Author: epchelp

Job ID: NC-645003 (98590315)

Local Agile Scrum Master (CSM/Kanban/SPC/SAFe) with MS Project, JIRA, SharePoint, DevOps experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/1)

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Strong organization and analytical thinking skills with experience turning complex business needs into user scenarios, flows, and diagrams. Required 7 Years
Strong experience understanding and implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum) based on Team’s maturity. Required 7 Years
Strong hands on experience with tools like MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint. Required 7 Years
Experience with JIRA to create/enhance dashboards, monitor progress of sprint/work flow, and providing statuses in timely manner. Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work. Required 7 Years
Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epic/stories/tasks Required 7 Years
Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs. Required 7 Years
Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences. Required 5 Years
Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills. Required 7 Years
Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders Required 4 Years
Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio. Required 4 Years
Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills. Required 4 Years
Demonstrated experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward. Required 4 Years
Certified Scrum Master or Kanban certification Required 2 Years
Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation Desired
Knowledge of DevOps practices Highly desired
Candidate local to Raleigh area Desired

The scrum master or Kanban flow master coaches and advises the teams as well as leadership on desired Scrum processes, procedures, values, and interactions as well as opportunities for continuous improvement. This role strives to enabling teams to become self-organizing, cross-functional, and accountable while assisting them to achieve their Sprint plan by facilitating Scrum/Kanban/SAFe events, removing impediments, and resolving issues outside of the team’s control. Resource will lead the planning and execution of development and delivery of efforts for one or more products to a high standard. Resource must be coachable, and knows how to work with Product Owners, Scrum/flow Masters, Developers, and Stakeholders. This role must execute and follow the Agile transformation strategies laid out by the Agile Transformation Coach and transformation team, work as a good team player to enable understanding, learning and behaviors in an Agile way that drives customer and business value while creating a healthy Agile team culture. This position will be responsible for managing and assisting with requirements gathering, design, development, and implementation of the Cúram (as well as Java) software application on n-tier infrastructure, interfacing with various internal and external applications on variety of platforms.
This position will use Agile (Scrum, Kanban) principles to understand and execute resolution of backlog items by working closely with the Product Owner(s) and the project team(s), ensuring deliverables reflect requirements, are effective solutions and are delivered with quality. This position plays a key role in resolving business and team conflicts with active involvement in technical matters, finding gaps and ensuring Product Owner involvement in business decisions and description of the business flow. This role must demonstrate a high level of expertise in understanding and estimating work effort, collaborating to refine prioritized backlogs, facilitating Scrum ceremonies or Kanban events, and related aspects of Agile methodology.

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Job ID: NC-646305 (980903)

Rhapsody Engineer/EDI Developer with HL7, JavaScript, EDI, LOINC, SNOMED-CT, ELR/eCR and healthcare experience

Location: Raleigh NC (HHSC)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 3 (3/3)

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Demonstrated experience with HL7 and XML Required 3 Years
Demonstrated experience with Data Exchange Interface engine Required 3 Years
Orion Rhapsody and JavaScript Experincce Highly desired 2 Years
Experience with Laboratory data and EDI transaction processing, including LOINC and SNOMED-CT coding of lab data Highly desired 2 Years
Experience working with communicable disease reporting at a local, state or federal level Highly desired 2 Years
Experience with ELR or eCR (electronic lab reporting or electronic case reporting) Highly desired 2 Years
Experience leveraging relational data bases and wide-ranging experience in a variety of programming languages Required 2 Years
Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with a variety of project team members in various locations Required 3 Years
Prior experience writing logic for Health Information Systems Required 3 Years

COVID 19 Rhapsody/JavaScript Systems Specialist. The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in collaboration with its partners, seeks the expertise of Electronic Reporting Interoperability Systems Specialists with Rhapsody and JavaScript skills. These specialists will assist in onboarding additional labs for electronic lab reporting for COVID-19 and debug problems found during daily reconciliation for labs. They will also build support for automatic processing of new data feeds for COVID-19 data such as electronic case reports and potential information from other systems. .
The positions work with hospital personnel, NC DPH communicable disease epidemiologists, and NC DPH IT application specialists to coordinate and create schedules and application interfaces to exchange patient/disease data utilizing various formats including HL7 V2 and V3 specifications as well as structured files. Position ensures standard exchange protocols (HL7), standard vocabulary, etc. are utilized for moving COVID-19 health information between independent medical and public health applications, in near real time. Positions ensure that information exchange processes accurately report health information data and maintain privacy and security of data under applicable data security and confidentiality standards. Positions will develop and apply standards-based transforms and/or system application code to support local and national exchange of health information. Positions will configure operational platforms to facilitate information exchange, specifically Orion Rhapsody (with JavaScript) that is used for NC DHHS’s existing electronic laboratory reporting (ELR).
Positions will conduct quality control processes that compare electronic records with existing paper records to ensure complete, accurate and timely reporting.

