Total 296 Information Technology job vacancies in Remote, Massachusetts

As an Information Technology Specialist, you will:

• Be responsible for systems reliability and accessibility, information systems security programs policy/strategic development, IT continuity of operations planning/support, and support the Department in integrating information security services and related technologies to accomplish departmental IT security goals and program objectives, and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data.
• Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensuring sound security principles are reflected in organizations’ visions and goal.
• Participate and/or lead in network and systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate systems security policies.
• Assess security events to determine impact and implements corrective actions ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of all IT services.
• Provide program advice to senior DOT management and others on matters pertaining to information systems security programs policy/strategic development, IT continuity of operations planning/support, and support the Department in integrating information security services and related technologies to accomplish departmental IT security goals and program objectives.

The ideal candidate should have knowledge of IT systems and experience with managing servers, endpoints, troubleshooting issues, and installing hardware.  

Major Duties
-Manage program/project management and systems lifecycles to include: acquisition, development, modification, enhancement, deployment or decommissioning of product, service or system.
-Tracking, analyzing, and coordinating multiple, complex applications development projects using principles and guidelines of the Project Management Institute and Capability Maturity Model Integration methodologies.
-Facilitating cross-functional and cross-team planning sessions to ensure integration of critical path development activities.
-Participating in formal change and configuration management processes as a senior technical analyst to ensure adherence to approved VA processes and to identify cross product configuration issues for resolution.
-Managing projects based on the approved plans to ensure the successful implementation of software solutions.
-Provide oversight for the development of information systems testing strategies, plans or scenarios working with stakeholders and Test and Software Quality Assurance Services representatives.

Promotion Potential: This position is at full performance level.

Work Schedule: M-F, 8:00am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Virtual: This position is remote
Position Description/PD#: IT Project Manager/10013A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Work Environment: Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office setting or remote teleworking via computer and telephone. There is occasional noise from normal office equipment.

• Develops, prioritizes and adjusts plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resources in response to changing needs and competing priorities.
• Evaluates and provides recommendations on new database technologies and architectures.
• Develops new SAP FIORI and FIORI Elements programs or modify existing applications and recommend solutions for assigned projects related to Systems Applications and Products (SAP) S-4 HANA financial systems.
• Prepares and delivers formal presentations and briefings to external customers to gain support for system policies and secure system input.
• Develops SAP modules and complex functions using the Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) programming language using the latest SAP S4 Hana software.
• Instructs or provides guidance to team members on design and project objectives involving the implementation and maintenance of the SAP financial systems.
• Conducts post-implementation evaluations of existing systems to determine performance and effectiveness and to solve potential problems.
• Prepares written applications programs and tests and implements newly developed programs.

Under the general direction of the Warden, works with the Associate Warden(s) and department heads in developing plans, policies and programs for institution management.

Monitors and evaluates institution programs in terms of achievement of overall objectives.

May be required to oversee the Inmate Administrative Remedy program at the institution and serve as the Warden's representative during investigations of specific inmate management problems.

Plans, organizes, supervises, and evaluates diversified programs within the institution directed toward the institution's mission.

As an advisor and assistant to the Warden, plays a major role in the determination and establishment of policies and programs involved in the institutional operations.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

This role is the ideal journey for a rewarding lifelong career for you if:

• You are interested in initiating, planning and conducting computer operations research and exploratory development in the fields of computer science with emphasis on capacity planning, infrastructure performance analysis, application performance analysis, troubleshooting operational systems, and the study of new opportunities in analyzing machine data.
• You enjoy advising an organization on a variety of system assurance and computer science problems.
• You are excited about planning, guiding and monitoring research and development contracts and providing critical technical and project leader support to platform services, cloud hosting services, database services and software services in capacity planning and performance design.

