MS Exchange Server Admin with clustering, Active Directory (MSAD) federated services, forefront/ISA server, SAN, Office 365, cloud, windows server administration, IIS and government experience

IN4754-1 

MS Exchange Server Admin with clustering, Active Directory (MSAD) federated services, forefront/ISA server, SAN, Office 365, cloud, windows server administration, IIS and government experience

Location: Columbia SC

Duration: 6 Months  

Positions: 1 (immediate start)

CLOUD EMAIL INITIATIVE FOR SC STATE GOVERNMENT. INITIAL PHASE 8-10,000 EXISTING EMAIL BOXES MOVE TO PRIVATE GOVERNMENT CLOUD. FULL IMPLEMENTATION COULD BE AS LARGE AS 35,000 EMAIL BOXES IN THE CLOUD.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

1.)  MICROSOFT EXCHANGE 2007/2010.

2.) SERVER CLUSTERING

3.)ACTIVE DIRECTORY FEDERATED SERVICES

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE): IN ADDITION TO REQUIRED

1.) MICROSOFT FOREFRONT AND/OR ISA SERVER 

2.) STORAGE AREA NETWORK

3.) EXCELLENT INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING

REQUIRED EDUCATION: A bachelor's degree in computer science or information systems and five (5) years experience in the support of Intel-based enterprise Microsoft servers; an associate's degree and seven (7) years experience in the support of Intel-based enterprise Microsoft servers; or a high school diploma and nine (9) years experience in  the support of Intel-based enterprise Microsoft servers.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: NONE REQUIRED, MICROSOFT EXCHANGE CERTIFICATION AND/OR MICROSOFT SERVER CERTIFICATION HIGHLY DESIREABLE

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Incumbent will lead our local Microsoft Exchange 2010 and Microsoft Cloud initiative.  The selected candidate will help design our Exchange 2010 infrastructure, coordinate and execute the Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 migration, and guide and implement the transition of many of our customers to Microsoft’s Office 365 Cloud Exchange offering.  The selected candidate will work with other highly skilled team members, who are recognized leaders in their skill sets, in the Microsoft Server environment to ensure our Enterprise Service offerings are highly available and tuned to  our customer’s needs.

Selected candidate will be issued a state mobile phone device. Position is on-call 24x7 and will require working nights and weekends as needed. Overnight travel may be required.

Knowledge of and field experience with Windows Server operating systems with skill emphasis on installation, configuration and monitoring expressly related to Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010 absolutely essential. Knowledge of Operating System and extended component software required. Knowledge of AD/DNS, IIS, Clustering, ISA and Exchange configuration, maintenance and monitoring to ensure data security and systems integrity. Ability to establish positive working relationships with technical staff, customers and others involved in server management. The candidate must have good written and verbal communication skills as well as sound interpersonal skills along with a proven track record of working well with customers, contractors, and service providers. Experience with cloud-based service delivery highly desirable.

DRUG, CRIMINAL, MOTOR VEHICLE, CREDIT checks required

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SAS Designer with apache/tomcat, security, SAS web development and SAS Studio experience

IN001752

SAS Designer with apache/tomcat, security, SAS web development and SAS Studio experience

Location:   Raleigh,NC

Duratin: 4 months

Positions: 1

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is seeking to fill a short term (approx.4 months) contractor assignment to provide computer programming services.

1. Review Functional and Technical requirements for clarity.

2. Research and analyze existing business documents and processes, including forms and reports, and assist in making recommendations about improvements to processes.

3. Business Rule identification and validation.

4. Assist with the Application design and analysis as well as provide input to the metadata design.

5. Design application framework based on requirements documentation utilizing the SAS AppDev Studio see http://www.sas.com/technologies/bi/appdev/appdev/.

6. Document application design and system architecture in accordance with NCDPI standards.

7. Maintain screens as directed by the Accountability Team Manager and Accountability Director.

8. Report creation and validation

9. Resolve any application issues found in functional, performance, regression or acceptance testing.

10. Document the application as built.

11. Any other duties as determined needed by the Accountability Team Manager with regards to developing and maintaining SAS WEB based applications.

 

REQUIRED:

Minimum of (4) five years SAS Designer

Experience in leadership, leading in areas as outlined in the above description

Knowledge of the principles and methods used in obtaining maximum utilization of computing equipment

In-depth knowledge of web servers including Apache and Tomcat

Understanding and implementation of security best practices and requirements

Preference will be given to the candidate with demonstrated experience in the following: SAS Web development and SAS Studio.

