MAS - Blue Leaf Technologies, Inc. - 47QTCA24D0006

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SCHEDULE TITLE: Multiple Award Schedule Consolidated Schedule Number: MAS

CONTRACT NUMBER: 47QTCA24D0006

CONTRACT PERIOD: October 5, 2023 through October 4, 2028

Great Falls, VA 22066

Contract Administrator: Jogjit Sandhu

BUSINESS SIZE: Small

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CUSTOMER INFORMATION:

1. a. Table of awarded Special Item Numbers (SIN): SINs DESCRIPTION: Information Technology Professional Services

SIN: 54151S

1b. LOWEST PRICED MODEL NUMBER AND PRICE FOR EACH SIN: N/A (Government price based on a unit of one 1c. HOURLY RATES

If contractor is proposing hourly rates, a description of all corresponding commercial job titles, experience, functional responsibility and education for those types of employees or subcontractors who will perform services shall be provided. If hourly rates are not applicable, indicate “Not Applicable” for this item. Hourly rates and descriptions are located on page XX.

2. MAXIMUM ORDER: $500,000.00

3. MINIMUM ORDER: $100.00

4. GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE: Domestic

5. POINT(S) OF PRODUCTION: Blue Leaf Technologies, Inc. Offices.

6. DISCOUNT FROM LIST PRICES: Prices shown are Net: Basic discounts have been deducted.

7. QUANTITY DISCOUNT(S): None

8. PROMPT PAYMENT TERMS: None.

9. FOREIGN ITEMS: Not Applicable

10 a. TIME OF DELIVERY: As negotiated between ordering agency and contractors.

10 b. EXPEDITED DELIVERY: NA

10 c. OVERNIGHT AND 2-DAY DELIVERY: Contact Contractor

10 d. URGENT REQUIRMENTS: Please note the Urgent Requirements clause of this contract and contact Contractor.

11. FOB POINT: Destination

12 a. ORDERING ADDRESS:

Blue Leaf Technologies, Inc.

761 Keithley Drive Great Falls, VA 22066 Phone: 703-980-5518

b. ORDERING PROCEDURES: For supplies and services, the ordering procedures, information on Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA’s) are found in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-3.

14. PAYMENT ADDRESS :

Blue Leaf Technologies, Inc.

761 Keithley Drive, Great Falls, VA 22066

15. WARRANTY PROVISION: Not Applicable

16. EXPORT PACKING CHARGES: Not Applicable

17. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF GOVERNMENT PURCHASE CARD

ACCEPTANCE: Not Applicable

18. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RENTAL, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR (IF APPLICABLE): Not Applicable

19. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INSTALLATION (IF APPLICABLE): Not Applicable

20. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REPAIR PARTS INDICATING DATE OF PARTS PRICE LISTS AND ANY DISCOUNTS FROM LIST PRICES (IF AVAILABLE): Not Applicable

20a. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ANY OTHER SERVICES (IF APPLICABLE): Not Applicable

21. LIST OF SERVICE AND DISTRIBUTION POINTS (IF APPLICABLE): Not Applicable

22. LIST OF PARTICIPATING DEALERS (IF APPLICABLE): Not Applicable

23. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (IF APPLICABLE): Not Applicable

24a. SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES (e.g.

recycled content, energy efficiency, and/or reduced pollutants): Not Applicable

24b. Section 508 Compliance for EIT: Not Applicable

25. SAM UEI number: EZQ1YEP34MH4

26. NOTIFICATION REGARDING REGISTRATION IN CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION (CCR) DATABASE: Cage Code = 347E8

Below - Include Products and/or services SIN descriptions and pricing including IFF. If proposing EPA Fixed Escalation Rate offer must include Out-Year Pricing.

Modified SIN new labor categories added with new rates below:

Labor Categories Description:

Business Analyst

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze processes and workflows to identify opportunities for improvement through software support;

• Define requirements for software applications;

• Develop use cases for test scenarios;

• Analyze and document system interfaces, database structures, and data flows;

• Coordinate and lead analytic activities with stakeholders; and

• Use software tools as required to document requirements, analyze needs, identify risk, propose designs, and write documentation.

