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  • Senior API Integration Engineer

    Terms of Employment
    • W2 Contract-to-Hire, 12 Months
    • This position is predominantly remote. With that said, candidates must be willing to come onsite to Reston, VA for PI planning sessions / all hands meetings roughly once per month.
    • Candidates must be based in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, or West Virginia.

    Overview & Responsibilities
    The position will require working with broad cutting edge technologies, including, but not limited to AWS API Gateway, API Management System (APIM), IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, Automation Suites for testing API, Venafi Systems, CyberArk, Python, Java EE, Spring, Hibernate, Web Security, REST Services, Micro Services, Role Based Access Control (RBAC) security model, Identity and Access Management, Single Sign On (SSO), Kubernetes and containerization technologies, and the other integration technology. The candidate will play a subject matter expert (SME) role in the field of web Services, microservices and REST API. Responsibilities include:
    • Review the API specification for conformance of the enterprise standards and API governance framework.
    • Review the documentation and make recommendations for change.
    • Design and develop framework (reusable routines) using REST API Specifications and shell scripts to manage lifecycle of APIs.
    • Work with CI/CD team to create necessary custom Jenkins pipelines.
    • Design, develop and implement custom API flows and Publish API’s to APIM platform.
    • Troubleshoot issues seen in DataPower and APIM.
    • Generate reports from APIM Analytics.
    • Experience with OAuth and JWT (with OpenID Connect).
    • Participate in customer onboarding activities on to API Gateway platform and participate in triage activities on a need basis.
    • Support production release activities.
    • Manage the runtime platform on containers and Kubernetes.

    Required Skills & Experience
    • Extensive experience using Node.js to automate pipelines by executing JavaScript scripts within CI/CD environments like Jenkins.
    • Experience using Python to create scripts.
    • Experience in API development.
    • Experience using IBM DataPower (v10) or IBM API Connect (v10) to manage/deploy APIs.
    • Experience managing/deploying APIs on cloud and on-premises.
    • Experience configuring cloud native API gateways and ingress controllers.

    Preferred Skills & Experience
    • Knowledge of Open API Specifications (OAS) 2.0/3.0.
    • Experience using AWS API Gateway to manage/deploy APIs.
    • Experience in Bash/shell scripting.
    • Experience using Oracle/DB2 databases.

    May 12, 2025

  • Senior Domain Architect

    Terms of Employment

    • Contract-to-Hire, 9 months
    • This position is hybrid.
    • The office is located in Reston, VA.
    • Candidates must reside in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or Texas.

    Overview

    Our client is seeking a Senior Domain Architect to drive enterprise optimization by introducing capabilities (inclusive of all functions) for their domain of responsibility utilizing in-depth knowledge and expert skills to advance domain strategies. The architect will translate these business needs into architectural solutions that meet or exceed performance, reliability, and security standards. Additionally, they will apply and adhere to enterprise roadmaps, principles, standards, and practices to guide domain strategies and their execution.

    Responsibilities

    • Primary for preparing domain architecture viewpoints and models depicting current, target, and interim states. 
    • Use current state viewpoints to identify and analyze pain points and opportunities (PPOs). Perform advanced modeling and analysis to meet the strategic needs of the organization with respect to system, information, functional/non-functional needs, performance and security/regulatory requirements. 
    • Create and utilize architecture patterns and ensure alignment with IT strategies and reference architectures. 
    • Ensure target state alignment and integration across architecture domains. 
    • Ensure upstream alignment / traceability to business needs via business architecture and downstream alignment / traceability with solution building blocks. 
    • Lead the extension / enhancement of domain architecture strategies, standards, and guidelines. Identify and support development of reusable domain patterns.
    • Collaborates on creation design, engineering and implementation of assets for internal use in solutions to improve solution quality; collaborate through implementation phase. 
    • Support peer reviews and represent the architecture domain in briefings to the Architecture Review Board. 
    • Collaborates publishing and maintenance of viewpoints / work products in the architecture repository, ensuring they are organized, accurate, and accessible. 
    • Disposition stakeholder comments / feedback received via project and non-project channels. 
    • Ensures that regulatory and compliance issues are addressed in solutions.
    • Collaborate with other teams (business and technical), key stakeholders, and partners to understand needs to maximize architecture impact and address technical limitations. Evaluates/selects a solution / product design that aligns with IT / Domain strategies, standards, and guidelines.
    • Researches emerging domain trends to determine their relevancy and fit for the organization.
    • Participates in vendor evaluation and selection process broadly; facilitates vendor evaluation and selection for domain-specific tooling. 
    • Represent the architecture domain in the drafting of RFIs/RFPs and the evaluation / scoring of vendor proposals.
    • Performs development / enhancement of architecture domain methods and tools. Ensure the alignment / integration of domain architecture processes / deliverables with those of other architecture domains and SDLC disciplines. 
    • Performs development of domain related communications / education material for use with stakeholders and architecture / SDLC partners.
    • Leads domain assessment of new / proposed projects for architecture impacts in support of annual planning, resource estimation, and alignment with IT strategy and enterprise architecture. 
    • Provide input to project, product, and enterprise technology roadmaps. Provide regular reporting on progress, issues, and opportunities related to the architecture domain.

