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Responsibilities: Participates or leads joint application design sessions for new and enhanced system development efforts Works with other team leads/managers in the department to assist with the design, maintenance, execution and documentation of best practices in the development of extracts and validation testing; communicate changes to the team. Ensures all projects have clearly defined scope, delivery, budget and quality targets before the work begins. Recognize and manage out-of-scope activities so appropriate actions can be taken to reset client expectations. Coordinate design and implementation of work processes capable of meeting client requirements consistently and efficiently, ensuring that projects are delivered on-time, and pass validation. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare related field, Mathematics, Business OR Information Systems Minimum of Five(5) years experience in a Business Analyst role   Preferred Qualifications : Knowledge of or experience with the Atlassian suite of tools    1-2 years of experience in Healthcare Industry 1-2 years’ experience using SAS Knowledge of MS Project

The successful candidate must be able to effectively interact with stakeholders, management, and fellow team members from federal sector in the development of technical solutions that ensure the needs of the organization are met and must have experience in the following: Providing Project Management and process improvement support for product delivery and SDLC related activities, encompassing agile methodology, and continuous process improvement Experience with the full system development life cycle; knowledge and experience with interrelationship between applications, warehouses/database, reports, and websites components Collaboration tools and a strong understanding of SharePoint platform Responsibilities: Manage and direct multiple teams simultaneously Assist with defining and documenting the Information Technology (IT) Business Requirements for an enterprise, IT solution Provide technical direction to support staff, and effectively allocates staff resource ​Identify and monitor relevant cross cutting vulnerabilities, associated risk and provide mitigation strategies and/or recommendations for critical issues impeding success of objectives Work with teams to create and execute communications and escalation plans and strategies Facilitate planning sessions to build consensus among project team members regarding task definitions, sequencing and interrelationships within the project Prepare and deliver project reports, customized dashboards, consolidated schedules, supporting documents,​ and presentations for program and project status meetings Manage, plan, & track multiple project schedules, baselines and budgets using the  full  capabilities of Microsoft® Project Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, issue resolution, scope, submitting project deliverable's ensuring adherence to quality standards Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree from accredited college in Business, Information Systems, Public Health or related disciplines Minimum of  6 years’ experience as a Project Manager, PMP certification preferred U.S. Citizenship Demonstrated expertise with MS Project Excellent communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Project Manager Consultant, Healthcare: The successful candidate must be able to effectively interact with stakeholders, management, and fellow team members from federal sector in the development of technical solutions that ensure the needs of the organization are met and must have experience in the following: Providing Project Management and process improvement support for product delivery and SDLC related activities, encompassing agile methodology, and continuous process improvement Experience with the full system development life cycle; knowledge and experience with interrelationship between applications, warehouses/database, reports, and websites components Collaboration tools and a strong understanding of SharePoint platform Responsibilities: Manage and direct multiple teams simultaneously Assist with defining and documenting the Information Technology (IT) Business Requirements for an enterprise, IT solution Provide technical direction to support staff, and effectively allocates staff resource ​Identify and monitor relevant cross cutting vulnerabilities, associated risk and provide mitigation strategies and/or recommendations for critical issues impeding success of objectives Work with teams to create and execute communications and escalation plans and strategies Facilitate planning sessions to build consensus among project team members regarding task definitions, sequencing and interrelationships within the project Prepare and deliver project reports, customized dashboards, consolidated schedules, supporting documents,​ and presentations for program and project status meetings Manage, plan, & track multiple project schedules, baselines and budgets using the  full  capabilities of Microsoft® Project Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, issue resolution, scope, submitting project deliverable's ensuring adherence to quality standards Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree