Data Analyst/QA- Public Trust Required

Description

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) a Woman Owned Small Business. We are a fully remote IT services provider that delivers innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions across the federal sector. Our focus is on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, and the modernization of federal information systems.
 

IGS uses ISO 9001:2015, 20000-1:2018, 27001:2013, 28001:2007, CMMI/SVC3, CMMI/DEV3 best practices, and PMBOK® methods to provide clients with a strategy to build solid foundations to grow capabilities and revenue. Our range of IT services and delivery methodologies are tailored to our customers’ unique needs to achieve maximum value.

IGS is currently recruiting for a remote Data Analyst/QA to support our work with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Assignment of Work and Travel:

This is a remote access assignment. Candidate will work remotely daily and remotely access VA systems and therein use approved VA provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Design and architect database solutions to meet business requirements, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to define requirements, database schemas, indexes, and query optimizations for optimal application performance.
• Lead the implementation and management of database deployments on AWS and Azure, including provisioning, configuration, and optimization.
• Define and implement cloud-native database architectures leveraging AWS and Azure services such as Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Cosmos DB and others.
• Conduct performance tuning, query optimization, and resource utilization analysis to optimize database performance.
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address database performance issues.
• Define and implement database security policies, procedures, and controls to protect sensitive data and conduct regular security assessments/audits to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities.
• Develop automation scripts and templates for database provisioning, configuration, and deployment using infrastructure as code (IaC) principles.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for database architectures, configurations, and operational procedures. 

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent degree.
• 5+ years of demonstrated technical, IT, or Operations experience within a large-scale technology services environment in the following areas: Software development, database design, and infrastructure support.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Public Trust security clearance.
• Strong proficiency in database administration, architecture, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS) code in support of releases within the VA’s Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA).
• Experience with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Application Suite (TAS) programs.
• Extensive hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, including infrastructure design, deployment, and management.
• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages for infrastructure and database management (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Python).
• Experience developing strategies for data migration, backup, and disaster recovery in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams and departments.

Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:

• Experience working with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other health-related organizations desired.
• The following certifications are a plus: MongoDB certification, AWS certification, Azure certification, etc.
• Experience in SAFe/Agile Software Development.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-stakeholder and DevSecOps environment.
• Active VA Public Trust security clearance.
• Prior, successful experience working in a remote environment.

Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful