Overview

Tanaq Support Services (TSS) delivers professional, scientific, and technical services and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies in health, agriculture, technology, and other government services. TSS is a subsidiary of the St. George Tanaq Corporation (SGT), an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC) committed to serving Federal customers while also giving back to the Tanaq native community and shareholders. SGT is privately owned by Alaska Natives, and stock is not publicly traded.

About the Role

We are looking for a Next-generation sequencing (NGS) Data Architect / Information Technology (IT) Project Manager to provide support to a Division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The NGS Data Architect / IT Project Manager will use their knowledge in technical aspects related to information architecture, software development, and usability and work with technical and functional leads to provide advice and support to the customer.

Responsibilities

Information Technology Project Management

• Provide project management services in support of IT and Business requirements.
• Accomplish assignments and delivery of IT services according to legal and regulatory requirements by utilizing advanced information technology principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices.
• Utilize organizational knowledge, interpersonal and communications skills, and management techniques to translate technical expertise into policies and projects.
• Prepare and deliver briefings and presentations to encourage understanding and acceptance.
• Present recommendations effectively to management for acceptance and implementation and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness.
• Manage Information Management and organizational projects in a matrixed environment, from original concept through final implementation. Interface with all areas affected by the project, including end users, computer services, and client services, and define project scope and objectives.
• Develop detailed work plans, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), project schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Develop Earned Value Management (EVM) tools and procedures for managing project budgets at the program level.
• Oversee project-level risk management.
• Lead the implementation of new reporting procedures and project management best practices.
• Conduct project meetings and be responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards and review project deliverables.
• Assure compliance with the client's Enterprise Performance Life Cycle (EPLC) process.
• Prepare and review EPLC documents and support governance processes (e.g., Stage Gate Reviews).
• Manage the integration of vendor tasks, and track and review vendor deliverables.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance to the project team.
• Recommend and take action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems.
• Work with the client to identify, design, and develop innovative solutions to complex business scenarios while following the client's software development, infrastructure, security, and compliance guidelines.

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) Data Architecture

• Provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues.
• Work with various client organizations, technical and functional leads to provide advice and support to the client on developing data management plans.
• Assist with the establishment of and facilitate subsequent Data Management activities.
• Work with the client and provide advice and support on developing a high-level strategy for Data Management and Conversion that provides a roadmap for performing the migration of data from legacy systems to the new modernized system.
• Assist in the establishment of Data Security and Management Policies, Processes, and Procedures
• Ensure compliance with all Data Security mandates.
• Attend data conversion meetings, review products, ensure all data anomalies are addressed before migration to the new system and that reconciliation between systems, ledgers, etc. are completed.
• Attend all data management and conversion meetings. Provide meeting minutes, notes, briefs, etc., as required for stakeholders and management meetings.
• Support the client Data Management lead in the oversight and review of all data management plans and artifacts.
• Review plans developed by the client and support the implementation of data management, data cleansing, data dictionaries, data migration, data conversion, data archiving, backup and recovery plans, and products.
• Review component legacy system data and ensure an accurate understanding of the data elements, structures, and quality is recorded.
• Setup staging environments for data cleansing and conversion activities
• Assist Components in preparing for migration of legacy data into a new integrated financial, procurement, and asset management system, such as executing mock data conversions and cutover activities.
• Support Departmental and Component level Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehouse (DW) efforts in conjunction with third-party BI/DW offerings.
• Work with the Requirements lead to identify component reporting requirement.
• Work with the client to facilitate the design and development of report and query designs.
• Work with Functional Testing lead and provide advice to the client on the development of test scripts for reports and ensure the data is reported as expected.
• Work with the third-party provider to resolve and report defects and to test the report until all issues are resolved.
• Perform data mining and analysis.

Required Experience and Skills

• Minimum 3-5 years of prior experience managing IT projects supporting client business and technology needs.
• In-depth knowledge of Jira is a top priority, including system architecture, configuration, customization, and administration. Proficiency in building integrated data systems in both cloud and cluster computing environments. Splunk familiarity is also preferred.
• Ability to plan and execute data migration strategy while ensuring data integrity; experience with scripting languages and automation tools to streamline tasks and workflows and to ensure no functionality is lost during the migration.
• Proficiency in monitoring and optimizing the performance of JIRA and Splunk, identifying issues, troubleshooting, and offering resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to develop training materials, and work effectively with cross-functional teams, including security stewards, users, SMEs, and leadership across the agency.
• Familiarity with public health is strongly preferred; Familiarity with whole genome sequencing is strongly preferred; In-depth knowledge of database management best practices is a must.
• Mastery of a wide range of advanced information technology principles, concepts, methods, standards, and practices sufficient to accomplish assignments and delivery of IT services according to legal and regulatory requirements.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems architecture and IT infrastructures, information management systems, information assurance, and data standards to support CDC's informatics mission.
• Ability to provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues.
• Must have a highly developed combination of organizational knowledge, interpersonal and communications skills, and management techniques to translate technical expertise into policies and projects.
• Advanced management and organizational knowledge principles, methods, practices, and techniques for developing, implementing, and evaluating health communications, information dissemination, and IT strategies.
• Superior presentation skills to deliver briefings and presentations to encourage understanding and acceptance.
• Skillfully communicate verbally and in writing to present recommendations effectively to management for acceptance and implementation and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness.
• Superior customer interface skills with an emphasis on customer communications.
• Team oriented with the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.
• Ability to deliver on time and budget.
• Skilled in risk management.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience performing data management and database development activities
• Must have experience implementing, migrating, managing, and operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environment.
• Subject matter expertise in management and migration of client Cloud Service Providers, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is required.
• Experience utilizing 'Splunk' application is preferred.
• Must have excellent communication, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task, with solid delegation and follow-through
• Ability to obtain and maintain government clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with whole genome sequencing (WGS) data, especially related to antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes, including quality measures, analysis, applications, and data management.
• Prior experience performing similar lead technical work for a federal government agency highly desired.
• Knowledge of division CDC/ATSDR and DHHS information technology and program goals, policies, regulations, and guidelines to make decisions or recommendations that significantly influence important policies or programs.
• Experience writing technical documentation, especially in relation to Cloud architecture
• Experience implementing, migrating, managing, and operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environment
• Knowledge and experience resolving security vulnerabilities
• Experience creating and presenting technical analysis, findings, and recommendations to leadership using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education and Training

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Informatics, Computational Biology or other relevant field with 5 years of related experience; or Master's degree with 3 years of experience.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. May need to lift 25 pounds occasionally.

Who We Are

Tanaq Support Services strives to deeply understand and analyze our clients' vision, needs, and requirements so we may provide alternative solutions, empowering them to choose the best resolution. We aim to achieve excellence by delivering on our commitments to our clients, employees, and partners.

TSS is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and participates in E-Verify. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workforce. Our policies provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local laws. For more information, visit Know Your Rights and Pay Transparency Statement.

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