This position permits, but does not require, remote work. The official duty station and physical worksite for employees who do not opt for remote work will be the Alexandria, VA Headquarters or one of the USPTO's Regional Offices located in Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI or San Jose, CA. The official duty station for employees who opt for remote work, will be their approved remote work location. Employees' locality pay will be determined by the location of their official duty station. This position is telework eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy.

• This position is eligible for fully remote work anywhere within the 50 United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. There is no reporting requirement.
• The duty station is the authorized telework location (typically your home address) and locality pay is adjusted appropriately.
• If selected for an interview, applicants are encouraged to discuss telework options and eligibility specific to the position in which they applied with the hiring manager.

• Manages cybersecurity programs and provides authoritative advice and counsel to contacts on security implications, current and proposed IT policies and procedures, and infrastructure.
• Conducts in depth analysis of statutory requirements and compares existing directives to assess the degree of change necessary to comply with newly formed requirements.
• Serves as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) and cybersecurity expert to support cybersecurity programs or fully functional cloud capabilities.
• Develops and establishes mechanisms that are designed to address and resolve technical and security related data and cloud computing problems and issues for the enterprise.
• Applies Agile Project Management (APM) methodologies that include scope management, system boundary definition, iteration management and metrics and dashboards applications that are tailored to the full technology lifecycle projects.

This Supervisory Instructional System Specialist position is located Enterprise Support, Training & Development, Training Centers Division, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Analyzes and designs, develops, implements, and evaluates (ADDIE) new and existing training programs and new training course development for the TSA workforce; and utilizes Kirkpatrick Four-Level Training Evaluation Model to analyze training effectiveness.
• Provides expertise, advice, and recommendations to management regarding the processes used to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate both traditional and innovative education and training systems, creating performance improvement interventions to include interactive media and courseware.
• Develops innovative instructional processes and/or interventions to solve performance problems; researches and develops new programs in web-based or other digital delivery formats; and assists in procuring, developing, and evaluating interactive courseware and other tools necessary for the implementation of the ADDIE process, and interpreting and assisting in the development of Instructional policy as required.
• Creates and monitors training plans and timelines in a multi-disciplinary structured environment and obtains cooperation from multiple senior managers and staff for successful project completion.
• Conducts analysis of training requests to verify identified training need, identifies/analyzes possible training solutions, and recommends and develops effective solutions to performance problems.

• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems, networks, and data through the planning, analysis, development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of information systems security programs, policies, procedures, and tools.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the security programs of an organization, including the implementation of security programs designed to anticipate, assess, and minimize system vulnerabilities such as intrusion detection or access authentication programs.
• Coordinate the implementation of security programs across platforms and establish vulnerability reporting criteria; enforce proper backup procedures for all system and network information; and enforce legal controls that provide protection from unauthorized access, alteration, loss, disclosure, and blocking of information.
• Identify the need for changes based on new security technologies or threats.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

The Health System Specialist supports the Director's Office by coordinating and directing a limited range of operational matters dealing with planning, congressional issues, Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs), the media, and overseeing and coordinating service networks initiatives with central offices. The incumbent maintains a working knowledge of administrative and managerial processes unique to the agency and veteran health initiatives, such as budget distribution models, emergency management, Joint Commission, compliance, etc. The work involves investigating and analyzing a variety of problems and recommending appropriate solutions. Additional duties include, but are not limited to:

• Monitoring and managing incoming actions and requests from initial receipt to completion and closeout.
• Analyzing responses for completeness and accuracy against known policies and procedures.
• Conducting routine studies on particular operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects where successive steps in fact finding are utilized, and study planning, statistical measurement, data analysis, and narrative report preparation and development may be required.
• Working in coordination with internal reviewing services regarding routine audits and internal/external reviews of a national concern; i.e, fiscal efficiencies and organizational structure that are reviewed by prominent parties such as the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) or the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
• Tracking routine deadlines initiated by OIG/GAO and internal reviewing officials to ensure timely submission of responses and actions, and ensuring action or inquiry is closed out with the inquirer or office.
• Working closely with senior management and others in implementing and evaluating policies, plans, and internal operational systems, such as correspondence management, information tracking among pertinent offices and stakeholders, and internal/external communication flows.
• Coordinating routine events hosted by officials, including town hall meetings with internal staff, and completing all steps required within an event management process, including facilitating selection of the event time, developing a formal agenda, managing any required contracts and all logistical items, disseminating information to attendees, and ensuring smooth execution of the event.

