Quality Assurance Specialist (ITS13) Custom Computer Programming Services

Summary

ProSidian Consulting is a Management and Operations Consulting Services Firm focused on delivering tailored solutions to clients across various industries. They are seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to provide IT System Lifecycle Development and Management Support Services for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) on behalf of the FDA, ensuring the development, maintenance, and enhancement of IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) IT System Lifecycle Development and Management Support Services on behalf of the Food and Drug Association (FDA)
• The FDA is seeking Small Business (SB) sources to determine the availability and capability of small business manufacturers or small businesses capable of IT System Lifecycle Development and Management Support Services
• The FDA | CFSAN is in need of project management services
• The Single Award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) will be awarded by the FDA contracting manager
• The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is the branch of the United States Food and Drug Administration that regulates food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products
• The scope of this contract is to provide the full range of technical and management services necessary to develop, maintain, and enhance CFSAN systems
• The general requirements include providing Custom Computer Programming Services (NAICS 541511) to the FDA and CFSAN; and to maintain, support, and evolve code, scripts, views, triggers, jobs, designs, documentation, reports, and templates
• There is also a need to establish an ordering vehicle that develops and maintains existing and future Computer to Plate (CTP) systems, which will process structured and unstructured data
• The FDA expects between 2-5 new applications/systems to be added to the BPA per year over the duration of this contract
• The ProSidian Engagement Team shall provide training services to CFSAN stakeholders for existing applications, application changes, or newly-developed applications
• CFSAN will issue individual Task Orders for the Contractor to provide IT Lifecycle Support for the CFSAN IT portfolio of systems as needed
• Task 1: Project Management: Task Order level project management to establish control, management, monitoring and notification mechanisms to ensure the individual task orders stay on track to meet the important milestones and performance measures within the awarded task
• Task 2: O&M and DME Architecture Support Services: The Contractor shall provide the full range of architecture support services in order to formulate the integrated, end-to-end automated systems that provide enhanced IT capabilities necessary to support CFSAN business and mission processes
• Task 3: Development, Modernization, and Major Enhancement: The Contractor shall provide the complete range of system development lifecycle support services necessary to develop and enhance CFSAN IT systems and tools as well as their external interfaces to FDA Enterprise and Center Systems and applications
• Task 4: Systems Integration and Engineering Services: The Contractor shall support CFSAN with integration services
• Task 5: Data Migration and Management Support: The Contractor shall provide data management support for activities related to the development and execution of data architectures, data policies, practices, and procedures that properly manage the full data lifecycle needs of CFSAN
• Task 6: Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and Support Services: The Contractor shall provide the complete range of operations and maintenance support services necessary to maintain CFSAN IT systems
• Task 7: System and Data Disposition: The Contractor shall identify, recommend and implement the retirement and consolidation of systems, components, technologies, tools and data when they meet the appropriate disposition stage of the lifecycle as defined in the EPLC
• Task 8: Training Support for O&M and DME: The Contractor shall provide training services to CFSAN stakeholders for existing applications, application changes, or newly developed applications
• Task 9: Transition Activities: The Contractor shall provide the transition-in and transition-out of activities to develop, operate, and manage the CFSAN IT portfolio

Skills

• Expertise and experience in designing, developing, implementing, communicating, administering and evaluating human resources programs, with emphasis in compensation and classification in large (i.e., over 4,000 employees) geographically dispersed organizations with a technical, multi-faceted mission of national scope
• Demonstrated successful experience in designing and implementing innovative private and public sector compensation and pay for performance programs, and/or expertise in a unionized environment
• Experience in job analysis and evaluation, with expertise in making accurate Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption determinations, and demonstrated ability to successfully defend those decisions to employees, management, and/or outside parties
• Expertise in state-of-the art compensation, pay for performance, and awards programs, with the ability to tailor such programs to a public-sector regulatory/operational organization
• Knowledge of existing laws and regulations pertaining to the federal compensation, classification, performance, and recognition programs, and to the federal financial regulatory agencies
• Experience in configuration management, verification and validation, software testing and integration, software metrics & their application to software quality assessment
• Establishes and maintains a process for evaluating software & associated documentation
• Maintains level of quality throughout software lifecycle
• Conducts formal and informal reviews at predetermined points through the EPLC life cycle
• Ensures problem resolution and user satisfaction
• Supervises configuration management