ABILITY TO:

Communicate effectively in oral and written form

Explain complex systems concepts to customers, staff and peers in a simple, effective and appropriate manner

Quickly evaluate multiple operational situations, choose the most appropriate response and manager resolution to completion while under stressful conditions

Perform or assist in root cause analysis on system and network issues.

 

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Data/Information Architect with data mart, data modeling, db design/optimization/archiving/recovery and security experience

IN4754-1 

Data/Information Architect with data mart, data modeling, db design/optimization/archiving/recovery and security experience

Location: Columbia SC

Duration: 6 Months  

Positions: 1 (immediate start)

Job Description: Responsible for the overall design of the enterprisewide data/information architecture, which maps to the enterprise architecture and balances the need for access against security and performance requirements. Knowledgeable in most aspects of designing and constructing data architectures, operational data stores, and data marts. Focuses on enterprisewide data modeling and database design. Defines data/information architecture standards, policies and procedures for the organization, structure, attributes and nomenclature of data elements, and applies accepted data content standards to technology projects. Facilitates consistent business analysis, data acquisition and access analysis and design, Database Management Systems optimization, archiving and recovery strategy, load strategy design and implementation, security and change management at the enterprise level.

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Business Objects (BO) XI Developer with WEBI Universe, BO Universe Design, Report Analysis, Report Design, Mash-ups, Oracle and SQL experience

IN001751 

Business Objects (BO) XI Developer with WEBI Universe, BO Universe Design, Report Analysis, Report Design, Mash-ups, Oracle and SQL experience

Location:  Raleigh, NC

Duration: 6 months

Positions: 1

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is seeking a short term (not to exceed six months) contractor to work with the DENR Division of Information Technology Services to assist with the implementation of the Business Objects XI Enterprise reporting software. The UST Tank Information Management System (TIMS) uses Business Objects Enterprise Web Intelligence to handle reporting for all application functions. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Computer programming to create new reports

• Modify existing reports using Business Objects XI R2, WEBI Universes, and other supporting technologies

• Provide results of testing for those reports and recommend changes

Expectations of Candidate:

• Advanced experience with BO Universe Design, Report Analysis, Report Design, Mash-ups, Relational Database structures using Oracle and Writing complex SQL. (New reports will be specified in the business requirements and will draw on information stored in TIMs for Facility, Billing, Inspections and Permitting modules to display various aspects of the business including work flow, performance measures, data counts, accounting information and basic information about tank ownership, construction, inspection, permitting, etc.). 

• Utilize date pickers and various other filters to define the parameters of a report

• Utilize Migration and development of some key reports to train/mentor DENR staff for the future management and use of the system.

 

Required:

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in designing universes and WebI reports in the Business Objects Enterprise reporting system

• Exceptional report design and layout skills

• Extensive experience with Oracle database technology is required

• Experience with writing complex SQL

• Ability to work independently to achieve outcomes in an expedient and professional manner.

• Exceptional communication skills (oral, written, and interpersonal )

• Experience in mentoring staff to perform duties: including WebI universe and report design, creation, and support

 

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Desktop Support Technician (Win/Linux/Mac) with Novell, Active Directory (MSAD), networking, remote support, security profiles, MS Exchange and Windows Server experience

IN001714

Desktop Support Technician (Win/Linux/Mac) with Novell, Active Directory (MSAD), networking, remote support, security profiles, MS Exchange and Windows Server experience

Location:  Raleigh NC

Duration: 12 months

Positions: 1

 

North Carolina’s Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) is seeking to fill a short term (approx 12 month) contractor position to provide Desktop Support (Windows/Linux/MAC) for the migration of directory services to state agencies and also technical support of migrating client desktop computing equipment to an Enterprise Active Directory solution. Source directory environments include both Novell and Active Directory.

