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Program/Project Management Support Services (PPMSS) RFP Number: EDENFS16R0004

AMENDED LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

Attachment J-3

1. Project Manager: Leads team on large projects or significant segment of large complex projects. Analyzes new and complex project related problems and creates innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components. Provides applications systems analysis and programming activities for a Government site, facility or multiple locations. Prepares long and short-range plans for application selection, systems development, systems maintenance, and production activities and for necessary support resources. Oversees all aspects of projects. Manages all activities related to project planning, initiation, implementation, and monitoring with emphasis on IT projects. Ensures that all project goals are accomplished according to specifications and business objectives. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

2. Program Manager: Directs program team responsible for the development, implementation, and troubleshooting of enterprise applications, systems, and/or processes. Generates timelines, estimates costs, and ensures projects meet the needs of the organization. Oversees the operations of a team of project managers, business technology consultants, and implementation specialists who interface with the stakeholders. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 6 or more years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

3. Scheduling/Earned Value Management (EVM) Subject Matter Expert (SME): Responsible for guiding, leading and assessing the implementation of Earned Value Methodologies (EVM) to system/application development and operations projects. Responsible for analysis, evaluation and assessment of Earned Value Management Systems implementations, providing detailed summary reports including corrective action plans. Demonstrable knowledgeable and experienced with ANSI Standard-748 Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and National Defense Industry Accounting (NDIA) EVM Standards. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

4. Risk Analyst, Jr.: Performs risk analysis studies in order to maintain maximum protection of and value from an organization’s assets/investments. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

5. Risk Analyst, Sr.: Performs risk analysis studies in order to maintain maximum protection of and value from an organization’s assets/investments. Requires a bachelor’s degree in area of specialty and 8-10 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

6. Budget Analyst, Jr.: Analyzes accounting records to determine financial resources required to implement programs and makes recommendations for budget allocations to ensure conformance to budgetary limits. Also responsible for reviewing operating budgets periodically in order to analyze trends affecting budget needs. Requires a bachelor's degree and 4-6 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. May report to an executive or a manager. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

7. Budget Analyst, Sr.: Analyzes accounting records to determine financial resources required to implement programs and makes recommendations for budget allocations to ensure conformance to budgetary limits. Also responsible for reviewing operating budgets periodically in order to analyze trends affecting budget needs. Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

8. Cost Analyst, Jr.: Provides cost analysis results to assist senior management in decision-making or other financial initiatives. Performs variance analysis between actual and standard costs. Monitors, analyzes and reports on inventory valuation, production and various other costs. Provides productivity analysis. Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 4-6 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.

9. Cost Analyst, Sr.: Provides cost analysis results to assist senior management in decision-making or other financial initiatives. Performs variance analysis between actual and standard costs. Monitors, analyzes and reports on inventory valuation, production and various other costs. Provides productivity analysis. Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.

10. Documentation Specialist, Jr.: Responsible for preparation of technical publications & documentation. May require a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 1-3 years of related experience Gathers technical information, prepares written text & coordinates layout & manual organization. Writes individualized copy of analytical, interpretive, documentary or promotional literature. Directs the work of lower level writers & works closely with the editors and illustrators. Provides consistent & uniform written descriptions of computer-generated reports in accordance with established documentation procedures. Continually monitors system changes to ascertain the effects on system documentation.

11. Documentation Specialist, Sr. / Technical Writer: Prepares and/or maintains documentation pertaining to programming, systems operation and user documentation. Translates business specifications into user documentation. Plans, writes, and maintains systems and user support documentation efforts, including online help screen. May require an associate's degree in a related area and 5 or more years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.

12. Investment Analyst: Responsible for analyzing federal government investment activities. Evaluates federal government investment projects and objectives. Reports on investment opportunities and recommends investments. Must be experienced with OMB’s directives, policies, and procedures with regard to federal planning, budgeting, acquisition, and management of capital assets. Familiar with standard federal investment management concepts, practices, and procedures. Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in the field or in a related area.