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Expertise and experience in designing, developing, implementing, communicating, administering and evaluating human resources programs, with emphasis in compensation and classification in large (i.e., over 4,000 employees) geographically dispersed organizations with a technical, multi-faceted mission of national scope
• Demonstrated successful experience in designing and implementing innovative private and public sector compensation and pay for performance programs, and/or expertise in a unionized environment
• Experience in job analysis and evaluation, with expertise in making accurate Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption determinations, and demonstrated ability to successfully defend those decisions to employees, management, and/or outside parties
• Expertise in state-of-the art compensation, pay for performance, and awards programs, with the ability to tailor such programs to a public-sector regulatory/operational organization
• Knowledge of existing laws and regulations pertaining to the federal compensation, classification, performance, and recognition programs, and to the federal financial regulatory agencies
• Experience in configuration management, verification and validation, software testing and integration, software metrics & their application to software quality assessment
• Establishes and maintains a process for evaluating software & associated documentation
• Maintains level of quality throughout software lifecycle
• Conducts formal and informal reviews at predetermined points through the EPLC life cycle
• Ensures problem resolution and user satisfaction
• Supervises configuration management

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: The pay range begins in the competitive ranges with Group Health Benefits, Pre-tax Employee Benefits, and Performance Incentives. The Company contributes a fixed dollar amount each month towards the Plan you elect for medical and dental benefits. Contributions are deducted on a pre-tax basis.
• Group Medical Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian partners with BC/BS to offer a range of medical plans, including high-deductible health plans or PPOs.
• Group Dental Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian dental carriers - Delta, Aetna, Guardian, and MetLife.
• Group Vision Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian offers high/low vision plans through 2 carriers: Aetna and VSP.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plans help you save for your retirement for eligible employees. A range of investment options is available with a personal financial planner to assist you. The Plan is a pre-tax Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.
• Vacation and Paid Time-Off (PTO) Benefits: Eligible employees use PTO for vacation, a doctor's appointment, or any number of events in your life. Currently, these benefits include Vacation/Sick days – 2 weeks/3 days | Holidays - 10 ProSidian and Government Days are given.
• Pre-Tax Payment Programs: Pre-Tax Payment Programs currently exist in the form of a Premium Only Plan (POP). These Plans offer a full Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Plan and a tax benefit for eligible employees.
• Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plans: We want you to achieve financial success. Therefore, we offer a Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plan through The Corporate Perks Benefit Program. This provides special discounts for eligible employees on products and services you buy daily.
• Security Clearance: Due to the nature of our consulting engagements, there are Security Clearance requirements for Engagement Teams handling sensitive Engagements in the Federal Marketplace. A Security Clearance is a valued asset in your professional portfolio and adds to your credentials.
• ProSidian Employee & Contractor Referral Bonus Program: ProSidian Consulting will pay up to 5k for all referrals employed for 90 days for candidates submitted through our Referral Program.
• Performance Incentives: Due to the nature of our consulting engagements, there are performance incentives associated with each new client that each employee works to pursue and support.
• Flexible Spending Account: FSAs help you pay for eligible out-of-pocket health care and dependent daycare expenses on a pre-tax basis. You determine your projected costs for the Plan Year and then elect to set aside a portion of each paycheck into your FSA.
• Supplemental Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance: If you want extra protection for yourself and your eligible dependents, you have the option to elect supplemental life insurance. D&D covers death or dismemberment from an accident only.
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance: Disability insurance plans are designed to provide income protection while you recover from a disability.