Minimum Requirements:

• Demonstrated skill in process analysis methods and techniques;

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing processes and identifying opportunities for improvements through software support;

• Demonstrated experience establishing successful relationships with business stakeholders;

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing data structures and data flows;

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; and

• Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, Visio or a similar tool, and PowerPoint.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Data Management Specialist

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain enterprise metadata repository;

• Create and maintain data models (logical and physical) at the enterprise level and lower;

• Use modeling and metadata tools to reverse engineer database structures;

• Support the definition and decision process to designate conformed dimensions for the enterprise data warehouse;

• Support governance effort in the proper allocation and usage of data sources;

• Create and maintain extensive metadata documentation;

• Create and disseminate informational materials regarding the data management function at and Support data stewards and other stakeholders, as needed.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, or in a related discipline;

• Experience in entity relationship modeling;

• Experience with metadata management for large models (200 or more entities);

• Experience creating and maintaining enterprise data models;

• Experience assisting development teams and database administrators in creating, understanding, and using enterprise metadata;

• Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating or maintaining an enterprise data warehouse and/or related data marts.

• Experience with one or more enterprise systems.

Experience Levels:

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Data Scientist

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use programming skills to source and compile large amounts of data, structured and unstructured, for analysis of business problems;

• Design algorithms and apply statistical tools to automate the detection of patterns, trends, and anomalies in data to gain insight into business events and problems;

• Build prediction engines;

• Collaborate with user experience designers, database developers, and others to build presentation and analytical tools for the use of business SMEs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or in a related discipline;

• Experience writing software programs to source, integrate, and store large amounts of data for analysis;

• Experience analyzing unstructured and structured data;

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement prediction engines;

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement tools for automated pattern and exception detection; and

• Excellent communication skills.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): twelve plus (12) or more years of relevant experience.

Data Technician

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collect, record, and retrieve digital information;

• Analyze all hard copies of data and transfer them to an electronic format;

• Enter data into computer systems or databases;

• Assist the Data Analyst and prepare data for analysis and reporting; and

• Process data using computer systems and software.

Minimum Requirements:

• Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or another related field, or a high school diploma with technical training in computer technologies;

• Good keyboarding skills;

• General knowledge of word processing programs;

• Proficiency with general Internet use;

• Knowledge and interest in computer systems and the latest technologies;

• Technical training on computer software;

• Ability to master new technologies quickly;

• Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with supervisors and co-workers;

• Commercial and business awareness;

• Good written and oral communication skills;

• Ability to work according to schedule; and

• Ability to concentrate for long periods of time.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Data Warehouse Specialist

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform difficult and complex technical assignments regarding the modification and/or development of complex data warehousing initiatives to align information technology solutions with business initiatives;

• Contribute to the requirements analysis, data design, database architecture, metadata, and repository creation for the data warehouse;

• Design and develop the most complex Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes for the data warehouse;

• Load quality review data into the warehouse; and

• Troubleshoot and tune existing data warehouse applications.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Systems, Information Systems/Technology, Engineering/Engineering Technology, or Software Engineering/Programming;

• Eight (8) years of related experience performing difficult and complex data engineering activities regarding the design and development of existing and new data marts;

• Demonstrated experience in Oracle data warehouse development; and

• Complex ETL design and development experience using PL/SQL and ETL tools.

Experience Levels:

• Level 3 (Senior-level): Ten (10) or more years of experience.

Designer

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with customers to create a user interface that is highly efficient, easy to read and comprehend, and graphically pleasing;

• Perform research on user preferences;

• Perform workflow analysis;

• Conduct usability testing and analyze user feedback and activity;

• Create wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps, and screen flows;

• Develop personas and usage scenarios;

• Create product prototypes; and

• Assist with content development.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Graphic Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), or in a relevant computing-related subject, or at least five (5) years of experience working as a User Experience Designer;

• Experience using wireframing tools and design programs and tools;

• Excellent programming skills;

• Collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills;

• Knowledge of information architecture; and

• Experience working with customers to develop storyboards, scenarios, and workflows.

Experience Levels:

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Developer

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze, design, develop, apply, and support complex enterprise projects;

• Evaluate customer requirements and provide effective solutions;

• Interface with other offices, consult with and inform user departments on system requirements, and resolve problems and operating difficulties for current and future enhancements to client's systems;

• Participate in problem resolution related to system design and review;

• Recommend approval of functional and technical design documents and enactment of systems, program enhancements, and updates of applications;

• Analyze and evaluate system changes to determine feasibility, alternative solutions, and backup procedures; and

• Work on the development of new systems, upgrades, and enhancements to existing systems and ensure systems are compliant with approved standards.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, Business or Public Administration, or in a related discipline;

• Proficiency with relevant programming languages, programming tools, and development platforms;

• Proficiency with software development and project management methodologies;

• Knowledge of the methods, tools, and techniques used to evaluate, select, develop, test, integrate, and troubleshoot systems software and hardware of all types;

• Demonstrated progressive responsibility with diversified technical level information systems and data processing management; and

• Knowledge of multi-tiered applications such as web services, clustered environments, database servers, application servers, and report servers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in an IT-related discipline or the equivalent combination of education and experience (Senior).

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

• Level SME (Senior-level): twelve plus (12) or more years of relevant experience.

Functional Analyst

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot functional or business process issues related to CLIENT applications and systems;

• Translate relevant application/system configuration to respective users, IT staff, and IT management;

• Configure or reconfigure in-house tools for administration purposes or to support client’s business processes;

• Develop complex queries for reporting purposes;

• Create functional design diagrams and present proposed solutions in the form of design reviews;

• Work with other functional analysts and developers to determine the best technical approach, learn new functionality and features of in-house tools as new versions are released, and educate the user community;

• Prepare requirements documents and report mockups; and

• Develop training materials.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience with databases such as ORACLE, SQL Server, SYBASE, INFORMIX, and DB2;

and

• Bachelor’s degree or three (3) years of additional applicable experience.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

• Level SME (Senior-level): twelve plus (12) or more years of relevant experience.

IT Portfolio Manager

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee and coordinate the entire scope and all phases and software development life cycle (SDLC) of multiple, diverse complex programs; ensure completion within budget and on schedule;

• Perform all project management processes for diverse complex IT programs (i.e., initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing process groups);

• Develop, recommend for approval, manage, and adheres to project schedules, estimates, and budgets that are complete, realistic, and fully meet program goals;

• Provide program management coordination and controls consistent with project and operational needs;

• Develop and manage detailed program management plans that define key activities, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements to achieve program objectives;

• Conduct full software development life cycle program process management, including requirements definition, fit/gap analysis, design, configuration, development, interfaces, testing, data conversion, cutover, communications, training, rollout, post-implementation support, and new release management;

• Assign work and manage program and cross-functional teams;

• Ensure clear and concise requirement definitions are incorporated into system design;

• Oversee change requests from original design specifications;

• Identify and partner with both internal and external client program stakeholders;

• Conduct research and prepare recommendations for complex program management problems;

• Conduct risk analysis and develop and manage mitigation strategies;

• Develop and cultivate relationships with cross-functional program team members and work closely with business and operations partners to ensure acceptance, quality, and integrity of program goals and initiatives;

• Assess variables, including but not limited to: costs; benefits; program or service availability and capacity; current and future organizational structure; policies, procedures, and government regulations; competing firms and alternative sources of supply; market trends;

risks; skills and expertise; quality, reliability, and flexibility; innovations; and control considerations;

• Monitor program results against technical specifications and performance measures and adjust accordingly;

• Communicate plans, status, and issues to senior-level management, steering committees, and other committees as required;

• Develop and manage performance metrics; prepare and present team and executive performance management and status reports;

• Define, coordinate, and manage user training for new applications or modifications as required;

• Develop, coordinate, and manage implementation of change management, communications, and training plans and activities.

• Conduct ongoing program status meetings with staff; and

• Ensure program management of project closeout to include coordination and completion of all technical, operational, procurement, and budgeting tasks.

Minimum Requirements:

• Demonstrated knowledge of, ability to, and/or hands-on experience in the principles, practices, and techniques to coordinate, review, and provide expert technical management for the assigned IT program;

• Demonstrated ability to apply project controls, including scheduling and budgetary control systems;

• Evidence of problem solving, process improvement methods, and business re-engineering methods, increase productivity and business responsiveness;

• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate staff to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems;

• Experience in defining program management processes, tools, and templates suitable for program requirements;

• Evidence of interpersonal, team building, and facilitation skills to lead, manage, and coordinate a highly politicized program comprised of various professional and technical individuals;

• Experience developing and comprehending various types and levels of technical, contractual, and legal documentation;

• Experience developing, analyzing, managing, and reporting on program performance metrics.

• Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization to independently organize and carry out assignments with minimum direction, as well as the ability to function effectively as a leader of highly professional personnel;

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Mathematics, Engineering, or in a related field;

• Minimum of 10 years demonstrated successful large-scale IT program management experience including:

· Formal training and experience in project management, estimating, cost and schedule management, variance reporting, and electronic project management tools (e.g., Primavera, MS Project, project scheduler, or equivalent); or

· An equivalent combination of post-high school education and 14 years of progressively responsible IT program management technical and professional experience in a large IT organization; and

• Must have a proven track record in managing a successful large enterprise system implementation project and formal training and experience in project management, estimating, cost and schedule management, variance reporting, and electronic project management tools (e.g., Primavera, MS Project, project Scheduler, or equivalent).