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Job ID: NC-647132 (94090310)

Automation Tester with Test Director/Quality Center, QTP, Curam, SQL, UNIX, Selenium and healthcare experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/2)

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Experience and proficiency in using HP test tools including Test Director/Quality Center 9.0 or higher and Quick Test Professional (QTP) 9.5 or higher Required 5 Years
Experience testing web, GUI, client/server, and database applications. Required 5 Years
Experience with requirements analysis and automated test cases/script development. Required 5 Years
Experience with manual or automated testing, testing tools, writing test plans and reviewing test cases. Required 5 Years
Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Required
Good oral and written communications skills in order to interact on a daily basis with system developers, business analysts, and others. Required
Ability to prioritize tasks within the project and work with minimal supervision or guidance. Required
Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment. Required
Stable work history Required
Experience with testing Curam products. Highly desired 1 Years
Experience testing for a health and human services project. Highly desired 1 Years
Experience with executing SQL to validate or test. Desired 6 Months
Experience navigating on a UNIX platform. Desired 6 Months
Experience developing and executing Selinium automation test scripts. Desired 6 Months

The NC Department of Health and Human Services seeks a contractor resource to assist with the development and implementation of NC Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST) as a Test Scripts Writer. Duties include analyzing business requirements for testability and completeness using Functional Specification Documents, Business Requirements Documents and Technical Design Documents, developing requirements into test conditions, cases and scripts, development and execution of automated scripts using HP Quality Center to thoroughly test software to ensure proper operation and freedom from defects. This position is responsible for reviewing test cases and other testing artifacts to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all test artifacts. This position coordinates testing, reports and tracks testing problems by providing reproducible test cases, works with other product team members to diagnose and recreate problems as well as prioritize and implement solutions and close problem reports. This position is responsible for test scripting data collection and analysis according to the project plan schedule and ensuring adherence to standard practices and procedures.

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Job ID: NC-647133 (94290310)

NC Healthcare BA/County Liaison with social services and child welfare policy/law/rules interpretation experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/2)
**Extensive statewide travel up to 70% of the time is required in the performance of the work. Travel may include some evenings and weekend days.**

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Demonstrated working knowledge base of technical requirements, program requirements and business needs in county departments of social services Required 3 Years
Demonstrated working knowledge of/ability to interpret laws, rules and policies with an emphasis on NC child welfare law, policy, and procedures Required 3 Years
Demonstrated working knowledge of relevant information associated with child welfare practice, policy, law, and rules Required 3 Years
Ability to collect, review and interpret data effectively to ensure stakeholder and agency objectives are met Required 3 Years
Significant proficiency in NC FAST navigation, application development and capacity for system analysis to support user enrichment and strategic plans Desired 3 Years
Ability to think analytically and engage in active problem-solving. Required 3 Years
Ability to work systematically and logically to resolve problems, identify causes and anticipate both expected and unexpected results Required 3 Years
Demonstrated above average written and oral communication skills including correct grammar, vocabulary, and terminology for effective communication Required 3 Years
Ability to plan and organize large volumes of work in an organized, detailed, and results driven manner both in a team and individually Required 3 Years
Demonstrated above average relationship building and retention skills with both internal and external partners Required 3 Years