    Required Skills & Experience

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
    • 8 years’ experience in Architecture Domain leading architecture initiatives.
    • In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
    • Strong understanding of SQL, data architecture designing and incorporating data model changes in Mainframes, DB2, Cloudera, Mongo DB and AWS Aurora Postgres / Redshift Technologies. 
    • Ability to motivate and influence others so that project objectives are met in a timely manner. 
    • Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and develop high quality solutions.
    • Ability to coach, delegate, and develop team members.
    • Proficient in managing cross-domain architecture solutions and impacts.
    • Expertise with domain related architecture frameworks, methods and tools.
    • Effective organizational, interpersonal/relationship management, analytical, communications (written and verbal) and collaboration.

    Preferred Skills & Experience

    • Advanced degree
    • Experience in 2-3 different architecture domains.
    • Certified System Architect

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    nTechJob

    April 9, 2025

  • Senior IT Project Manager

    Terms of Employment

    • Contract, 12 months
    • This position is hybrid.
    • The office is located in Reston, VA.

    Overview

    Our client is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead, plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). This role oversees and directs complex $5M+ enterprise wide corporate initiatives involving 15-50+ stakeholder groups across several organizational work streams utilizing Agile methodology to deliver results. 

    Responsibilities

    • Actively plans and manages large scale Waterfall or Agile projects holistically around scheduled program increments and milestones, scope, cost, resource health and risks while collaborating with stakeholders in key meetings resulting in successful project delivery. 
    • Plans and owns project finances which includes timing implications and key payment dates while proactively reporting status, scorecard creation and fulfilling project analysis requests by using critical and creative thinking. 
    • Leads and contributes to vendor selection and procurement activities under program manager guidance while identifying, producing and fulfilling resource and go-live operational plans to insure project success. 
    • Prepares key documents, present business cases and produces other reports as needed while collaborating with stakeholders to bring projects through project funding conversations and initiation ceremonies. 

    Required Skills & Experience

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline. 
    • 5 years experience leading projects in a cross-functional, technical systems implementation. 
    • In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
    • Strong financial management ability including comprehension of project financials, profit and loss and the ability to create and manage and adhere to a broader project budget. 
    • Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
    • Ability to successfully lead in a matrixed environment.

    Preferred Skills & Experience

    • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
    • SAFe Scrum Master Certification

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    IND15

    December 12, 2024

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Terms of Employment

    • W2 Contract-to-Hire, 12 Months
    • This position is remote.
    • Candidates would ideally reside in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, or West Virginia. While not preferred, candidates based in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or Texas are eligible to apply.
    • Shift: Overnight (5 days per week, 8-hour shifts)
      • Shift Schedule: Tuesday–Saturday or Sunday–Thursday
      • Shift Hours: 6:00 PM–2:00 AM or 10:00 PM–6:00 AM (availability for all shifts required)

    Overview & Responsibilities
    We are working with a leading enterprise-level health insurance provider to identify a Senior Systems Engineer with deep expertise in mainframe technologies. This is a critical overnight role, requiring someone who thrives in an independent work environment and has strong problem-solving skills to ensure seamless operations during off-hours. The Senior Systems Engineer will oversee system stability and performance for the client’s mainframe and distributed systems. This includes monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving complex technical issues using a variety of tools and processes. With limited support available during overnight shifts, the Senior Systems Engineer will rely on their technical expertise and adherence to established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to maintain operational excellence. Key responsibilities include:

    • Monitoring mainframe and distributed systems to ensure uninterrupted functionality.
    • Resolving system alerts, diagnosing issues, and implementing effective solutions.
    • Applying knowledge of DB2, zOS, CICS, JCL, and COBOL for system optimization and troubleshooting.
    • Using SQL and JavaScript to address development and troubleshooting needs.
    • Managing and maintaining DB2 subsystems, control tables, stored procedures, and data-sharing configurations.
    • Executing UNIX and Windows commands for system management and maintenance.
    • Supporting batch processing and job scheduling tasks.
    • Documenting system incidents, resolutions, and proposed improvements.
    • Conducting root cause analyses and recommending process enhancements.
    • Collaborating with cross-functional teams as needed to address escalated issues.