Experience Levels:

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Project Manager

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the day-to-day responsibility of managing IT projects;

• Communicate with sponsoring organizations to assist in needs assessment, scope definition, risk assessment, and process improvement analyses;

• Draft specifications, review proposals, and develop work plan definitions;

• Manage tasks, overall deliverables, and status tracking;

• Review project proposals and plans to determine time frames, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various project phases;

• Lead and motivate cross-functional project teams;

• Apply best practices and project management methodologies appropriate to the project scope;

• Develop and manage the project schedule using Primavera Scheduler, MS Project, Project Scheduler, or similar project management tools;

• Review status reports and modify schedules or plans as required;

• Prepare project reports for management, clients, and others;

• Confer with project team members to provide technical advice and resolve problems;

• Confer with project members to outline work plans and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scopes of authority;

• Hold regular project meetings with stakeholders to monitor progress and communicate actions required;

• Proactively solve problems to ensure milestones are met and projects are completed on time and within budget;

• Conduct and evaluate post-mortems to improve future projects;

• Manage project issues, revise plans as necessary, and communicate changes to project team members;

• Maintain close contact with project sponsor(s), ensuring shared vision, stakeholder buy-in, and project support; and

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or in a related discipline; or current Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification; and

• Two (2) years of experience performing the duties identified above in an information technology operation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Both a relevant Bachelors’ degree and PMP certification; and

• Demonstrated ability to perform Earned Value (EV) analysis on large, multi-year IT projects.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

• Level SME (Senior-level): twelve plus (12) or more years of relevant experience.

Solution Architect

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply concepts of application architecture and service orientation to assist customer teams responsible for developing HA application requirements in specific functional areas;

• Coordinate work to prevent overlap and ensure alignment with CLIENT Enterprise Architecture Framework, IT strategy, SDLC, strategic drivers, and standards;

• Prepare as-is and to-be application architecture artifacts including system connect diagrams, application reference models, software requirements documents, interface descriptions, data dictionaries, performance monitoring and logging specifications, high availability and scaling designs, DR concepts and designs, and application staging plans;

• Work with data and infrastructure architects and software program managers to ensure integrity, high availability, and scalability of application systems and plans within the context of the overall Enterprise Architecture; and

• Guide the work of business systems/business case analysts and documentation specialists.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Communications, Finance, or in a related discipline, or equivalent experience;

• Exceptional solution architecture experience and familiarity with architecture patterns and design with emphasis on performance tuning, logging, and monitoring, Micro services and Cloud, high availability/scaling solutioning, and software development skills;

• Strong analytical, verbal communication, and written communication skills;

• Experience using MS Visio or other data or application visualization software to document application architecture;

• Experience using MS Excel to perform basic software requirements documentation;

• Familiarity with MS Word and MS PowerPoint;

• Experience coordinating software requirements and working with development teams;

• Proven ability to plan and deploy custom COTS and middleware application programs and process improvements;

• Experience managing teams of programmers for the deployment of large, complex web and mobile applications; and

• Experience performing the application architecture function, from conception to deployment, of a large government multi-agency solution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience integrating legacy applications or data sources across a J2EE, MS.NET, and/or legacy mainframe or mini environment;

• At least three (3) years of experience implementing architectural patterns and designs for web and mobile applications;

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing HA and scaling solutions in a complex, multi-application architecture including Cloud;

• Expertise in integrating complex, HA designs within a complex network environment supporting multiple web and mobile applications; and

• Experience planning and deploying a business process management solution and/or a workflow engine within a large, enterprise software deployment.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

UI/UX Designer

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with customers to create a user interface that is highly efficient, easy to read and comprehend, and graphically pleasing;

• Perform research on user preferences;

• Perform workflow analysis;

• Conduct usability testing and analyze user feedback and activity;

• Create wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps, and screen flows;

• Develop personas and usage scenarios;

• Create product prototypes; and

• Assist with content development.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Graphic Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), or in a relevant computing-related subject, or at least five (5) years of experience working as a User Experience Designer;

• Experience using wireframing tools and design programs and tools, including Moqups, Sketch, PhotoShop, Invision, Simpli, and/or Zeplin;