The selected candidate MUST possess knowledge of client hardware, software and active directory architecture requirements as well as the ability to manage the migration processes; ensuring migration processes are efficient and effective.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Adding desktop computing devices to a Microsoft Domain Environment from either Novell or Active Directory

• Creating, copying, and migrating user related desktop profiles on Microsoft Client Machines

• Understand manually mapped network drives, shortcut links, and basic desktop functionality

• Troubleshoot desktop related issues;

• Respond to end user support issues in a timely and professional manner

• Diagnose and resolve requests utilizing remote assistance

• Remote and desk-side installation of various software packages, engineering tools, and patches

• Provide support of Windows, MAC and Linux platforms

• Provide desk side support of desktops, laptops, Personal Data Assistant Devices, peripherals, printers

• Documents all end user interactions

• Recover data from hard disk drives and /or perform data migrations

• Knowledge of home router and switch equipment and configurations

• Troubleshoot network printer issues

• Provide regular status reporting

• Thorough understanding of the following:

• User profiles and profile structure for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7

• User profile location, profile configuration - preferences in the Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, and 7 operating systems and where these preferences are stored in the Registry Hive and user profile directory

• Windows O/S, Active Directory, Novell

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

Ability To:

• Troubleshoot and configure application specific settings related to user profile preferences

• Trouble shoot and resolve hardware/peripheral/software problems

• Trouble shoot client side MS Exchange and Active Directory problems

• Troubleshoot network port/wireless connectivity issues

• Follow through, and document issues and resolutions

• Follow procedures and protocols as outlined by Senior Management

• Follow through, and document issues and resolutions

• Working knowledge of MAC O/S X

• Experience migrating workstation clients with domain, local (workgroup), and/or roaming user profiles from a Novell Workgroup environment, or legacy Active Directory domain, to a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Active Directory forest.

• Exceptional customer service and communication skills

Education:

• High School Degree, or GED

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QA Testing Manager (PMP) with ACA, ICD-10, Medicaid, MMIS, MITS, HIPAA 5010, mainframes, EDI and healthcare/government experience

IN4747-1

QA Testing Manager (PMP) with ACA, ICD-10, Medicaid, MMIS, MITS, HIPAA 5010, mainframes, EDI and healthcare/government experience

Location: Columbia/Seneca SC

Qty: 1

Duration: 12 Months  

Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the nation’s health reform law to expand health coverage, increase benefits and modify the health care infrastructure. ACA contains numerous provisions with phased implementations.

ICD-10 represents a major improvement to medical coding practices (diagnosis and procedure codes) that impact both providers and payers requiring significant changes to related health care policies, business processes and information systems. ICD-10-CM will completely replace ICD-9-CM for dates of service on or after October 1, 2014; and ICD-10-PCS will replace ICD-9-CM for dates of discharge on or after October 1, 2014.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under general supervision, the Testing Manager evaluates Affordable Care Act (ACA) related legislation and assesses the impact. Collaborates with subject matter experts and business analysts to facilitate the adoption of ACA related initiatives. Help validate IT and business functional requirements; and identify and develop plans to support the implementations of ACA related initiatives. Assist in the development of new training, communication materials, implementation strategies and plans. Support the development and refinement of Contingency Plans and Operations Plans. Coordinate the testing of code, system, and configuration changes as a result of ACA related implementations, mandated by ACA, with Client, the Department of the State of South Carolina, and impacted agency functional areas and external partners, (i.e., hospitals, clearinghouses, managed care organizations, healthcare providers). The Test Manager will work collaboratively with the Client Program Manager, the Client Quality Assurance (QA) Manager, Client Development Team Manager, and the Department ACA/ICD10 Program Director. Support other ACA activities as required. The Test Manager will report to the Department ACA/ICD-10 Program Director.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

THE ABILITY TO:

1. Identify impacted agency functional areas and external partners with whom testing is required.

2. Determine what interaction with MCCS, if any, is required for ACA related testing and coordinate this interaction with MCCS, Client, Department, and any impacted agency functional areas, as well as external partners.

3. Work with Department ACA/ICD-10 Program Director to develop and distribute a general public notification of testing timelines to any impacted agency functional areas and external partners.

4. Create a schedule of timelines to include dates when each ACA related change will be ready for testing and dates when each impacted area (internal and external) is scheduled for testing.

5. Create a plan to assess overall readiness for ACA related testing. Include the identification of correct artifacts that impacted agency functional areas and external partners must have prior to testing.

6. In conjunction with the established test procedures used by Client QA and Department Medicaid, determine and document test procedures to be followed by the impacted agency functional areas and external partners. Communicate these test procedures to the impacted agency functional areas and external partners.

7. Work with Client QA and Department ACAICD-10 Program Director to develop a process for documenting defects identified when testing with impacted agency functional areas and external partners and the resolution of such defects.

8. Develop a re-test strategy with impacted agency functional areas and external partners

a) following the resolution of defects in the Medicaid MMIS System

b) following the resolution of defects in the found within the impacted agency functional areas and external partners.