from accredited college in Business, Information Systems, Public Health or related disciplines Minimum of  6 years’ experience as a Project Manager, PMP certification preferred U.S. Citizenship Demonstrated expertise with MS Project Excellent communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Business Analyst: Responsibilities: Participates or leads joint application design sessions for new and enhanced system development efforts Works with other team leads/managers in the department to assist with the design, maintenance, execution and documentation of best practices in the development of extracts and validation testing; communicate changes to the team. Ensures all projects have clearly defined scope, delivery, budget and quality targets before the work begins. Recognize and manage out-of-scope activities so appropriate actions can be taken to reset client expectations. Coordinate design and implementation of work processes capable of meeting client requirements consistently and efficiently, ensuring that projects are delivered on-time, and pass validation. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare related field, Mathematics, Business OR Information Systems Minimum of Five(5) years experience in a Business Analyst role   Preferred Qualifications : Knowledge of or experience with the Atlassian suite of tools    1-2 years of experience in Healthcare Industry 1-2 years’ experience using SAS Knowledge of MS Project  IT Service Desk Technician Responsibilities: Answer inquiries into the Help Desk, via phone, or electronically Record events/problems and resolution in ticketing system (Remedy) Provide first and second level diagnosis & troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows problems Support Windows workstations deployments Perform break fix on printers, VTC equipment setup, and general support thereof Provide Active Directory account management Provide VPN support to remote sites  Install and configure new PC hardware and software on desktops, laptops and peripherals such as phones, printers, external drives and other related hardware Develop, prepare, test and deploy hard drive images  Perform basic computer wired and wireless network troubleshooting Interact professionally with clients exhibiting strong customer service skills  Requirements: U.S. Secret or higher Security clearance Min. 1+ years' experience as a help desk technician or IT support role of large user base CompTIA Security+ certification   Knowledge of Windows, 2010 networking fundamentals including routing, TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP Familiarity with emerging end user technologies (i.e. iPhones, iPads, Android based phones) Knowledge of ticket tracking systems, for example Remedy, Service Now Meticulous analytical and organizational skills with proven ability to multi-task Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, must be able to communicate clearly, courteously and professionally Senior Systems Administrator/NOC Analyst Supports a large government hybrid cloud infrastructure and its applications. The Network Center Operations team is responsible for monitoring all infrastructure and systems, remediating incidents, coordinating escalations, running support bridges, providing customer service and performing all operations & maintenance activities of hybrid cloud resources.  Responsibilities : Support the duties of the NOC to execute and enhance NOC SOP’s Manage, track, report, and assign tickets daily and across shifts Manage, implement, and remediate security compliance & vulnerabilities Provide and monitor system and application diagnoses to remediate issues while engaging other teams  Support and coordinate the implementation of middleware products, COTS, GOTS, and FOSS Provide and coordinate Tier 2 and 3 technical support to application teams Provide Tier 3 troubleshooting support for physical and virtual based server systems, desktops, laptops, Citrix VDI infrastructure, virtual desktops, MFP’s and printers Develop, review, and perform SOP’s and other documentation for use within the operations team Develop new operational dashboards using available tools (Splunk, SolarWinds, etc.) Provide daily infrastructure analysis reports  Required Knowledge/Experience: 10+ years of continuous and progressive hands-on experience managing and troubleshooting the following technologies: -Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 -Microsoft Active Directory -VMware 5.5+ (vCenter/vSphere/vRealize) -languages: bash, sh, powershell, python, ruby, etc. -NOC tools such as SolarWinds, AppDynamics, VMware VROps, Splunk Bachelors in Computer Science or related field US Citizenship

Other: Law Enforcement    U.S. Border Patrol Prevent terrorists and terrorists weapons from entering the United States by securing our land borders and coastal waters between ports of entry.  Minimum experience or requirements:  *Must be between the ages of 18-40 (unless you’re a veteran then the age limit is waved). *Must have a valid driver license. *Must not have been convicted of a crime that would preclude you from carrying a firearm. *Must have a High School diploma or GED equivalency. And (1) year generalized work experience. *Must be a U.S. Citizen. *Must have resided in the U.S. for the last (3) years.