The NC Department of Health and Human Services seeks contract resources to provide on-site support for county department of social services NC FAST users as they learn the NC FAST Case Management System. This is NOT a desktop support and NOT a help desk support position. This position uses knowledge of NC FAST functionality, as well as understanding of how counties provide delivery of services to guide new users in correct navigation and submission of case data in the system. This role uses excellent written and verbal skills to effectively coach and communicate information as well as to escalate issues to management as they arise. This role may coordinate with other NC FAST business team and project team members to troubleshoot, replicate and report errors and/or unexpected outcomes within the system. The County Support Liaison acts as an integral part of Readiness and Implementation Support initiatives to facilitate meetings, conferences, and other activities to advocate for and foster effective communication, and maintain communication with state and county staff to clarify statutory, policy and procedures concerns impacting or related to one or more program areas.
** Extensive statewide travel is required up to 70% of the time. Work hours may occasionally include evenings and weekends. Travel expenses are reimbursed using the state’s protocol for submitting expenses after travel. Per diem is paid directly to the contractor, most hotel expenses are direct billed to the state resulting in no out of pocket for the contractor. The contractor will, at the direction of management, either ride with an employee driving a state car or drive their personal vehicle and be reimbursed mileage after travel.**

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Job ID: NC-646476 (99090302)

Mainframe Modernization/Application Architect (TOGAF/AWS/Azure/Google certification) with mainframe modernization, COBOL, CICS, Telon z/OS, IBM BPM, Agile, ALM experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS) 100% onsite
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/2)
in-person interview

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Architecture certifications in TOGAF, AWS, Google, Azure is preferred. Highly desired
Prior experience with mainframe modernization is a preferred. Highly desired
Advanced knowledge of Enterprise Architecture and current environments IBM COBOL, CICS, Telon for z/OS, and IBM BPM; Required 7 Years
Advanced knowledge of application communications, connectivity and security Required
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information technology, or relevant experience Required
Advanced knowledge of Agile framework and principals Required
Advanced knowledge Atlassian ALM tool suites Required
Ability to read and understand complicated technical documentation and perform logic analysis; Required
Ability to apply theories, principles and methodologies to architectural design. Required

Purpose of Position/Summary: Employee works in the ACTS Technical Team. This role is responsible for working with the ACTS Modernization planning vender to oversee application architecture activities including overall standards and processes for the current platforms and future platforms within the ACTS Modernization project and understanding the overall IT goals of the Information Technology Division. The Application Architect will also work with the Planning vendor to review and assist in the process of selecting an overall approach to system modernization for the ACTS system. Employee reports to the APMO IT Portfolio Manager.

Essential Duties / Responsibilities:
• Assists in defining and maintaining application/architecture strategies and standards to leverage best practices in user interface design, Web services, and COTS application and mainframe programming interfaces required to meet the business needs for ACTS applications and services;
• Participates and contributes to ACTS Modernization Project technical team reporting activities and meetings;
• Works directly with the ACTS planning vendor to ensure application requirements are met and the vendors are providing documentation and knowledge to support project efforts;
• Understands the architecture standards, procedures, integrity, and integration of applications that interact with Child Support;
• Reviews proposed application solutions and assists planning vendor with technical, structural, and organizational designs and specifications;
• Participates in Proof of Concepts, high-level design, and explores solution alternatives and integration;
• Supports application design for recovery, high availability, performance, security, and maintenance;
• Researches, recommends, and understands the use of middleware to facilitate the portability and scalability of applications;
• Assists in the creation and maintenance of logical and physical application modeling and diagrams for CSS applications;
• Works with ACTS Technical teams on project assignments to gather and catalog technical documentation;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:
• Prior experience with mainframe modernization is a preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Enterprise Architecture and current environments IBM COBOL, CICS, Telon for z/OS, and IBM BPM;
• Advanced knowledge of architecture assessment and solution quality including hardware/software capabilities and configurations;
• Advanced knowledge of application communications, connectivity and security;
• Thorough knowledge of cloud architecture/solutions and integration solutions to support the future environments.
• Thorough knowledge of relational databases;
• Advanced knowledge of Agile framework and principals
• Advanced knowledge Atlassian ALM tool suites;
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information technology, or relevant experience;
• Architecture certifications in TOGAF, AWS, Google, Azure is preferred.
• Ability to read and understand complicated technical documentation and perform logic analysis;
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
• Ability to apply theories, principles and methodologies to architectural design.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
No supervisory responsibility or direct reports. Employee reports to IT Manager, Application Portfolio Manager. Employee may receive guidance from other Application Specialists and Technical Manager.