9. Develop a detailed procedure to keep track of the status of testing with each identified impacted agency functional area and external partners.

10. Coordinate the execution of testing with Client QA, Client Development (as needed), Department, impacted agency functional areas and external partners, performing near real-time analysis of observed performance during and immediately after test execution. For defects or issues identified during testing that require more than immediate time to resolve, document these defects or issues and continue with testing as is appropriate.

11. Coordinate the verification of test results with Client QA, Department, and impacted agency functional areas and external partners.

12. Work with Client QA to develop a test plan for testing, utilizing any materials already used by Client QA and Department User Acceptance (UA) testing. Positive and negative testing scenarios should be used.

13. Work with Client Medicaid Information Technology Services (MITS) in Seneca, SC and Department ACA/ICD-10 Project Team in Columbia, SC. Job will require some travel between the two sites.

14. This position may require working more than 40 hours per week on an as-needed basis, including weekends. Hours worked over 40 hours per week must be approved in advance.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

- At least 8 years of experience working in a Payer environment (preferably Medicaid)

- Must have strong previous experience in the HIPAA transaction set

- At least 2 years of experience conducting and operating acceptance tests for a claims processing environment or major health plan (preferably Medicaid)

- Experience testing (preferably in a Mainframe environment) large complex (preferably Medicaid) Payer systems

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Data Warehousing (BI) Developer with Business Objects, VB.Net, SQL Server Reporting (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS), T-SQL, SharePoint/Designer and Agile/Scrum experience

IN4580-1

Data Warehousing (BI) Developer with Business Objects, VB.Net, SQL Server Reporting (SSRS/SSAS/SSIS), T-SQL, SharePoint/Designer and Agile/Scrum experience

Location: COLUMBIA, SC

Duration: 1+ years

Positions: 1

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

– Responsible to work with business users to develop requirements for reports; 

– Analyze user needs, as required, and leads in the design of specifications to meet those needs; 

– Responsibility for developing SQL Server Reporting Services reports and components; 

– Tests and debugs software; assists in testing projects for other developer\analysts; 

– Accountable for the successful delivery of reports within time estimates; 

– Develops and documents design; 

- Identifies risks and communicates risks to the project manager and project team; 

- Minimizes rework by utilization of best software engineering practice; 

- Supports and adheres to change management process

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• Expertise utilizing Microsoft ETL/data integration tools (SSIS and T-SQL scripts) a must.

• Knowledgeable/experienced with SharePoint 2010 & SharePoint Designer 

• Experience in BI data model and dimensional model best practices. 

• Knowledgeable/ experienced with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS. SSAS, SSIS). 

• Extensive knowledgeable/ experienced in all aspects of Business Objects disired. 

• Extensive knowledgeable/ experienced in all aspects of Microsoft BI Stack a must. 

• Skills in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Traditional or Agile (Scrum) SDLC knowledge.

• Experience with one or more BI dashboard tools. 

• Experience in deploying BI over the Internet 

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

STRONG PROJECT SKILLS

SELF STARTER

MINIMAL MANAGEMENT REQUIRED

Additional Skills: - More than 7 years of software development experience with an emphasis on gathering and documenting user requirements and developing business solutions; 

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COBOL Programmer with CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, ENDEVOR, CA Tools, SQL, DB2, VSAM, CICS Web Services, MS Office and county/state experience

IN001661

COBOL Programmer with CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, ENDEVOR, CA Tools, SQL, DB2, VSAM, CICS Web Services, MS Office and county/state experience

Location:  Raleigh, NC

Duration: 6 months

Positons: 1

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Information Technology DMV Systems Support is seeking a short term (6 month maximum) contractor. The selected candidate will be utilized on an existing project within DOT as Main Frame Programmer Analyst.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Analysis of complex legacy program modules

• Coding and testing of new and existing modules for major modifications to legacy applications

 

Required:

• Minimum of ten (10) years experience in corporate or government as programmer analyst

• Proven experience in programming techniques, programming languages in the mainframe environment

• Proven knowledge of principles and techniques of computer programming, testing, debugging, implementation and documentation

• Proven experience with analysis and design

• Excellent communication skill (written, verbal, presentations)

• Excellent organization, analytical, planning and scheduling skills

• Ability to resolve highly complex problems

• Proven experience with financial processes analysis and modification

• Self-starter who can work with a large and diverse team of business, management and IT individuals