13. Software Quality Assurance, Jr.: Develops, publishes, and implements test plans. Writes and maintains test automation. Develops quality assurance standards. Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defect densities and open defect counts. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of experience coding in C, C++, Java. Must have a working knowledge of quality assurance methodologies. Familiar with NT, UNIX and/or Solaris environments.

14. Software Quality Assurance, Sr.: Develops, publishes, and implements test plans. Writes and maintains test automation. Develops quality assurance standards. Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defect densities and open defect counts. Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience coding in C, C++, Java. Must have a working knowledge of quality assurance methodologies. Familiar with NT, UNIX and/or Solaris environments. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

15. Systems/Application Security Analyst: Analyzes information security systems and applications and recommends and develops security measures to protect information against unauthorized modification or loss. Requires a bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of experience in the field. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

16. System/Application/Network Engineer: Requires competence in all phases of systems/applications analysis techniques, concepts and methods. Responsible for the analysis, specification, development, integration and acquisition of open systems for information processing applications, installation and maintenance of all computer hardware platforms and associated software; development, installation and maintenance of proprietary software to enhance systems capabilities. May require a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

17. Administrative Support/Administrative Assistant Jr. : In addition to secretarial duties (filing, taking phone calls, scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements), this position will provide administrative support to Project/Program managers with office management responsibilities to include budgeting, personnel records and payroll. Requires a high school diploma and 2-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

18. Administrative Support/Administrative Assistant Sr. : In addition to secretarial duties (filing, taking phone calls, scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements), this position will provide administrative support to Project/Program managers with office management responsibilities to include budgeting, personnel records and payroll. The Administrative Assistant may be required to work independently on projects requiring research and preparation of briefing charts and other presentation materials. Supports client IT administrative areas and has the ability to analyze IT functional areas and put findings in report or presentation formats. Requires a high school diploma and 4 or more years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

19. Program Analyst: Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Works under general supervision; typically reports to a project leader or manager. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and documenting programs. Supports client computer application design and performance objectives. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

20. Training Manager: Competent to work at a high level for all phases of information systems training, including assistive technology. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Working under general direction prepares and conducts complex training and education programs for assistive technology users. Determines training objectives. Writes training programs, including outline, text, handouts, and tests, and designs laboratory exercises. Lectures class on safety, installation, programming, maintenance, and repair of machinery and equipment, following outline, handouts and texts. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Directs, supervises and conducts complex training and education programs for information systems or user personnel. Designs and develops in-house programs. Maintains records of training activities, employee progress, and program effectiveness. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. May report directly to an executive or head of a unit/department. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

21. Enterprise Architect: The Enterprise Architect is responsible for the creation, maintenance and management of IT architecture models and their lower level components. They are also required to interpret, use and apply information contained within IT architecture to inform a range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in the design, development, enhancement and maintenance of IT support systems. The Enterprise Architect is the senior level of Technical Architect. The Enterprise Architect is expected to ensure that the overall architecture is maintained in a coherent manner and that appropriate considerations are made for its security and quality. The primary role of the Enterprise Architect is to ensure that the respective business, application, data and technology perspectives are in line with the organization’s technology and governance strategies, policies and standards. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

22. SharePoint Administrator/SME: The primary responsibilities include managing all aspect of the SharePoint service including, but not limited to solution architecture, design, deployment, integration, support and technical project management. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

23. Enterprise IT Governance Specialist: Coordinate with Technical staff to enable effective decision making by governance boards. Leverage knowledge of IT to translate technical concepts that can easily be understood by non-technical staff. Develop meeting agendas, record and distribute minutes, assign and track actions, draft memoranda for signature by senior-level clients, and advise clients on appropriate topics and timetables for governance boards. Advise clients on how to optimally use the governance framework to achieve their goals. Requires a bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

24. Business Systems Analyst: Reviews, analyzes, and evaluated business systems and user needs. Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies. Writes detailed description of user needs, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify computer programs. May require a bachelor’s degree in a related area and 4-6 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with relational database concepts, and client-server concepts.