This position is telework eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy. This position permits, but does not require, remote work. The official duty station and physical worksite for employees who do not opt for remote work will be the Alexandria, VA Headquarters or one of the USPTO's Regional Offices located in Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI or San Jose, CA. The official duty station for employees who opt for remote work, will be their approved remote work location. Employees' locality pay will be determined by the location of their official duty station.

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia.This position is telework eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy.

Major Duties for this position include:

• You enjoy planning, supervising and directing assigned staff; prepares input and justifies assigned budget for assigned team activities.
• You are interested in furthering your expertise and knowledge managing the day-to-day operations of the technical specialist who performs technical work of the organization's assistance center.
• You look forward to reviewing organizational related information on the websites to assess its current, accuracy and consistency with organizational policy and procedure.
• You look forward to demonstrating your skills managing projects such as publications, letters of protest follow-up review, and public or internal dissemination of policy or procedure guidance.

*Note-This position will be filled as Temporary Not to Exceed (NTE) 1 year, and may be extended.
Can be filled as either Temporary Detail NTE or Temporary Promotion NTE, depending on selectee's current grade level.

The ICC Health System Specialist for Diagnostics is responsible for supporting VISN 19 clinical leadership in coordinating, planning, implementing, and monitoring activities to ensure the rapid information exchange and performance improvement which enables the attainment of data-driven clinical goals and improved access to high quality care in VISN 19 Diagnostic Programs.

Major duties of the Health Systems Specialist for the Diagnostics ICC position include, but are not limited to:

• Develops and manages programs and projects for the VISN 19 Diagnostics Integrated Clinical Community (ICC) that will strengthen vertical and horizontal linkages to improve the quality and consistency of leadership, communication, and data essential for transformation to a High Reliability Organization and to support vital systems improvements.
• Responsible for working collaboratively with local and national clinical and non-clinical Diagnostic ICC leaders to develop and implement strategies for standardizing and improving patient care across the VISN and VHA including, but not limited to: monitoring progress, success, barriers and needs for improvement; identifying focused improvement efforts across the VISN and VHA; supporting the development of a robust learning organization through sharing and spreading strong practices; ensuring regular meetings of the VHA, VISN, and facility workgroups; implementing key elements of ICC guidance and policy; and providing regular guidance and oversight to facility-based ICC teams and workgroups.
• ICC-related program planning, organizing, evaluating, coordinating, and implementation.
• Recognized by the medical staff and senior leadership as a specialist in Diagnostics health care administration and policy/procedure formation.
• Functions as a valuable resource in areas of data analysis, quality assessment, performance improvement, interdisciplinary issues, utilization management, risk management, and health care system investigations.
• Belongs to a national community of practice focused on implementing VHA Modernization's Reduce Unwarranted Variation Across Integrated Clinical & Operational Service Lines Lane of Effort and improving the quality care throughout VHA.
• Develops and/or maintains proficiency and supports administrative activities with various computer applications including spreadsheets, databases, word processing, graphic generation and desktop publishing programs.
• Responsible for and oversees resource allocation and management to include funds, equipment, space, staffing, and contracts.
• May be tasked with managing VISN-wide equipment purchases and large-scale contracts.