• Demonstrated experience working with large project teams

• Microsoft Suite experience (e.g, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, ENDEVOR, CA Tools, SQL, DB2 and VSAM

Preferred:

• Experience with State or county government

• CICS WEB SERVICES Experience is a plus

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PHP Developer with Oracle, MySQL, LDAP, .Net to PHP Conversion and ZEND experience

IN4746-1

PHP Developer with Oracle, MySQL, LDAP, .Net to PHP Conversion and ZEND experience

Work Location: Clemson, SC

Duration:  6months

Positions: 1

THIS PROJECT INCLUDES CONVERTING THE CLIENT ONLINE PHONEBOOK FROM A MICROSOFT .NET APPLICATION WITH AN ORACLE DATABASE INTO A PHP ZEND-BASED APPLICATION WITH EITHER ORACLE OR LDAP BACKENDS. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE CONVERTING THE PHONEBOOK INTO A MORE “WEB 2.0” FRIENDLY INTERFACE TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. THE PROJECT HAS ALREADY HAD A MAJOR EFFORT TO BE REWRITTEN INTO PHP BUT NEEDS A FEW EXTRA STEPS TO COMPLETE AND HAVE READIED FOR PRODUCTION.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH WEB DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO MAKE CODING CHANGES INLINE WITH CURRENT CLIENT PROGRAMMING STANDARDS. DEBUG, UNIT TEST, AND INTEGRATION TEST CODING CHANGES. SUPPORT PRODUCTION READINESS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE STAFF DURING QA, USER ACCEPTANCE, AND EXTERNAL TESTING BY MAKING NEEDED CODING CHANGES. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN BOTH WRITTEN AND SPOKEN COMMUNICATION. WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH CLEMSON FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

PHP, JAVASCRIPT, ORACLE, MYSQL, LDAP, .NET

SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED: 

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND ORAL), ADAPTABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, SELF-MOTIVATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, ANALYTICAL THINKING, TIME MANAGEMENT, ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN A MODERATELY STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

PHP ZEND FRAMEWORK

OTHER PHP FRAMEWORKS

REQUIRED EDUCATION: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND MODIFICATION.

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Senior Business Analyst with USDA FNS/child support enforcement, EBT, testing, project management and finance/banking/government experience

Senior Business Analyst with USDA FNS/child support enforcement, EBT, testing, project management and finance/banking/government experience

Location: Jackson, MS

Duration: 1+ years

Positions: 1

Individual proposed for the Senior Business Analyst position must have verifiable working experience in the following areas. 

Technical Skill Set Requirement

1 Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, or Business from an accredited post-secondary academic institution. Please identify the degree and field.

2 Business and systems analysis in the designing and implementation of large scale projects 10 Years

3 Designing, testing, and coding of financial accounting systems 5 Years

4 System development and data transaction processing 5 Years

5 Banking industry, conversion, and change control processes 5 Years

6 TPPs (third-party processors), retailers, and financial institutions 5 Years

7 Working in a government/state environment 5 Years

8 Test plan development for all program and technical system users 5 Years

9 Planning for system testing, integration testing, and final acceptance testing 5 Years

10 Experience in the implementation of large scale welfare systems 5 Years 

11 Experience in and knowledge of the USDA FNS guidelines, as well as the Child Support Enforcement guidelines and requirements 5 Years

12 Demonstrated aptitude and ability to provide subject matter expertise on system architectures and protocols 5 Years

Technical Skill Set Requirement

13 Experience in the design, construction of software, and integration of the EBT host processing environment at an local office administrative terminal level 5 Years

14 Experience in EBT  and electronic payment engines technology and related systems 5 Years

15 Experience with financial system including debit card systems, credit card risks management, deposit systems cash-flow analysis, and stored-value/debit card services 4 Years

16 Experience in project management 4 Years

17 Experience in managing and overseeing project development 4 Years

Individual proposed for the Senior Business Analyst position must have the following business skills.

