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JOB ID: Senior Quality Assurance Analyst.
Rate may vary depending on candidate preference for either w-2 (benefits or no benefits) or must have a LLC limited liability corporation.
Location: Lansing, MI
Years of experience: 7 + years experience.
Duration: 04/29/19 +
Number of positions: 1
Interviews: In-person ONLY. In person interviews only on Monday April 30th. If candidate cannot do an interview on that date -DO NOT SUBMIT.

Job Description:
MDOT is in need of a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst for the SIGMA interface Phase Initiator (PI) Agile development project and JobNet Planning Interface (JPI) project for the time period specified.
MDOT is in need of a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst for the SIGMA interface Phase Initiator (PI) Agile development project and JobNet Planning Interface (JPI) project for the time period specified.

JobNet and SIGMA project modernization impacts about 25 interfaces. This resource will assist in planning, coordinating and testing individual JobNet Planning interface (JPI) systems and PI (MDOT-specific SIGMA internal interface system) implementations for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

The Senior QA Analyst is a very hands-on role writing test cases, working with product owners for approval of test cases, sharing the test cases with development team, documenting test cases in VersionOne tool, testing interface applications, and coordinating test results with the development and QA teams. Agile testing experience is a must for this position.

This individual will also analyze the QA/testing requirements for all of the MDOT JobNet interface systems affected by JobNet and SIGMA interface PI implementation and develop a testing strategy, test plans for each impacted interface system, and also coordinate and help with the configuration and testing in the automated testing environment. The resource will work with other testing staffs to insure proper testing procedures and practices are followed and validate test results for the interdependent interface systems involved.

This individual will work in an Agile development environment in concert with business project members and other DTMB technical leads of the MDOT JobNet interfaces and PI implementation projects and report time, progress and impediments to the project managers and local governance body. This individual will use established tools to design and execute test scripts; manage and report on own and testing team work effort; develop reports and escalate issues as required.

This resource will serve as the overall QA/Testing Lead coordinating the entire testing of the MDOT JPI interfaces and SIGMA PI agile development interface project. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Analyzing testing needs for each of the 25+ MDOT systems affected by the SIGMA PI and JobNet interfaces projects.
Determining changes or additions to the agile development environment, testing plans and test data by consulting with a separate project that is developing a duplicate environment for the PI and JobNet interface implementation testing of interfacing systems and databases.
Based upon analysis of each system, develop a testing strategy for the entire project and each system individually as required.
Develop test plans in cooperation with each system technical lead and business owner.
Design test data for each system in cooperation with each system technical lead and business owner.
Develop the testing work breakdown schedule and manage the schedule and time reporting.
Develop and deliver regular status reports.
Coordinate activities with other tech leads in the PI and JPI interface Implementation Projects.
In cooperation with business owners, DTMB technical staff and statewide Project SIGMA staff, develop an MDOT PI and JPI implementation testing strategy and plan.
Facilitation of inter-team communication across agile projects within the organization.
Coordinate and complete the JPI, PI software implementation testing, reporting status and escalations promptly.
Ensure the scrum development team implement and follow best practices to prevent defects.

QUESTIONS:
Question: Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question: Please list candidates email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question: This position is located in downtown Lansing, MI. The selected candidate will be responsible for any and all costs associated with parking for this position. These costs will not be reimbursed by CAI or State of Michigan. Please confirm you have discussed this with your candidate and he/she accepts this requirement.
Question: The client plans to schedule IN PERSON ONLY interviews for this position April 30th. Please confirm your candidate will be available to interview on that date if selected.
Question: Please include a paragraph re: candidates availability, location, applicable skills, and other pertinent information in the Summary of Qualifications tab, when submitting.

JOB ID: CSS - System Analyst 1 (558267)
Rate may vary depending on candidate preference for either w-2 (benefits or no benefits) or must have a LLC limited liability corporation.
Location: Lansing, MI
Years of experience: 1 + year experience.
Duration: 03/29/19 +
Number of positions: 1
Interviews: In-person ONLY. In person interviews only on Tuesday/Wednesday May 1st/2nd. If candidate cannot do an interview on those dates -DO NOT SUBMIT.

Job Description:
Responsible for creating intuitive user interface designs for mobile applications, web applications and websites on a shared service design team for the State of Michigan.

System Analyst responsible for working with project managers, developers and business owners to understand business goals, generate user insights, and translate business and user needs into highly engaging digital experiences. Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Duties may include:
Communicate design standards that embody organizations values.
Create navigation flows, mockups, and prototypes using established design patterns to build digital experiences.
Deliver projects and project components on time and on budget.
Document and communicate work to teammates and development partners.
Keep abreast of usability best practices and guidelines and use these skills to suggest improvements to existing applications and designs.