Other: Law Enforcement U.S. Border Patrol Prevent terrorists and terrorists weapons from entering the United States by securing our land borders and coastal waters between ports of entry.  Minimum experience or requirements:  *Must be between the ages of 18-40 (unless you’re a veteran then the age limit is waved). *Must have a valid driver license. *Must not have been convicted of a crime that would preclude you from carrying a firearm. *Must have a High School diploma or GED equivalency. And (1) year generalized work experience. *Must be a U.S. Citizen. *Must have resided in the U.S. for the last (3) years.  

Other: Law Enforcement Office of Field Operations Responsible for border security, including anti-terrorism, immigration, anti-smuggling, trade compliance, and agriculture protection at U.S. ports of entry.  Minimum experience or requirements:  Must be between the ages of 18-40 (unless you’re a veteran then the age limit is waved). *Must have a valid driver license. *Must not have been convicted of a crime that would preclude you from carrying a firearm. *Must have a High School diploma or GED equivalency. And 3 years generalized work experience. *Must be a U.S. Citizen. *Must have resided in the U.S. for the last (3) years.      

Other: Law Enforcement Office of Field Operations Responsible for border security, including anti-terrorism, immigration, anti-smuggling, trade compliance, and agriculture protection at U.S. ports of entry.  Minimum experience or requirements:  Must be between the ages of 18-40 (unless you’re a veteran then the age limit is waved). *Must have a valid driver license. *Must not have been convicted of a crime that would preclude you from carrying a firearm. *Must have a High School diploma or GED equivalency. And 3 years generalized work experience. *Must be a U.S. Citizen. *Must have resided in the U.S. for the last (3) years.      

Cognosante is seeking to fill Cloud Network Administrator positions in support of VA (Veterans Administration) Cloud Operations and Migration Services (COMS) capability to provide operational input and support for the operations, maintenance, and refinement of VA’s Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environment, execution support for migrating new and legacy VA applications and services to cloud computing and continuous improvement of VA’s IT infrastructure. The candidate will support our VA clients in their cloud operations to enhance, optimize, and maintain their computing capabilities across their technical landscape. This includes working with our Cloud Architects when interviewing clients to understand application and infrastructure current state. Working with our Cloud Architects leading client working sessions to identify, categorize, prioritize and analyze data and information to work into cloud migration action plans. Working with the larger project teams to migrate legacy applications to their cloud platform. The Cloud Network Administrator must have experience with Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS).    Key responsibilities: Assist Cloud Architects to provide operations and migration services that enable VA to tailor the availability and delivery of cloud computing services based on business and technical requirements Utilize the future VA Enterprise Cloud Operational Tools (VAECOT), CSP native portals and tools, and/or other VA TRM-approved tools necessary to provide operations and migration support Assist with upgrading, installing, and configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux servers Manage Cisco CSRs, AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, CSR Hub and Spoke configurations for business partner environments, manage IP address allocation  • Assisting with reporting on current infrastructure status, and planning for future usage Assist planning network layouts  Perform system monitoring Ensure compliance with security policies and procedures Provide direction to less-experienced network personnel  Minimum experience or requirements:  Required Qualifications:   A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline is required.  (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education) Additional Minimum Qualifications:   Experience implementing, migrating, managing, and operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environment Experience writing technical documentation, especially in relation to Cloud architecture Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS) Knowledge and experience resolving security vulnerabilities Able to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust (High-Risk) Position Experience with network and/or systems administration in Linux/Unix and/or Windows environments Experience with infrastructure services (LDAP, Active Directory, etc.) Must be a U.S. citizen   Candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.   Preferred Qualifications:   Previous Federal Government experience preferably at VA Experience with VA’s configuration of IBM Rational Toolset for management, configuration and reporting of work products. Experience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or above One or more Microsoft or Amazon cloud certifications ITIL certification or experience with ITIL A minimum of 2 years of relevant cloud experience in AWS and/or Azure Active clearance for Public Trust (High-Risk) Position Experience with Agile and DevOps model • Strong expertise in Windows and/or Linux system administration and at least one configuration management tool such as Chef, Puppet, or Salt, Ansible, Cloud Formation etc. Cisco CCNA/CCNP certification, or other advanced networking certification Checkpoint expertise; CCSA is preferred