Business Skill Set/Requirements Requirement

1 Ability to effectively communicate in English verbally and in writing No minimum requirement specified

2  Experience interacting with functional users and technical staff regarding business and information technology needs  3Years

3 Ability to listen and solve problems No minimum requirement specified

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COBOL Programmer with CICs, JCL, TSO, Natural Adabas, welfare systems, EBT and financial system/government experience

COBOL Programmer with CICs, JCL, TSO, Natural Adabas, welfare systems, EBT and financial system/government experience

Location: Jackson, MS

Duration: 1+ years

Positions: 1

Technical Skill Set Requirement

Analysis, design, and development of large, complex development projects or related mainframe systems 10 Years

Technical Skill Set Requirement

COBOL CICS IBM environment, JCL (Job Control Language), TSO (Time Sharing Option), and related systems disciplines 10 Years

NATURAL ADABAS 10 Years

Experience in the implementation of large scale welfare systems 10 Years 

Demonstrated aptitude and ability to provide subject matter expertise on system architectures  10 Years

Experience in the design, construction of software, and integration of an EBT host processing environment at the local office administrative terminal level 7 Years

Experience in EBT  and electronic payment engines technology and related systems 7 Years

Experience with financial system including debit card systems, credit card risks management, deposit systems cash-flow analysis, and stored-value/debit card services 10 Years

Experience in automated welfare systems (e.g., TANF, SNAP, Child Support, Child Care, Child Welfare-Adoption Subsidy and Foster Care) development and/or maintenance projects 10 Years

Business Skill Set/Requirements Requirement

Ability to effectively communicate in English verbally and in writing No minimum requirement specified

Experience interacting with functional users and technical staff regarding business and information technology needs  3 Years

Business Skill Set/Requirements Requirement

Ability to listen and solve problems No minimum requirement specified

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Project Manager (PMP) with business analysis, EBT/EPC/ECC, financial/welfare systems, business process improvement, RFP development, programming, data warehousing, web portals, USDA FNS/child support enforcement and government experience

Project Manager (PMP) with business analysis, EBT/EPC/ECC, financial/welfare systems, business process improvement, RFP development, programming, data warehousing, web portals, USDA FNS/child support enforcement and government experience

Location: Jackson, MS

Duration: 1+ years

Positions: 1

Technical Skill Set Requirement

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, or Business from an accredited post-secondary academic institution. Please identify the degree and field.

Senior business analyst and/or project manager working on large scale state and/or federal government  projects 12 Years

Gathering, documenting, and communicating business requirements 10 Years

Experience working with benefit and/or payment delivery systems, such as EBT, EPC, and ECC systems 10 Years 

Experience working with financial accounting systems that manage, determine and/or reconcile settlement and liability amounts for state and/or federal government Programs (e.g., SNAP, TANF, Child Support Enforcement, Child Care Assistance, Adoption Subsidy and Foster Care) 10 Years

Experience with projects requiring knowledge of project management principles, methodologies and best practices  5 Years

Experience organizing project teams and work plans for multiple projects  5 Years

Experience estimating and planning project timelines and milestones, and administering task schedules  5 Years

Experience designing, documenting and improving business processes  5 Years

Technical Skill Set Requirement

Experience developing grant proposals for designing, developing and implementing large scale welfare-related systems  6 Years

Experience developing RFPs (Requests for Proposals) technical-related projects  4 Years

Experience with projects requiring an understanding of application programming, relational database concepts, and system design  5 Years

Experience designing, developing, and implementing data warehouse systems using a relational database to facilitate corporate reporting requirements No minimum requirement specified

Experience training end users to access a data warehouse system to create and generate functional reports No minimum requirement specified

Experience in and knowledge of TPPs, retailer point-of-sale devices, and financial institution methods and practices as related to EBT host processing systems  7 Years

Experience in and knowledge of call center/service center systems, methods, processes, and technologies  5 Years

Experience with projects requiring an understanding of online web portal architectures and how legacy and web-based systems interface with each other  5 Years

Experience with designing and building n-tier software applications No minimum requirement specified

Experience and knowledge of the USDA FNS guidelines and Child Support Enforcement requirements  3 Years

Experience with multi-state projects  4 Years

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Business Analyst with Organizational Change Management, IT Projects and project management experience

IN001749

Business Analyst with Organizational Change Management, IT Projects and project management experience

Location:  Raleigh, NC

Duration: 1 year

Positions: 1

Client is looking to fill a short-term (approx. 12 month) assignment for a Senior Organizational Change Consultant ad hoc support position with our Organizational change and change & communications work.

Responsibilities/Expectations will include the following: 

- Analyze impact assessment results to identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance.

- Develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns

- Assist with developing an overall change management strategy based on a situational awareness of the details of the changes and the groups being impacted by the change related to system implementation.

