to formulate, detail and test potential and implemented solutions.
Perform Quality Analyst functions such as defining test objectives, test plans and test cases, and executing test cases (including regression testing)
Coordinate and Facilitate User Acceptance Testing with Business and ensure Project Managers/Scrum Masters are informed of the progress
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience gathering requirements on IT projects Required 5 Years
Delivering business and systems analysis artifacts such as Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) Required 10 Years
Agile Business Analyst; strong understanding of Scrum concepts and methodology Required 5 Years
Experience translating business and product strategy requirements into application requirements and user stories Required 8 Years
Proficient with defining acceptance criteria and managing acceptance process with development Required 6 Years
Experience creating wireframes and prototypes (using applications such as Balsamiq) Required 7 Years
Experience with large, multi-module systems Required 8 Years
Expertise with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server) Required 10 Years
Experience with Application Lifecycle management (ALM) Required 8 Years
Exceptional written and oral communications skills and have the proven ability to work well with a diverse set of peers and customers Required 10 Years
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification Desired 3 Years
Experience using Team Foundation Server for agile software development and work item tracking Desired 3 Years
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The primary purpose of this position in the Enforcement Section, within the client’s Systems Unit, is to provide software support to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Enforcement Section (NCSHP MCES) and the DMV License and Theft Bureau.
The Fuel Tax Compliance System (FuelTaCS) provides NCSHP MCES personnel the ability to issue citations to commercial trucks that are in violation of NC General Statues.
This application allows NCSHP Officers to wirelessly access pertinent information from their laptop located in the patrol car or from a local Weigh Station across the State of North Carolina.
The application is used to assist in collecting outstanding taxes and penalties that are owed to the State of North Carolina.
The License and Theft Bureau Motor Vehicle Inspection Law Enforcement System (MILES) allows L&T personnel to oversee the Inspection Program for the citizens of North Carolina.
The application tracks all inspections conducted at stations across the State by ensuring Technicians and Station Owners to follow the General Statues for inspecting cars to ensure they are safely on the road. With the proper inspections, citizens are permitted to register their vehicles to operate on the roads in the State.
This position also supports other applications such as LECMS, the Scrap Yard System, Trip Permits, CVIEW, and Notice Storage & Theft.
Required Skills/Experience:
SQL and DB/2 Required 20 Years
.Net C# Required 10 Years
MQ middleware Required 20 Years
C++ Required 20 Years
MS Office Required 20 Years
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The client’s Web Systems is seeking an Expert Level Technical Specialist/Agile product owner who leads Business owners in the translation of customer requests into technical requirements and user stories, coordinates software, release schedules with the Business and Technical Teams, develop business requirements, help facilitate change management documentation, and provides testing, training support, and mentoring.
This position understands applications and their dependencies on each other.
This position is critical for the Web Systems Team to deliver on its mandate of providing effective and efficient online services to our North Carolina DMV customers and to decrease office traffic.
Required Skills/Experience:
ASP.NET(C#), .NET 4.72, .NET 6 Required 7 Years
HTML, JavaScript, Typescript, Node JS Angular, React Required 7 Years
MS SQL Server, including database design, T-SQL, and stored procedure Required 7 Years
Building/Implementing Web API (RESTful) Required 7 Years
Proficiency using DevOps and GIT Required 7 Years
Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting Windows Server/llS platform Required 7 Years
Advanced experience and knowledge in information system architecture, system design patterns, and integration Required 7 Years
Self-motivated and self-driven is a must, ability to work on a team with limited supervision Required 7 Years
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; Experience working directly with clients is a plus Required 7 Years
Cloud Architecture and Cloud application development Required 5 Years
IBM DB2 Database Design, SQL, and Store Procedures Desired 4 Years
Experience with ServiceNow Design and Development Desired 2 Years
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The client’s Web Systems is seeking an Expert Level Technical Specialist/Agile product owner who leads Business owners in the translation of customer requests into technical requirements and user stories, coordinates software, release schedules with the Business and Technical Teams, develop business requirements, help facilitate change management documentation, and provides testing, training support, and mentoring.
This position understands applications and their dependencies on each other.
This position is critical for the Web Systems Team to deliver on its mandate of providing effective and efficient online services to our North Carolina DMV customers and to decrease office traffic.
Required Skills/Experience:
ASP.NET(C#), .NET 4.72, .NET 6 Required 7 Years
HTML, JavaScript, Typescript, Node JS Angular, React Required 7 Years
MS SQL Server, including database design, T-SQL, and stored procedure Required 7 Years
Building/Implementing Web API (RESTful) Required 7 Years
Proficiency using DevOps and GIT Required 7 Years
Experience in maintaining and troubleshooting Windows Server/llS platform Required 7 Years
Advanced experience and knowledge in information system architecture, system design patterns, and integration Required 7 Years
Self-motivated and self-driven is a must, ability to work on a team with limited supervision Required 7 Years
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; Experience working directly with clients is a plus Required 7 Years
Cloud Architecture and Cloud application development Required 5 Years
IBM DB2 Database Design, SQL, and Store Procedures Desired 4 Years
Experience with ServiceNow Design and Development Desired 2 Years
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The client is seeking a Project Manager specialist contractor for a 12 month engagement working for the Department’s Engineering Application Services with the Engineering Design and CADD Services Team.
The specialist will be responsible for providing project management tasks on multiple ongoing technical projects as well as providing assistance in writing several technical guidelines and workflows.
These administration tasks are in support of Preconstruction Engineering Design and CADD business processes that are critical to the project development workflows in the transportation lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
Break down and work tasks into clearly defined, manageable work items for multiple ongoing technical projects.
Prioritize and track progress on work items and deliverables
Ensure work items and deliverables are scheduled, completed, and delivered to the clients on time and with high quality & excellent, usable documentation
Develop and maintain CADD guidelines and workflows for the Department wide administration and utilization of Bentley and other CADD Systems.
Document the program and project deliverables as assigned
Coordinate with clients to ensure coordinated business processes
Draft and deliver training materials as needed
Provide maintenance and quality control for overall Team register of project tasks and project deliverables
Required Skills/Experience:
Experience in project management of IT related initiatives and programs Required 3 Years
Proven experience writing clear and concise technical training materials and other user documentation Required 3 Years
Strong analytical and conceptual skills Required 3 Years
Positive interpersonal skills Required 3 Years
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business users Required 3 Years
Excellent organizational and presentation skills Required 3 Years
Strong Microsoft Suite experience (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) Required 3 Years
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