Difficulty of Work:
Employee applies general agency guidelines in designing and maintaining system architectures for a variety of complex technology areas, using considerable judgment in selecting those techniques and procedures most pertinent. Hardware and software problems faced are non-routine in nature and require in-depth analysis and application of advanced logic to reach a solution, which may be unique in the field.

Responsibility:
Employee works with minimum supervision and makes many individual judgments in achieving general goals. Work is reviewed for attainment of objectives and compliance with policy. Employee’s contribution may have a significant impact on the practices of the ACTS application, and the decisions made by management.

Personal Work Relationships:
Contacts are with information technology staff within and outside the agency and department for the purpose of facilitating communication of requirements and responsibilities for systems under development or evaluation. Employee is involved in cooperative problem solving in highly sensitive or disputed situations.

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Job ID: NC-645572 (912590301)

Curam/Oracle DBA with PL/SQL, Unix/Linux, shell scripting, SQL replication, JIRA and 19c experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/1)

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Demonstrable skills with Cúram Software and database schema Required 5 Years
Demonstrable skills with Oracle or DB2 database software Required 5 Years
Experience configuring, monitoring, tuning, and performing backup and restore for Oracle database servers Required 5 Years
Experience authoingr code in SQL, PL/SQL and Unix/Linux Required 5 Years
Proficiency in one or more shell scripting languages Required 5 Years
Experience in a Cúram software development environment in a Cúram DBA role Required 5 Years
Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment to establish and maintain effective working relationships Required
Experience planning and coordinating the work of others Required 5 Years
Experience with advanced security and SQL replication Required 5 Years
Knowledge of and experience with Oracle 19c and JIRA Highly desired 5 Years
Experience leading and managing Database Teams Required 5 Years

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requires a Senior Cúram Applications DBA on the Oracle Database Platform to support the development and implementation for the North Carolina NCFAST Program to support the development and implementation of North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST). This position is responsible for performing tasks associated with the Leading the management of the Cúram application schema, design, and extensions within the database, in development, test and production environments. This position is the Architecture and Infrastructure Database Team Lead, supporting tasks and activities for code release and builds for the NCFAST program.
This position provides database technical support, tuning, and application administration and consulting on database management strategy. Serving in a primary role in the creation of database migration plans, this position provides support for Oracle Database, Oracle Dataguard, and Oracle Enterprise Manager in a Linux/AIX and Golden Gate environment. This position serves as the Primary Role in the creation of Database migration plans and is involved in the development of procedures for managing database structures ensuring compliance with security and operating standards. The Database Team Lead duties also includes: Managing the Document Repository FileNet, working with developers to define data requirements/designs, performing backup and recovery, monitoring database performance, reorganizing database structures, creation and modification of test and production data schemas.

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Job ID: NC-645494 (94790301)

Instructional Designer/Trainer with curriculum design, LMS/Moodle, CBT, Adobe FrameMaker, Captivate, Photoshop, Breeze, Dreamweaver, Visio and social services/child welfare program experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 2 (2/2)
Statewide travel up to 25% of the time is required in the performance of the work for this position. Travel may include some evenings and weekend days.
NOTE: COVID-19 restrictions prohibit travel at this time; however, when restrictions are lifted, this role may be expected to travel as needed to meet the requirements of this position.

Skill Required / Desired Amount of 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. Highly desired 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 and . Required 3 Years
Experienceproviding 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 Child Welfare Programs in NC Highly desired 1 Years

The NC Department of Health and Human Services seeks contract resources to assist with the training and implementation of NC Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST). The primary purpose of NC FAST Training Developer is to analyze the NC FAST system functionality to develop classroom facilitator-led learning solutions and eLearning courses to support NC FAST implementation. This position will work closely with the Training Lead, Training Scripts Writer, Applications Lead and subject matter experts to understand requirements to design training and develop course materials, to develop and maintain Adobe FrameMaker templates and scripts, and to revise training materials for instructional training of adult learners. Using this base, this resource will also be responsible for providing effective and creative classroom and virtual facilitation of training for all levels of employees who oversee and administer social services programs that are managed through the NC FAST system.

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Job ID: NC-646137 (96290219)

Govt BA with QA, workflow, use cases, feasibility studies and BPR experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DOT)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/2)
***The candidate will be allowed to work remotely until all staff return to site. At that point the candidate will be required to come onsite.
***The candidate will need to come onsite the first day to collect equipment.