- Develop a set of actionable and targeted change management plans including communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, reinforcement mechanisms and resistance management plan.

- Provide a step-by-step toolkit for conducting capacity analysis to assist division directors in identifying changes in staffing levels driven by system and process changes.

- Coach the BT coaches in how to support their divisions and process owners to develop and execute their change management plans.

- Work with training design team to incorporate motivation and change management focus into ILT.

- Work with communications team to refine and operationalize a strategic communications plan that incorporates appropriate change management needs.

- Establish appropriate time and sequence for change management needs.

- Develop a recommended schedule of IDEAS team activities.

- Recommendation of how to best use the network to support the overall change management plan.

- Provide effective time management and prioritize work based on project time-lines.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Experience with large-scale organizational change effort

• Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies

• Solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process

• Experience in successful strategy and implementation of change management activities (inclusive of content development) for enterprise IT implementations

Ability To:

• Facilitate meetings and conducting consulting activities

• Manage competing priorities in a complex environment 

• Devise creative business solutions

• Convey a strong presence and professional image

• Deal confidently with complex business problems

• Influence others and move toward a common vision or goal

• Excellent verbal/written communication and organization skills

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SAP HR Consultant (ECC 6) with Payroll, BSI, tax reporter, Concurrent Employment, K-12, Yearend Workbench, Third-Party Remittance, FI,

SAP HR Consultant (ECC 6) with Payroll, BSI, tax reporter, Concurrent Employment, K-12, Yearend Workbench, Third-Party Remittance, FI, 

Location: Miami FL

Duration: 

Positions: 1

Lead tax year end process which includes overseeing implementation of HR Supports Pack, BSI and Tax Reporter,

Configure and setup Tax Reporter

Design the SAP tax reconciliation process that will be used for year-end activities

Review M-DCPS process requirements and suggest further enhancements and improvements where possible

Configure SAP system settings according to M-DCPS business requirements and document all configuration

Write functional specifications for development objects if required

Write and/or assist in development of BPPs and other training material

Coordinate testing of payroll development objects including interface testing (i.e. 941 and W2 related items)

Assist in the preparation and validation of end user training and documentation

Report delays and risks to team leads

Assist in identifying data to be cleansed

Manage design and/or revise relevant policies and procedures

Build solutions in Payroll according to M-DCPS business requirements

Qualifications:

SAP version ECC 6 implementation experience

Minimum of six years SAP HR/Payroll configuration experience

Experience with SAP Concurrent Employment preferred

Experience with K-12 or other Public Sector implementation preferred

Experience in writing payroll schema rules and reconciling tax data

Experience with BSI, configuring Tax Reporter, and reconciling tax data

Must have participated in a least one full year-end SAP project (preferably two or more)

Experience with the Yearend Workbench and Payroll Adjustments

Experience with SAP Third-Party Remittance and integration with SAP FI

Experience with configuring payroll forms

Experience with writing detailed payroll functional and technical specifications

Additional skills in other SAP modules a plus

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Business Analyst (SME) with business process/data model (BizAgi BPM), rules engine, MITA/MECT and healthcare/insurance/medicaid/government experience

IN4741-1

Business Analyst (SME) with business process/data model (BizAgi BPM), rules engine, MITA/MECT and healthcare/insurance/medicaid/government experience

Location: Columbia, SC

Qty: 2

Duration: 12 Months 

A replacement Eligibility and Enrollment Member Management Project Subject Matter Expert (SME) is responsible for evaluating agency needs, as-is and to-be business processes, and technical designs to provide analysis and advice on strategies for information technology solutions and non-technical solutions. 

Duties include:

• Requirements development execution, including the elicitation, analysis, specification and validation.

• Documenting and analyzing agency business processes and recommending improvements.

• Documenting and analyzing data requirements and relationships.

• Participating in the requirements management processes, including change control, version control, tracking and status reporting, and traceability.

• Providing requirements interpretation and guidance to technical and test teams.

•  Proactively identifying risks, issues, and action items leading to possible solutions.

• Interacting with internal and external organizations (i.e. vendors, State and Federal government agencies, State providers and beneficiaries, and other stakeholders).

• Participating in standup of business operations supporting the Eligibility and Enrollment Member Management Project.

• Planning for, conducting, and reporting on testing and other quality assurance activities.

• Other duties as assigned.