Leadership in Medical Imaging and Archiving Informatics:

• Serve as a recognized informatics expert in the areas of medical imaging and PACS.
• Convene and lead groups of subject matter experts (SME) in radiology and related healthcare disciplines to identify best practices and achieve consensus for standardization of workflow design and configuration in existing and new health information systems.
• Serve as a liaison between the Office of Information Technology and select Indian Health Service Headquarters offices and divisions.
• Responsible for programmatic guidance of imaging related disciplines to ensure that the data needs of these programs are considered in health information technology system selection and configuration.
• Perform in a professional manner when conducting duties between Indian Health Service, Tribal, Urban (I/T/U) users, state, local healthcare organizations, external and internal stakeholders and software development staff.
• Represent the Office of Information Technology on specific professional specialty groups (PSG) or technical advisory groups (TAG) as assigned.
• Prepare briefing papers, presentations, or other documents concerning activities, progress, goals, accomplishments, or risks in areas of responsibility that may be used to inform senior staff, Indian Health Service area leadership, Tribes and Urban Indian organizations or other agencies.

• Conduct market research, independently and in collaboration with appropriate Office of Information Technology and program colleagues on medical imaging and or archiving products and systems that may be useful in improving care and outcomes for Indian Health Service facilities and patients.
• Document findings and recommendations in formats accessible to business sponsors and leaders who do not have deep technical knowledge.
• Conduct fact-finding and systems analysis relative to the implementation of medical imaging and archiving applications.
• Evaluate and make recommendations to support implementation and modification of planned or proposed software changes or administrative policies for clinical software.
• Use expert independent judgement to select and develop methods to meet long-term objectives for new healthcare software applications.
• Evaluate, interpret, and implement regulations, mandates, and industry standards for health information technology system functionality, performance, interoperability, security, and usability.
• Interface with health information technology product vendors and or support contractors regarding Indian Health Service system configuration requirements or product enhancement requests.

Leadership in Medical Imaging and Archiving Informatics:

• Serve as a recognized informatics expert in the areas of medical imaging and PACS.
• Convene and lead groups of subject matter experts (SME) in radiology and related healthcare disciplines to identify best practices and achieve consensus for standardization of workflow design and configuration in existing and new health information systems.
• Serve as a liaison between the Office of Information Technology and select Indian Health Service Headquarters offices and divisions.
• Responsible for programmatic guidance of imaging related disciplines to ensure that the data needs of these programs are considered in health information technology system selection and configuration.
• Perform in a professional manner when conducting duties between Indian Health Service, Tribal, Urban (I/T/U) users, state, local healthcare organizations, external and internal stakeholders and software development staff.
• Represent the Office of Information Technology on specific professional specialty groups (PSG) or technical advisory groups (TAG) as assigned.
• Prepare briefing papers, presentations, or other documents concerning activities, progress, goals, accomplishments, or risks in areas of responsibility that may be used to inform senior staff, Indian Health Service area leadership, Tribes and Urban Indian organizations or other agencies.

As a Supervisory Computer Scientist, you will:

• Provide leadership and direction to the development, implementation and maintenance of integrated information technology hardware and software systems to support the collection, processing, reduction, storage, retrieval, presentation and publication of data for the National Health Care Surveys.
• Define information processing objectives, and oversee the development of information processing logic and documentation, including decision tables, processing flow charts and data edit specifications, record and tape layouts and the content and sequence of data files.
• Serve as senior technical advisor to the Division Director, management and other staff members in matters relating to data processing, computer usage, programming languages, and statistical software related to organizational data.
• Oversee the design, development, preparation and distribution of public use data files and related documentation.
• Work closely with collaborating agencies, contractors, and other organizational Divisions in the exchange of systems and programming information, networking and the resolution of technical problems.
• Develop work plans for the Branch and the staff, prepare and manage the Branch operating budget, and prepare program review documents for submission to the Division Director and Center leadership.
• Delegate and monitor work assignments, and provide guidance and assistance to employees as necessary.
• Attend professional meetings, seminars and conferences related to computer systems, systems analysis and design, data processing hardware and software, and related statistical analysis processes.