• Experience with major UI/UX mobile application design systems (such as Material Design, Fluent Design, or Apple Design);

• Excellent programming skills;

• Collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills;

• Knowledge of information architecture; and

• Experience working with customers to develop storyboards, scenarios, and workflows.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

• Level SME (Senior-level): twelve plus (12) or more years of relevant experience

User Experience Designer

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with customers to create a user interface that is highly efficient, easy to read and comprehend, and graphically pleasing;

• Perform research on user preferences;

• Perform workflow analysis;

• Conduct usability testing and analyze user feedback and activity;

• Create wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps, and screen flows;

• Develop personas and usage scenarios;

• Create product prototypes; and

• Assist with content development.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors’ degree in Design, Graphic Design, HCI (Human Computer Interaction), or in a relevant computing-related subject, or at least five (5) years of experience working as a User Experience Designer;

• Experience using wireframing tools and design programs and tools;

• Excellent programming skills;

• Collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills;

• Knowledge of information architecture; and

• Experience working with customers to develop storyboards, scenarios, and workflows.

Experience Levels:

• Level 1 (Junior-level): two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience.

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Enterprise Architect

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply concepts of enterprise architecture to align IT transitional processes with business priorities, strategic goals, and standards;

• Apply concepts of service-oriented architecture to support implementation of CLIENT’s IT strategic plan;

• Guide construction of the business case for IT transitional processes;

• Produce flow charts, context diagrams, problem analyses, system connect diagrams, and other artifacts to capture and communicate architectural decisions and components;

• Apply industry standard architectural frameworks (such as FEAF, TOGAF, Zachman, and ITS) to the client enterprise to guide and update the creation of the Metro Enterprise Architecture framework;

• Guide the configuration of the client enterprise architecture repository to maintain alignment with the Metro Enterprise Architecture Framework; and

• Work with IT programs to maintain and support standardization of technology toolsets across the client IT enterprise.

Minimum Requirements:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills;

• Enterprise Architecture certification;

• Group facilitation experience;

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or equivalent experience;

• Experience as an enterprise architect using the standard architectural framework;

• Experience developing business capability, information, and data architecture;

• Experience with enterprise architecture repositories;

• Experience interviewing and documenting stakeholder inputs to enterprise architecture projects;

• Experience using Microsoft Excel to perform basic financial analysis of business processes;

• Familiarity with MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Visio; and

• Proven ability to implement IT governance process improvements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating software and hardware requirements and working with development teams;

• Experience implementing cross-boundary service-oriented architecture projects or Business Process Management projects using Web services integration;

• Experience implementing Oracle Fusion middleware, J2EE, .NET framework-based, and mobile development projects;

• Formal training in organization development, complex systems analysis, group facilitation, or information systems requirements analysis;

• Experience with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Big Data, Cloud Computing, ERP Systems, and commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS); and Experience Levels:

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Application Architect

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply concepts of application architecture and service orientation to assist customer teams responsible for developing application requirements in specific functional areas;

• Coordinate work to prevent overlap and ensure alignment with CLIENT Enterprise Architecture Framework, IT strategy, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), strategic drivers, and standards;

• Apply gap analysis techniques to define the nature and extent of application scope changes and communicate business case to decision makers;

• Prepare as-is and to-be application architecture artifacts including system connect diagrams, application reference models, software requirements documents, interface descriptions, data dictionaries, and application staging plans;

• Work with data and infrastructure architects and software program managers to ensure integrity of application systems and plans with overall Enterprise Architecture; and

• Guide the work of business systems/business case analysts and documentation specialists.

Minimum Requirements:

• Exceptional application architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and software development skills;

• Strong analytical and verbal and written communication skills;

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Communications, Finance, or in related discipline or equivalent experience;

• Experience using Microsoft Visio or other data or application visualization software to document application architecture;

• Experience using Microsoft Excel to perform basic software requirements documentation;

• Familiarity with MS Word and MS PowerPoint;

• Experience coordinating software requirements and working with development teams;

• Proven ability to plan and deploy custom, commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) and middleware application programs and process improvements;

• Experience managing teams of programmers for deployment of large government multiagency applications;

• Experience performing the application Architecture function, from conception to deployment, of a large government multi-agency solution;

• Experience with implementation and architecture of one or more of the following technology sets: message-oriented middleware, composite application frameworks, Enterprise Service Bus, Master Data Management, Enterprise Mash-Ups, or Business Process Management; and