Questions:
Question: Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question: Please list candidates email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question: Do you have experience designing for large enterprise content management systems? If so, please explain your experience.
Question: Please include a paragraph re: candidates availability, location, applicable skills, and other pertinent information in the Summary of Qualifications tab, when submitting. Thank you.
Question: In person interviews only. These will take place on Tuesday/Wednesday May 1st/2nd. Please confirm candidate is available.
Question: Candidate must have their own vehicle and cover transportation/parking costs. Please confirm you have discussed this with your candidate and he/she accepts this requirement.

ABAP

Desired Skills:Hands on experience onABAPABAPObjects, Dialog programming, User-exits, BADI's, Smart Forms, ALV, RFCs and otherSAPdevelopment tools .Experience and understanding of data flow and integration across modules.Works with appropriate customers to develop project scope of work documents and project plans that include an analysis of benefit, cost, work schedule and any related risks.Assigns, schedules, trains, reviews, and monitors project work to ensure that progress is within expected guidelines and is completed on time and within budget. Mentors and provides expertise to other project team members.Works with appropriate customers to identify the roles of project team members, project reporting structures and frequency of interaction and any training requirements that may be needed for a team member to complete an IT project.Defines the responsibilities of parties involved in the project including customers, management, IT management, project team, vendors and others affected by the project.Identifies, tracks, monitors and communicates project-related issues, scope changes, variances and contingencies that may arise during the implementation of IT projects.

Testing

JOB ID: Project Coordinator/Jr. Project Manager (558325).
Rate may vary depending on candidate preference for either w-2 (benefits or no benefits) or must have a LLC limited liability corporation.
Location: Dimondale, MI
Years of experience: 5 + years experience.
Duration: 04/22/19 +
Number of positions: 1
Interviews: In-person ONLY. In person interviews only on Monday April 30th. If candidate cannot do an interview on those dates -DO NOT SUBMIT.


Job Description:
Experienced Project Coordinator / Jr. Project Manager for coordinating and managing multiple IT Security projects with strong communication skills. Works closely with Senior Project Manager/Program Manager to coordinate and accomplish tasks.

Initially this position will be working as a Project Coordinator and shall provide day-to-day coordination of project tasks. The project coordinator maintains version control and provides administrative support for project management information system. Ability to communicate at all levels of an organization and third parties. Experience with similar scale roles and organizations. The project coordinator is task focused. Works under the direction of the project manager and reports to a project and program manager.

As this position gains working knowledge of the area, small independent projects will be given to this position to manage.

Primary role and responsibility includes, but is not limited to:
Updates Project status, issues/risks, next steps, accomplishment, budget in Portfolio and Project Management tool on a weekly basis.
Reviews required project documents and completes a QA on those documents and follows thru to remediate any QA findings.
Prepares, maintain and update Project Schedule on a regular basis.
Schedule Project meetings and take Meeting Notes & Publish.
Create project artifacts in various capacities.
Works closely with Program manager and serves as a backup person to the Sr. Project Manager/Program Manager, as needed.
Provide project management for project activities to ensure that the project is completed on time, within budget and within scope.
Define project scope, duration, resources and cost, as well as the best course of action/approach to attain the project objectives.
Provide project management for project scheduling, tracking, issue management, risk management, change management, and status reporting.
Follow the State Unified Information Technology Environment (SUITE) Project Management Methodology (PMM) and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), based on Industry standard PMI framework and SEIs CMMI framework.
Utilize the States Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool (Changepoint) on all projects.
Plans and coordinates work with teams. Designs and implements project plans. Generally work with other IT managers and IT technical teams. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
Self-directed and independent. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Prepares reports and matrix for upper management regarding status of project.

Questions:
Question: Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question: Please list candidates email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question. Provide details of your experience working on Project and Portfolio management tool. e.g. Changepoint, Microsoft Project etc.
Question: This position requires full fingerprint background screening, which can take 1 week to complete. Please verify that candidate is aware of this requirement.
Question: Please highlight areas in the resume that coordinate with the skills matrix.
Question: This position requires working on site (working remotely is not an option) during working hours. Please verify that candidate is aware of this requirement.
Question: Please include a paragraph re: candidates availability, location, applicable skills, and other pertinent information in the Summary of Qualifications tab, when submitting.
Question: The client plans to schedule IN PERSON ONLY interviews for this position Monday April 30th. Please confirm your candidate will be available to interview any of those days if selected.

JOB ID: PennDOT - Legacy SME1 (529744).
Number of positions: 1
Interview: This requisition requires onsite in-person first round interviews only.
Note: Local candidates or candidates in the Harrisburg, PA region strongly preferred.
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Duration: 9/30/18 + extensions.
Years of relevant experience: 5 plus years.


Job Description:

The Change Manager will play a key role in ensuring IT projects (change initiatives) meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage.