    Required Skills & Experience

    • At least 5 years of experience as a Systems Engineer or in a similar technical role with a focus on mainframe systems.
    • Proficiency in mainframe technologies including DB2, zOS, CICS, JCL, and COBOL.
    • Familiarity with UNIX and Windows systems, including commands and structures.
    • Strong knowledge of DB2, including commands, stored procedures, control tables, and subsystems.
    • Strong CA7 skills to create and alter new and existing jobs and job schedules.
    • Proven troubleshooting abilities and the capability to work independently in an overnight setting.
    • Ability to follow established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
    • Excellent documentation and communication skills.

    Preferred Skills & Experience

    • Experience with SQL and JavaScript for system troubleshooting and development.
    • Experience in the health insurance or a similarly regulated industry.
    • Familiarity with distributed systems alongside mainframe expertise.
    • Knowledge of data sharing and DB2 performance optimization in multi-user environments.
    • Experience with batch processing workflows and job scheduling tools.
    • Previous experience in a 24/7 operational support role.
    • Understanding of system integration and automation.

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    nTechJob

    December 12, 2024

  • Senior Test Analyst

    Terms of Employment

    • Contract, 6 months 
    • This position is fully remote. 

    Overview

    Our client is seeking a Senior Test Analyst to be responsible for maintaining, modifying, and executing testing plans, test cases, low-level automated test scripts, and test scenarios. The resource will work with testing tools, report on testing metrics, and help to extend the use of technology in testing. In addition, the incumbent must be able to communicate effectively and collaborate with other teams as necessary.

    Responsibilities

    • Work with the Technology team on keying accurate and thorough test plans and test cases with pre-determined results. 
    • Executes tests and reviews test data within specified scheduled dates.
    • Accountable for analyzing test and operational problems to report defects to the Technology team. 
    • Reports errors through a structured defect tracking process. Communicates weekly with management verbally and via written detail status report regarding potential problems and concerns.
    • Develop and maintain business and technical knowledge through classroom training, testing workshops, reading, and research, etc. 
    • Acquire and maintain a working knowledge of testing tools. 
    • Expand business knowledge of product benefits, corporate policies, division and department goals and department procedures.
    • Accountable for reviewing and analyzing business and system requirements and specifications for system programs and modules.
    • Coordinates with customers to resolve issues. Verify satisfaction of internal and external customer requests and obtain information to create test data.
    • Participates in project work group meetings (internal/external peer reviews, walk through, status meetings, software process improvement, JAD sessions etc.). 

    Required Skills & Experience

    • Bachelor’s Degree 
    • 5 years in functional analysis, testing experience within the software development life cycle and testing methodology.
    • In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
    • Experience creating test plans, test cases and test scenarios from scratch. 
    • Experience mapping requirements to test requirements, test plans and test cases. 
    • Experience with at least 2 relational database management system (e.g., DB2, Oracle, SQL).
    • Experience with Back End Testing, specifically with ETL. 
    • Experience with Jira test case repository and defect tracking.
    • Experience with Automation test case development, specifically Java & Jenkins.
    • Experience with MongoDB. 
    • Strong understanding of Agile methodology and tools. 
    • Knowledge and understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC). 
    • Excellent communication skills verbal and written.

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    IND15

    December 5, 2024

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Terms of Employment

    • Contract-to-Hire, 6 months
    • This position is hybrid. The office is located in Reston, VA.
    • Candidates must reside in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or Texas.

    Overview

    Our client is seeking a Senior Business and System Analyst to ensure that the business’s need for changes to processes, policies and/or information systems are identified, understood, defined, documented and acted upon by eliciting, analyzing, documenting, validating, specifying and verifying the needs of business or user. The incumbent is accountable for the gathering and synthesizing of business requirements for moderate complexity software, systems, processes and/or services and translates them into specifications ensuring the business objectives are met. As the functional expert, the incumbent serves as a strategic conduit between the business area and the technical or software development team through which requirements flow.

    Responsibilities

    • Interprets business needs and issues by gathering, eliciting, creating, analyzing, documenting and validating the Business area’s user and/or technical (functional/non-functional) requirements. 
    • Collaborates in the creation of project plans to define, organize and schedule requirements management and development activities. 
    • Facilitates requirements analysis and verification sessions. 
    • Participates in the tracking and management of open issues and assists in planning for resolution. 
    • Participates in development sessions and design reviews in order to ensure design meets user requirements.
    • Responsible for the overall success of user acceptance testing, including documentation, verification and release. 
    • Implements practices and procedures for end user test plans. Identifies and documents gaps in requirement adherence or system deficiencies/defects and coordinates appropriate action through issue resolution.
    • Leads in creating formal communication to be delivered to relevant stakeholders. 
    • Provides guidance and training to application end users.
    • Identifies, documents and troubleshoots problems utilizing acquired experience and knowledge of the relationships in systems, software and processes. 
    • Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to monitor, report and resolve issues. 
    • Participates in the development of solutions and workarounds that solve moderate to high complexity technical, system and/or business issues.
    • Reviews, analyzes and creates detailed documentation of business systems, processes, software and user needs. 
    • Responsible for the written documentation of requirements in accordance with established standards, in a clear and well organized manner. 
    • Develops and/or collaborates in key project and requirement deliverables for projects of moderate to high complexity.
    • Monitors and reports project status to identify and mitigate risks and to ensure quality and timely deliverables. 
    • Coordinates assigned projects from concept through implementation. 
    • Prioritize and manage new work requests.
    • Answers policy-related questions for business processes, systems and software which require research and consultation with others internally and externally.