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Experience and knowledge in the area of application analysis, application design and system integration. Required 7 Years
Experience in the entire systems development life cycle processes including workflow analysis, workflow diagrams, design, QA and testing. Required 7 Years
Experience in analyzing and documenting complex business functions and system needs; developing requirements and use cases for the "to be" solution. Required 7 Years
Experience with application analysis and design to develop feasibility studies, cost analysis, staff estimates and implementation strategies Required 7 Years
Experience leading requirements gathering and analysis sessions and translate business and functional requirements to technical solutions. Required 7 Years
Experience working in a large, complex government agency with an understanding of how legislation translates to business needs. Highly desired 5 Years

The North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) – Transportation is seeking an Expert Level Business Analyst contractor for an approximately 12 month engagement for the Department’s DMV systems. The Business Analyst will be responsible for development of business requirements, and for the development and delivery of business process and IT application training materials. This individual will be knowledgeable in all aspects of business analysis and have a basic understanding of project management and the system development life cycle. This individual must have proven contributor level experience with Microsoft SharePoint. The Business Analyst will work closely with NCDIT’s IT Manager in assisting with solution documentation and project management tools to meet State IT requirements.
• Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow and business processes
• Document the program and project deliverables as assigned
• Coordinate with clients to re-engineer business processes
• Design SharePoint and web based content management deliverables as required to support the re-engineered business processes
• Develop and deliver training materials for changed business processes and IT applications
• Provide limited support for new processes during implementation
• Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with other programs and projects
• Provide coordination and leadership for other project team members as needed
• Consult with clients to prototype, refine, test, and debug applications and processes to meet needs
• Provide quality control for program and project deliverables
• Provide operational support for clients and the IT applications that support their business processes

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Job ID: NC-643165 (96290219)

Local Healthcare BA/QA with rules, Visio, MS Project, UAT, Agile/SCRUM, .Net/C# application testing, SQL, RFP writing, JIRA, HP Quality Center ALM, SOAP and Web Services experience

Location: Raleigh NC (DHHS)
Duration: 12 months
Positions: 1 (1/2)

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Extensive knowledge of applicable business information systems, business system analysis techniques and testing methodologies Required 7 Years
Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and developing of business rules and process flows Required 7 Years
Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design Required 7 Years
Experience with industry standard Business Analysis methodologies and problem solving Required 5 Years
Experience in developing test scenarios and test cases and execution of user acceptance testing Required 5 Years
Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Visio) and Microsoft Project Required 5 Years
Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and ability to facilitate small-to-large meetings Required 5 Years
Demonstrable analytical skills and an attention to detail Required 5 Years
Excellent creative thinking and strong problem-solving skills. Required 5 Years
Proactive, quality oriented, with demonstrated leadership and team building skills Required 5 Years
Hands on experience in solution testing using industry standard tools Required 3 Years
Experience with interpreting business requirements to create all-inclusive test case scenarios, test cases and UAT Required 3 Years
Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM Required 3 Years
Experience testing against Microsoft .NET C# applications Required 3 Years
SQL experience Required 3 Years
Experience writing procurement documents including RFP Desired
Experience with all types of testing – unit/system/performance/regression/White Box testing Desired
Jira Desired
Experience using HP Quality Center ALM tool Desired
SOAP experience Desired
Web Services experience Desired
XML experience Desired
Local candidates only Required

NC DHHS is seeking an expert level business analyst and testing specialist to support business process analysis towards implementation of a new PHP Contract Deliverable Utility(PCDU) Application for Managed care Transformation.
This position will work closely with the development team to understand the Application , and will work with the Operations and Maintenance team to maintain this Application after Managed care Go-Live.

Primary tasks include: • Understanding and development of business processes and data flows • Document detailed business requirements related to the business processes • Conduct detailed analysis between the business requirements • Understanding gap analysis and assist with development of project artifacts including test plans, business requirements/user stories to create all-inclusive test case scenarios, create test cases to meet functional, integration, system, regression and performance test phases, and document test case results.

Additional tasks are documenting and tracking the requirements traceability, participating in user acceptance testing, project level and technical documentation.