Main roles and responsibilities of this position will be to:
Develop change management strategies as required, incorporating change management approach, stakeholder management, communication, training and readiness assessments
Manage daily change activities and provide guidance on the change management process.
Facilitate Change Advisory Board Meetings.
Responsibilities include:
o Planning, scheduling, managing and chairing CAB meetings. Includes creation of agendas and meeting minutes.
o Deciding appropriate stakeholders for the CAB meetings.
o Selecting specific changes for review at CAB meetings, based on the change policy.
o Circulating change details in advance of CAB meetings to allow prior consideration.
o Conducting PIRs (Post Implementation Review) for all failed and emergency changes at the CAB meetings.
Manages and coordinates all activities necessary to control, track and audit Changes in the environment for compliance with the ISTOs Change Management.
Coordinating interfaces between change management and other processes especially service asset & configuration management (SACM) and release & deployment management.
Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders.
Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities.
Develop and improve Key Performance Indicators and improve the metrics program by interpreting the data and recommending process improvements driving the appropriate organizational behaviors.
Collate change records from multiple vendors and review for conflicts and collisions.
Create and implement training strategies.
Play a vital role in helping the organization to identify gaps and develop remediation plans and documented procedures to elevate PennDOT s change management maturity.
Ensures change status, progress and issues are communicated to the appropriate groups.
Audits and manages the process lifecycle and reports to upper management.
Attend third party CAB meetings and enter their changes on the remedy change calendar.
Perform administrative duties as needed.

Work Experience/Skills
Must have a solid grasp of IT technology to be able to identify changes and detect collisions and scheduling issues.
A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process.
Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools
Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent active listening skills.
Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
Forward looking with a holistic approach.
Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics.
Problem solving and root cause identification skills.
Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization.
Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.
Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges.
Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts.

Questions:
Question: First round, in-person interviews are required for this position. Do you accept these conditions?
Question: Manager prefers candidates local to the Harrisburg, PA Area. Do you understand?
Question: Resume wise, please do not include filler material (i.e. describing a companys core capabilities/description). Please only include relevant info (i.e. what was done at the job/project). Is this reflected in the resume?
Question: Please provide your candidates e-mail address and phone number under Summary of Qualifications (see in the Details tab). Did you do that?

JOB ID: Enterprise Architect 1/Accela (558989).
Rate may vary depending on candidate preference for either w-2 (benefits or no benefits) or must have a LLC limited liability corporation.
Location: Lansing, MI
Years of experience: 5 + years experience.
Duration: 04/08/19 +
Number of positions: 1
Interviews: Either webcam or in-person. Scheduled interviews only on Wednesday April 25 or Thursday April 26. If candidate cannot do an interview on those dates -DO NOT SUBMIT. Prefer in-person interviews.

Job Description:
Works across Application Development, Service Delivery and Infrastructure to identify, research, discuss, design, and implement key architecture standards in regard to the Accela projects designated by the State of Michigan DTMB AS LARA.

This position works across Application Development, Service Delivery and Infrastructure to identify, research, discuss, design, and implement key architecture standards. Other responsibilities include: Perform daily technical tasks related to the LARA Accela projects. Research, design, document, build, and pilot prioritized topics for standards. Manage the list of potential standards and work with the application development management to prioritize efforts. Work closely with Development, Infrastructure, and Service Delivery teams to understand their needs and ensure the best standard is implemented. Work closely with development teams to pilot and prove out the standard. Drive the identification, development and implementation of key new standards in areas such as:, Performance Testing, Security, Event Management, JAVA Design Standards, Application To Application Communication, Caching, etc.
Propose new standards based on business need, IT need and technology advances. Assist development teams to implement the standards into business applications. Investigate new technology and techniques that should be developed into an agency enterprise architecture standard.
Manage and scrutinize information presented by Accela Inc. to ensure that it is in the best interest of the State of Michigan and that the solutions will function properly within the State of Michigan infrastructure and fits the needs of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
Leads key enterprise architectural design projects as necessary. Operate as business savvy technical leader across the organization. Influences development teams to design high-quality technical solutions that fit the Enterprise Architecture and standards. Educates application development managers, developers, and business analysts on State Enterprise Architecture Standards.

Questions:
Question: Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?
Question: Please list candidates email address that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question: Candidate must have their own vehicle and cover transportation/parking costs. Please confirm you have discussed this with your candidate and he/she accepts this requirement.
Question: What experience do you have as an Accela Systems Administrator?
Question: What experience do you have with Java scripting in relation to Accela? (expression, event and page flow scripts)
Question: What is your experience with creating interfaces and/or adapters to interface with other applications.?
Question: Please include a paragraph re: candidates availability, location, applicable skills, and other pertinent information in the Summary of Qualifications tab, when submitting. Thank you.
Question: In person interviews preferred− willing to do web for candidates that meet all specs - starting Wednesday April 25 and Thursday 26. Do you accept this requirement?