• Experience using an Enterprise Architecture repository such as Telelogic, Metis, or Abacus to document relationship of application architectures to an enterprise architecture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using the Abacus Enterprise Architecture repository to document relationship of application architectures to an enterprise architecture;

• Formal training in organization development, complex systems analysis, group facilitation, or information systems requirements analysis;

• Experience integrating more than four (4) legacy applications or data sources across a J2EE, MS .NET, and/or legacy mainframe or mini environment;

• Experience planning and deploying a COTS portal framework as a presentation layer for enterprise applications such as SharePoint, AcquLogic Portal, or Oracle Portal;

• Hands-on experience planning identity management solutions with application architectures;

• Experience planning and deploying a business process management solution and/or a workflow engine within a large, enterprise software deployment.

Experience Levels:

• Level 2 (Mid-level): Six (6) to nine (9) years of relevant experience.

• Level 3 (Senior-level): ten plus (10) or more years of relevant experience.

Cloud Engineer Description: Responsible for supporting the design, development, and implementation of cloud-based solutions for an organization's information technology infrastructure. Work under the guidance of senior IT professionals and collaborate with other team members to ensure the cloud infrastructure is secure, stable, and scalable. This role requires a basic understanding of cloud technologies, virtualization, network architecture, and security practices. The Cloud IT Engineer assists in monitoring cloud infrastructure performance, identifying and resolving issues, and optimizing the infrastructure for cost, performance, and reliability. Also, work with developers to support the design and implementation of cloud-based applications and maintain documentation of cloud infrastructure and procedures.

Education and Experience Level 1 - Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of experience Level 2 – Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience Level 3 – Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 7 years of experience or a Master’s with 5 years of experience Subject Matter Expert - Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 10 years of experience or a Master’s with 8 years of experience Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) Developer Description: AI/ML engineering/scientists develop sensemaking ML algorithms to help prioritization of data. Interpret signals and enhance target features to provide higher fidelity detection. Conduct research and development of advanced image and signal processing to recognize and identify objects. Conduct research and development of context-based inferencing algorithms determining friend or foe. Research and develop custom AI algorithms for man-in/on-the-loop analysis in multi-modal collection and sensing systems. Create good data to direct algorithmic behavior towards effective learning. Integrate and develop multi-INT and multi-sensor systems’ data. Aggregate, analyze, and extract data for intelligence. Research and develop automation of non-cognitive tasks. Create deep learning algorithms to inform decisions. Explore automation impacts quickly. Junior personnel work under the guidance of more experienced team members but are able to contribute directly to the work. Senior-level employees are given higher order responsibilities including the coordination, direction, and supervision of other members of their discipline’s team. Typically works on and directs highly-visible or mission critical aspects of projects/programs. Responsible for providing expert knowledge and guidance on the development and implementation of AI/ML solutions within the organization. You will be expected to stay up-to-date with the latest developments and trends in the field and be able to apply this knowledge to real-world business problems. Acts as a technical advisor and thought leader on AI/ML projects, providing guidance on the design and development of AI/ML models. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business problems and develop AI/ML solutions to address them. Research and evaluate new AI/ML technologies and techniques, and recommend their adoption as appropriate. Mentor and train junior team members on AI/ML best practices and technologies. Lead the development and testing of AI/ML models, and ensure their performance meets the required standards. Requires strong background in AI/ML and a deep understanding of machine learning algorithms and techniques, proven experience in the development and implementation of AI/ML solutions, and experience with programming languages such as Python, R, or Java.

Education and Experience Level 1 - Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 0 years of experience Level 2 – Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 3 years of experience Level 3 – Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience Subject Matter Expert - Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 10 years of experience Application System Architect Description: An IT Application Architect must have the experience and domain knowledge in supporting government, state, and/or commercial IT initiatives. Must have experience in coordinating with program, project, and/or product teams to analyze and design applications and products and be able to thoroughly identify architectural vision, roadmap, and runway for addressing business and end-users need. Responsibilities includes: Conduct a detailed technical trade-offs, external dependencies, schedule impacts, and performance issues; Integrate various Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and open source technologies in order to provide a comprehensive approach to meet stakeholders enterprise level needs.; Perform and evaluate application performance and the consumption of system resources to be able to detect problems such as dead locks, run away jobs as well as security issues; Keep up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices; Provides support, guidance, and close working relationship with Agile/Scrum, DevOps, and stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle. Minimum education bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field; or equivalent work experience.

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Level 1 - Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of experience Level 2 – Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience Level 3 –…