DRT Strategies, Inc.

Program Technical Lead

Atlanta, GA - Full Time

Overview
DRT Strategies delivers expert management consulting and information technology (IT) solutions to large federal agencies, the U.S. Navy, state and local government and commercial clients in health care, technology, and financial services industries.

The three letters of our name, DRT, stand for Driving Resolution Together, which is the core philosophy on which the company was founded. That is, we collaborate with our clients to solve their most pressing challenges - together.

We are problem solvers dedicated to your success, combining Fortune 500 experience with small business responsiveness. We have established a reputation with our clients as a forward-thinking consulting firm with demonstrated success in implementing solutions that lead to meaningful results. Our world-class consultants unite people to work collaboratively to achieve project goals and make vision a reality.

Project Description:
DRT provides public health, technology, data, communications, and visualization support to enhance the government’s ability to use public health data to address diverse, complex, and emerging problems. This includes designing and developing application and database solutions. In addition, this team develops innovative data capture and analysis techniques to enhance safety research and recommendation efforts across the country.

Job Summary:
Provide technical leadership in an advisory in the review, analysis, and recommendation on their IT systems implementations.  This includes understanding and reviewing system designs and plans from other development teams, participating in code reviews, recommending changes and strategies, conducting ad hoc analyses and research.  Direct hands-on development/coding is not expected although the candidate needs this prior experience to fulfill the responsibilities of this position. In collaboration with the Program Manager, mentor and direct technical team members, and assess performance of teams, processes, and systems.

Responsibilities:
  • Review customer and stakeholder feedback to ensure solutions and strategies proposed by vendor’s technical team deliver required outcomes via software release.
  • Review LOEs developed and proposed by vendor.  Provide feedback to FDA on if LOEs are reasonable or above threshold. 
  • Review regression and system test reports.
  • Review appropriate EPLC documentation (e.g. Target State Diagram (TSD))
  • Review technical solutions proposed by vendor.
  • Participate in design and code review and make recommendations regarding the adoption or otherwise of vendors-based solution.
  • Provide feedback to FDA on proposed technology solutions from an architectural perspective
  • Recommend future IT Strategy, Solution Architecture, Technology Roadmaps to FDA IT PM and Business Program office.
  • Recommend changes needed to take advantage of opportunities to reduce operate cost and/or provide business value.
  • Create and conduct presentations on technical concepts, methodologies, technologies, etc.
  • Build relationships and rapport with customers and other contractors in order to perform duties.
Required Experience
  • Must have or be able to obtain a Public Trust  
  • 8+ years of IT experience
  • Strong technical background, preferably with at least 3 years of experience with hands-on software development
  • Experience developing IT roadmaps as well as crafting, delivering, and implementing technical recommendations to improve value
  • Experience with database design and implementation (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server)
  • Experience with application layer design and implementation (e.g., Object Oriented Design principles, Java or .NET technologies, XML, JSON)
  • Experience with web-based UI interface design and implementation (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript libraries, Section 508 compliance, responsive design)
  • Experience with full life cycle software development: planning, design, development, testing and implementation
  • Working understanding of and experience with firewalls, load balancers, server clustering technologies
  • Experience with cloud migrations and cloud providers (Azure, AWS, etc.)
  • Strong organization skills with a demonstrated track record of tracking and managing multiple tasks
  • Strong customer service skills
  • DevOps/Agile/Scrum methodology experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Keen attention to detail
Preferred Experience
  • General knowledge and experience working with the federal government, specifically HHS
  • Proficiency with server-side Proficiency such as Python, PHP, Java or .NET
  • Proficiency with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, Vue, or Backbone
  • Experience with the development and publication of mobile applications
Education and Training
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering or relevant field
Salary Range:
  • $80,000-95,000
  • Salary commensurate with experience.
Company Benefits:
DRT offers full-time benefit eligible employees a competitive total compensation package. Employees may begin participating in employer sponsored group medical, dental, and vision coverage on their first day of employment. DRT also has a 401(K)-retirement plan, company paid short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, AD&D coverage, and an employee assistant program (EAP). Employees may also elect critical illness coverage, accident coverage, flexible spending accounts, and health saving account options. The DRT leave programs include Paid Time Off (PTO) each calendar year, paid holidays annually, paid parental leave, and unpaid job protected leave administered in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

EEO Commitment
DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) celebrates diversity and is proud to provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local laws.

Reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees with disabilities will be provided. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources by emailing [email protected], or by dialing 571-482-2517.

 

DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) celebrates diversity and is proud to provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local laws.

Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities will be provided. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources by emailing HR@drtstrategies.com, or by dialing 571-482-2517.

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