ITS53_V3_IPASS_Replacement_Project - IT.docx

Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) is requesting to fill a position for: (IPASS Replacement Project). Please see the below-written job description utilizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Statewide Contract ITS53StaffAugCat1.

ITS53StaffAugCat1 approved vendors are asked to submit unlimited Resource resumes with the bill rate quote for each Resource to the following email: contracts&procurement@detma.org The Subject Line should reference: ITS53 V3 IPASS Replacement Project FY16 EOL (Vendor Name) EOLWD may require interviews and will conduct a CORI check on the selected candidate(s).

The engagement is expected to last for seven months (11/2/15 – 5/31/16). Any Resource resume submitted must be able to commit to work for an unrestricted period of time.

The selected Resource will be asked to begin work immediately; scheduled hours are Monday thru Friday 8:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. additional hours may be required.

Please make sure to indicate on the resume if the Resource is presently working for another Commonwealth State Agency or has worked for a Commonwealth Agency within the 12 months prior to submission of the resume.

Any resume submitted for consideration must have the following information on the front page:

· Hourly bill rate

· Available start date

· Any work commitment restrictions

· COMMBUYS bid number The ITS53 Employee Certification Form must be signed by any Resource whose services are obtained under ITS53StaffAugCat1. Any selected Resource must bring this completed form to work on his/her first day. As per the ITS53 statewide contract, a copy of the Resource’s I-9 Form may be requested on or before the Resource’s first day of work.

Please email any questions to the above email address following the same subject line protocol.

Please see rate card (5) published under the Statewide Contract (Operational Services) for ITS53StaffAugCat1. (Max Rate $95/hr. – Software Systems Analyst/Programmer – Senior)

IPASS Replacement Project - Specifications

Summary of Engagement:

A software development contractor is needed to work on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development IPASS replacement project. The contractor will work a 37.5 hour work week. All work will be done at 19 Staniford Street, Boston, MA. 02114.

IPASS Project Scope/Summary:

IPASS is an internal application single sign-on (SSO) system that provides authentication and authorization for certain agency internal and external agency systems. Agency systems consist of “legacy” systems that are used for read-only/historical purposes and production systems that are actively used by internal staff and external/public users.

IPASS uses older technology (COM objects) and is hard to maintain. A contractor is needed to replace the backend IPASS web service methods used by the Job Quest Employer (JQE) production system with new non-IPASS web services. The JQE system uses C# web services to interface to the IPASS system. The new solution will utilize the current JQE web service method signatures (IE: same method names, same parameters, same data types), but will be re-written using Microsoft Visual Studio 2013/C# for extensibility and ease of maintenance by EOLWD IT staff. The existing backend Oracle development, UAT and production databases will be used.

Job Duties/Required Experience:

· Compete analysis of existing production JobQuest web service calls to current IPASS system

· Design a new web service solution using current production web services method signature but changing the back-end web service calls to use a non-IPASS solution

· Develop new web services to replace current DEV/UAT/PROD calls to IPASS

· Unit test IPASS Replacement web services and work with DCS business teams to obtain UAT sign-off

· Actively participate in QA Testing (write test cases, fix and re-test defects, etc.)

· Update JobQuest build documents and hand-off build to EOLWD IT build team.

· Document all work and perform knowledge transfer to EOLWD IT staff

Required Experience:

Two plus years’ experience in the following technologies and tool sets:

· Microsoft Visual Studio C# 2008/2010/2013 web services software development

· Microsoft Dot Net Framework 3.0, 4.5

· Oracle 11g SQL and PL/SQL

· Oracle SQL Developer

· Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013

· Microsoft Visual Source Safe v8

· Microsoft IIS 6, 7, 8.5