JOB ID: DeDOS-GIC Programmer 4 (531476).
Location: Dover, DE
Interview: In-person only
Note: Prefer candidates local to the region.
Duration: through 6/30/18 with good possibility of extension.
Visa status: Open
Years of Relevant Experience: 5 years+

Job Description:
The Programmer is responsible for working within a multidisciplinary team to develop, produce and maintain web sites and web applications in support of the GIC mission of enhancing communications between Delawareans and their government.
The Delaware Government Information Center connects citizens to their government. We create websites that are user centered, designed beautifully, and help people find what they need. We continuously improve our processes, services, and ourselves to make website experiences better for users. Our clients are state agencies and municipalities. We also control and maintain Delaware.gov and other statewide features.

We are seeking a programmer with at least 5 years experience in front-end design and backend development to build user-centered websites for our clients (and ourselves).

The ideal candidate has a passion for research, data and analytics, and end users.

You will be working as part of a team of talented and dedicated people. Team collaboration is a must.

Responsibilities:
This role will handle diverse and challenging problem sets with the ultimate goal of improving end-user experience.

Support our multisite WordPress environments in partnership with our team. Research WordPress updates, future additions, and navigate through upgrades. Develop custom WordPress plugins for features on an as-needed basis.

Conceive of and build new features into our user centered websites. Collaborate with the team of designers, web developers, programmer, content writer, and project leads on new features.

Use website analytics and search data to make decisions about improving user interactions. Will make suggestions for improving search for clients and for the engines we maintain.

Teach and educate others (i.e. those on our team, or our clients) about features and functionality.

Did we mention, you should have a hyper focus on users?

Skills:
Experience with medium and large websites (100+pages up to 4,000 pages)

5 years or more programming experience with large website development in: PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, WordPress and must have an understanding of security best practices

The mind of a teacher; can help guide others with less experience/a mentor to others on the team

Collaborative; works well in team environment

Passion for researching technologies that will help end users (citizens, businesses, residents, visitors, etc)

RSS and XML experience is a plus

Knowledge:
WordPress expert including WordPress architecture, WordPress trends, and WordPress How-Tos.

Knowledge of best practices for web, including experience, accessibility, internal and external search, and functionality.

Strong interest in data: search engine optimization, search analytics, Google Analytics - for the purpose of improving user experience. Interest in open data, and using open data, is a strong plus.

Knowledge of data visualization techniques, tools, and presentation of information is another plus.

PHP, MYSQL, JavaScript, JQuery, Angular, HTML, CSS, XML, etc.
Experience with front-end frameworks and tools like Bootstrap.
Knowledge and experience in WordPress custom development including Themes and Plugin development. Familiar with WordPress filters, hooks, page templates, functions.php, etc.
Experience working in Linux environment; and comfortable doing everyday tasks in Linux.
Cross-browser & cross-platform compatible design & development.
Understand UX/UI principles and best practices.
SEO and Analytics.
.net experience is a plus, but is not required.

Questions:
Question: Where has the candidate worked on Responsive Design projects?
Question: Has the candidate worked on user-centered projects. If so, Where?
Question: From the areas above (themes, hooks, custom plugin development, filters, page templates and functions.php) please list the candidates experience with WordPress Programming. If experienced in all areas, simply answer all.
Question: Is the candidate able to attend a round one, in person interview?
Question: Where is the candidate geographically located?

Title: Sr. Java Developer
Location: Westbrook, Maine
Duration: Long term
Interview: Phone, Skype and/or WebCam. Onsite not required.
Rate to HireIT: Open
Visa status: Open, H1Bs are okay
Note: Must have very good communications skills.


Job Description:
Come join our team as a Senior Java Developer building a mission-critical enterprise application leveraging the latest technologies and cloud-based infrastructure. Help to build an intuitive, performant, scalable and resilient system supporting hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Engage directly with end users leveraging Domain Driven Design and rapid prototyping.

Technical Qualifications
-Java 8
-Spring Framework 4.x or greater. Experience with Spring Boot is a plus.
-Cloud development experience. Google Cloud Platform and specifically Google App Engine is preferred.
-Familiarity with at least one of the following: Google Cloud Datastore, MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB, Apache Cassandra.
-Fluent in REST Concepts and HTTP.
-Groovy experience is a plus.
-Demonstrated familiarity with and commitment to DDD, TDD, BDD and/or CI/CD is a plus.

Non-Technical Qualifications
-Highly collaborative.
-Comfortable working directly with end-users.
-Comfortable working as part of a larger team.
-Demonstrated interest in creating a better development process.