The ideal candidate must possess hands on experience with following:
• Extensive knowledge of applicable business case management systems, business system analysis techniques, problem solving and testing methodologies
• Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and developing of business rules and process flows
• Proven experience with business process design, definition and/or re-design
• Experience in developing test scenarios and test cases and execution of user acceptance testing
• Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Visio) and Microsoft Project
• Agile Testing with Scrum methodology
• MS SQL Server and SQL

Experience with following technology and tools is desirable.
• White box testing
• JIRA
• HP Quality Center ALM testing tool
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Job ID: NC-645895 (97590216)

Local Automation Tester with Selenium Web Driver, SQL, security testing, SOAP UI/REST, COTS and agile/iterative SDLC experience

Location: Raleigh NC (NCAOC)
Duration: 4 months
Positions: 1 (1/2)

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Agile Methodology experience Highly desired 4 Years
Selenium – Web Driver – in depth knowledge required, not just exposure Required 4 Years
Ability to work in a fasted-pace environment Required 6 Years
SQL, relational database, and ability to read a data model. Required 4 Years
Experience with security testing Required 2 Years
All types of testing (performance, functional, load, web services, data creation, persistent layer verification, stress, etc.) Required 7 Years
SOAP UI utilizing REST requests – in depth knowledge, not just exposure Required 4 Years
Experience with large-scale web based (COTS) project Highly desired 4 Years
Proficient in various SDLC (agile, iterative, etc.), not just automation tester. Required 7 Years

********LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY ********

The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts seeks qualified Senior Software Tester to support its mission to protect and preserve the rights and liberties of all the people by providing a fair, independent, and accessible forum for the just, timely, and economical resolution of their legal affairs.

The NCAOC has signed a contract with a vendor to provide an integrated case/financial management system to replace multiple legacy applications. Each Senior Software Tester position is responsible for testing vendor base solution for the implementation effort. S/he is responsible for testing within assigned areas of responsibility (e.g. data migration, training planning and execution, business process reviews, etc.).

The Senior Software Tester position is responsible for working all phases in software development life cycle with experience in different methodologies (i.e. agile, iterative, waterfall, etc.) with emphasis on agile. This position will have the responsibilities for the analysis, verification, and validation of products or services meeting the specified requirements for large vendor solution systems. Other responsibilities are understanding business workflow, configuration, monitoring and evaluating testing results against predetermined objectives, and applying recommended actions for improvements, creating test data, test estimates, performance testing, coordinating, and conducting readiness meetings. The person in this position will work closely with project manager, business analysts and developers. The individual must possess excellent oral and written communication skills and have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, work with minimal assistance, and the ability to establish and maintain a good working relationship within and outside the Quality Control and Testing teams.

Primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to the following:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Understand the technical details of the project/application/system.
• Prepare and execute SQL commands to manage and verify data
• Develop, publish, and execute test cases and test scripts for complex, distributed applications throughout the project life cycle
• Create, manage, and maintain efficiencies in the automated script execution and script development using Selenium web driver in addition to keeping abreast of automation best practices.
• Create, execute, and automate SOAP UI scripts for Web Services testing.
• Develop test plans and user acceptance tests; and develop test data as needed.
• Execute sanity, smoke, functional, security, regression, stress/performance, and load testing based on projects, applications, and services.
• Participate in production implementation verification.
This position reports to the PMO and QA Administrator. Staff work hours are typically 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES / COMPETENCIES:
Knowledge of: software development life cycle; system testing best practices and methodologies; web application UI modeling and dynamic web applications; white box, gray box, and black box test development; and Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skills in: testing web applications, web services, and infrastructure applications; relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, DB2, Oracle), data modeling, SQL, and XML; automated testing tools (SOAP UI, Selenium Web Driver); and sanity, functional, regression, security, performance, and load testing.
Ability to: work with minimal assistance with a can-do attitude, understand the technical details of projects, applications, and systems; write test cases and execute testing within a web service environment; create test data to meet testing needs, establish processes for collecting data, data entry, and prioritizing defects reports for defect tracking tools, etc.; create traceability matrix of test cases to requirements; and work with cross functional teams.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related field, and three (3) years of experience in an appropriate field of electronic data processing; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Management requires applicants with:
• Seven (7) or more years of experience testing web applications and web services.
• Four (4) or more years of experience with rational databases and SQL and ETL.
• Four (4) or more years of automation testing using Selenium using Web Driver.
• Four (4) or more years of web service testing using SOAP UI.

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