Subject matter areas include member related eligibility determination, enrollment and disenrollment, eligibility inquiry, capitation premium payment, health insurance premium payment, Medicare premium payment, premium invoice, program policy, and state plan. Familiarity with the Affordable Care Act and impacts on Medicaid eligibility and member related processes is also beneficial.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• Strong background and at least six years in healthcare insurance operations (payer or provider side; government or commercial side). Experience in multiple business areas is a plus. Note: IT operations are not the same as business operations.

• At least three years experience in healthcare insurance IT software/systems implementations performing duties described in the “Daily Duties/Responsibilities” section above.

• Ability to properly document business requirements and business rules.

• Ability to interpret business process and business data models.

• Experience in creating business process and business data models.

• Experience using modern commercial rules engines.

• Superb written and oral communication skills, including the ability to give presentations to executive management. Strong proficiency in English is required.

• Impeccable integrity. This project will have very high visibility and will impact significant expenditures of public funds. Candidates must be confident with their abilities to make correct decisions and the courage to speak out when necessary.

• Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• Medicaid eligibility system/business operations experience

• Knowledge/experience with the BizAgi BPM tools

• Understanding of the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)

• Understanding of the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT)

• Experience in an outsourced IT development project.

• Public sector procurement experience is a plus.

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Project Manager (PMP) with medicaid (MMIS), SDLC, HIPAA, CMS Certification, MITA, MECT and insurance/healthcare/government experience

IN4742-1

Project Manager (PMP) with medicaid (MMIS), SDLC, HIPAA, CMS Certification, MITA, MECT and insurance/healthcare/government experience

Location: Columbia SC

Duration: 12+ months

Positions: 1

Previous experience in health care related information technology, insurance information technology, Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Medicaid eligibility, or social services eligibility, while not absolutely necessary, will be helpful.

This position requires excellent communications and leadership skills including effective oral and written communication. 

The Replacement MMIS project is among the most complex IT projects taken on by the client. This project is a multi-year effort to replace the State’s aging Medicaid systems with a multi-tier application environment that requires modern technologies, technical practices and substantial collaboration with a variety of stakeholders. The new MEDS project, while not quite as comprehensive in scope of the replacement MMIS, is also complex and equally vital to the effective administration of the Medicaid program. The Independent Verification and Validation process will be used to provide feedback on the new systems’ quality, performance, and scheduling to both client management and CMS, the federal agency responsible for the oversight and the funding for this project. The IV&V lead will be responsible for putting together a team of at least two other individuals in order to carry out this work.

OBJECTIVES TO BE FULFILLED BY CANDIDATE:

- Define the needed IV&V team members

- Develop a Verification and Validation Plan

- Should have, or propose the tools necessary for an IV&V team to successfully create & execute the Verification and Validation Plan.

- Perform independent review of deliverables and processes

- Identify areas of risk to systems and schedules; ensure findings are documented clearly so the State can use the information in its decision-making process

- Provides recommendations of risk mitigation or contingency options

- Identify deviations from plans or execution of those plans that may jeopardize theproject(s)

- Can perform all objectives without conflict of interest (or appearance thereof) and remain neutral with observations/decisions involving all impacted parties

- Ensures all proper communications have been identified, documented and are taking place

- Ensures that proper Change Management processes and governance is in place and being followed

- Ensures that project requirements are correct, complete, accurate, and are testable.

- Ensure requirements have been traced through all phases of the SDLC.

- Identifies defects of requirements not being met and/or areas of process improvement; provides recommendations for corrective actions.

- Perform independent testing to ensure that requirements are meeting all project scope and requirements

- Ensures that Configuration Management process is being followed

- Ensures that HIPAA/Security processes are being followed

- Teams with appropriate parties to ensure that CMS Certification will be successful

- Provide reports detailing the work planned, the work currently in progress, and work recently completed.

- Provide flexibility in terms of role, activities, tools methods and documentation and to adapt to the projects’ needs.

- Ensure that all parties are meeting their contract obligations.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

- Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience

- Medicaid eligibility system/business operations experience.

- Have the ability to create a work plan, assign and lead IV&V team resources with tasks

- Effective oral and written communication skills (English)

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

- Familiar with Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)

- Familiar with Medicaid Enterprise Certification Toolkit (MECT)

- Commercial insurance and/or health care data experience

- Public sector experience is a plus.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or field. Master’s degree is desirable. Years of experience can substitute for formal education.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

None required. Technical and/or Project management certifications from recognized sources are desirable.

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