    Required Skills & Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
    • 5 years of progressive experience in business analysis, systems analysis, testing or other analytical experience.
    • In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
    • Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality, effective deliverables on-time and be a significant contributor to the development of cost-effective solutions.
    • Proven understanding of business analysis core competencies.
    • High-level of knowledge and understanding of business products and services.
    • Microsoft Office applications usage.
    • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
    • Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    IND15

    December 2, 2024

  • Senior IT Project Manager

    Terms of Employment

    • Contract, 9 months 
    • This position is hybrid. 
    • The office is located in Reston, VA.

    Overview

    Our client is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead, plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). This role oversees and directs complex $5M+ enterprise wide corporate initiatives involving 15-50+ stakeholder groups across several organizational work streams utilizing Agile methodology to deliver results.

    Responsibilities

    • Actively plans and manages large scale Waterfall or Agile projects holistically around scheduled program increments and milestones, scope, cost, resource health and risks while collaborating with stakeholders in key meetings resulting in successful project delivery. 
    • Plans and owns project finances which includes timing implications and key payment dates while proactively reporting status, scorecard creation and fulfilling project analysis requests by using critical and creative thinking.
    • Leads and contributes to vendor selection and procurement activities under program manager guidance while identifying, producing and fulfilling resource and go-live operational plans to insure project success.
    • Prepares key documents, present business cases and produces other reports as needed while collaborating with stakeholders to bring projects through project funding conversations and initiation ceremonies.

    Required Skills & Experience

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline.
    • 5 years of experience leading projects in a cross-functional, technical systems implementation. 
    • In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
    • Strong financial/budget management ability including comprehension of project financials, profit and loss and the ability to create and manage and adhere to a broader project budget. 
    • Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
    • Ability to successfully lead in a matrixed environment (cross-functional & cross-organizational). 

    Preferred Skills & Experience

    • Government IT Project management experience.
    • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
    • SAFe Scrum Master Certification 

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    nTechJob

    November 21, 2024

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Terms of Employment

    • Contract, 12 months
    • The role is primarily remote, with onsite attendance required for critical meetings 1-2 times per month.
    • Local candidates (DMV area) preferred.

    Overview
    Our client is seeking a Senior Engineer to join their Systems Development Team. In this role, you will assist the Lead Engineer and team in supporting AWS migration efforts and contribute to the development of backend systems. This role requires strong hands-on experience in Java and AWS, and the ability to contribute to the design and implementation of microservices and backend integrations. You will work within a cross-functional team to ensure the successful migration of existing applications to AWS, focusing on backend and middle-tier development.

    Responsibilities

    • Assist with the migration of Java-based applications to AWS
    • Contribute to the design and development of microservices architectures using Java and AWS technologies
    • Support integration of backend systems with AWS services like Event Bridge, Lambda Functions, and ETS.
    • Participate in technical discussions and provide insights into system architecture and design
    • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to AWS and Java Spring-based systems
    • Work collaboratively with the team on middle-tier and backend development (no frontend work required)
    • Support monitoring and performance optimization using tools like Datadog and CloudWatch

    Required Skills & Experience

    • 10+ years of experience in systems development, with a focus on backend and middle-tier systems
    • 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, including architecture and development.
    • Experience with AWS development and architecture, including Event Bridge, Lambda Functions, ETS services GMS architecture, and service connections.
    • Strong experience with Java, Java Spring Framework, and Spring Integration
    • Knowledge of microservices architectures and cloud migration strategies
    • Experience with message queuing systems (MQ), Event Bridge, and Lambda Functions
    • Proven ability to lead design discussions and provide technical leadership in complex systems environments.
    • Familiarity with AWS ETS (Elastic Transcoder Service) for packaging and deploying applications.
    • Excellent communication skills

    Preferred Skills & Experience

    • AWS monitoring tools such as CloudWatch and Datadog
    • Healthcare industry experience

    nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

    IND15

    October 21, 2024

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