Senior Systems Engineer/Developer

in Jobs / by Steve DeWeese

July 25, 2016

Security Requirements: Secret

Duties:

Work together with engineering and deployment teams to enhance the manual processes and automate system deployment and migration.

Technical Goals:

Update and maintain existing UCSD orchestration in support of DOS FlexPod implementation.

Create and test new UCSD and Power Shell scripts and associated documentation based on the FlexPod design to enhance the DOS FlexPod implementation.

Design, create, and implement UCSD scripts and infrastructure in support of both centralized and distributed UCSD installations. Central systems run in the ESOC and support FlexPod installation. Distributed systems run at each post and support daily, weekly, and monthly O&M tasks.

Specific Tasks:

1) Review and update documents outlining the manual installation for the ECP bootstrap, network, virtual server, and operating system installs required to automate through UCS Director

2) UCS Director Orchestration scripts fully testing and documented.

3) Create or update remote installer documentation used for installation of the ECP using the automated installation procedures.

4) Provide documentation on overall UCSD system as integrated with Virtual Center, Ops Manager, and other subsystems.

Work Location: Springfield, VA

Required Skills

o UCS Director orchestration

o PowerShell

o XML

Desirable Skills

o TFS

o MS Windows Server

o SQL

o Office Programming

o NetApp

o CISCO C-series servers

o CISCO Switching

Software Test Engineer

in Jobs / by Steve DeWeese

July 25, 2016

Clearance: Active Secret or higher

Salary: $80,000 – $100,000

Job Description

Duties:

Define, create, document, verify, and execute test scenarios for a government application with focus on functional, performance, regression, and technical testing
Develop and run formal test scripts against Production and Production simulated environments
Manage the deployment of application releases delivered from the development team to Production and Production simulated environments
Install and test application releases from the development team to Production and Production simulated environments
Document application defects using a bug tracking system
Report defects to software developers and monitor bug resolution efforts
Test reported defect fixes to validate bug resolution
Generate a test report detailing results of each application release
Evaluate test deliverables to ensure accuracy and completeness
Review source code to ensure that the code meets government standards and documentation requirements
Independently create and execute test plans to ensure that the delivered solution meets the functional and technical requirements.

Required Skills/Qualifications: Must currently hold and maintain a Secret or Top Secret clearance; functional, performance, regression, and technical testing of applications; development and maintenance of test scripts; UAT experience; capability to perform code reviews; Agile/Scrum experience; technical writing and documentation skills.

Desired Skills/Qualifications: HP Quality Center or equivalent tool suite; Serena or equivalent defect tracking system; HP Unified Functional Tester; Windows Enterprise Server; Windows 8, 7 and XP; MS/Exchange; SharePoint Portal Server (SPS); Oracle; SQL Server; BizTalk; Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS); .NET Framework version; Office including Outlook.

TPG wins prime contract with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

in News Articles / by Steve DeWeese

July 5, 2016

TPG won a prime contract with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with partner Glotech, Inc., to provide Data Analysis and Statistical Programming support. TPG and Glotech provide statistical and data management support for the Division of Intramural Population Health Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to aid and facilitate the conduct and analysis of its diverse original and collaborative research.

TPG and Glotech personnel provide program support for Epidemiologists, Biostatisticians and Behavioral Scientists in the Division to enable their effectiveness. The proposed work includes program support for study operations, data collection, management, analysis and reporting.

Opportunities

in Jobs / by Steve DeWeese

June 8, 2016

TPG is recruiting for cleared personnel (Secret or TS) in the following areas: project management, systems engineering, IT infrastructure systems development, software testing, and government contracting/finance.

TPG wins a five year contract with the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI)

in News Articles / by Steve DeWeese

February 5, 2016

TPG won a contract with the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) to provide an introductory module on the history and practice of Public Diplomacy. This training module will be offered to Foreign Service Officers and Specialists, civil service employees and Locally Employed Staff. The School of Professional and Area Studies at FSI provides training on the core functions of public diplomacy, public diplomacy history and background, strategic planning and analytical frameworks, and technical skills required of a successful Public Diplomacy practitioner.

This is TPG’s third prime contract supporting FSI.

No Opening at this Time

in Archive / by Steve DeWeese

August 1, 2015

TPG has a job opening for a Business Analyst to work on a State Department contract. The business analyst will be part of a team that provides operational and technical expertise for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of the Department’s Enterprise Metadata Repository (EMR) and Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) data management platforms and related content which is called the Information Lifecycle Management (ILM). Work performed by the team includes data integration, process and data modeling and analysis, requirements definition, data architecture, data profiling, object naming standards, data mapping and conversion, data quality analysis, web-enabled applications development, data base administration, repository support, and administrative support.

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IT Business Management – Senior Consultant

in Archive / by Steve DeWeese

April 24, 2015

Overview:

The System Integration Office (SIO) and its Business Engagement Center (BEC), which are part of the Department of State’s Information Resource Management Bureau, is restructuring and as part of this effort they are aiming to redefine how they do business. The goal of this effort is to better align the IT operations with business management, governance, and reporting requirements in an effort to be more efficient and cost effective while providing measurable value to the mission of the Department of State. In this new SIO alignment the BEC division and will be focused on 3 primary management areas including:

Portfolio
Budget
Security and Information Assurance

The BEC division is seeking resources that are needed to help develop and lead new approaches and frameworks to how IT Security and IT Business Management is handled across SIO. This resource will be responsible for leading the organization and structuring for the data collection and reporting for SIO operational areas. They will facilitate meetings with these areas to understand what they do, what their priorities are, project schedules, and costs.

Candidates MUST be US Citizens with at least the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Work location: NW Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

The BEC ITBM Senior Consultant will be focused on Portfolio analysis, processes, best practice and helping to formulate future structure. This person will also help with providing inputs to SIO leadership and other IRM organization in support of OMB and other reporting requirements. Key activities include:

Facilitate data calls across the SIO projects and provide analysis that will help SIO leadership with the decision making and reporting processes
Provide feedback to SIO PMs on best practice for portfolio and project management and reporting frameworks
Support and facilitate the Project Review Board (PRB).
Shape how PRB is structured and apply additional methods of analytics on SIO project reviews
Apply best practices and critical thinking inputs into the PRB processes
Assist with governance efforts across SIO

Qualifications:

The System Integration Office’s Business Engagement Center is seeking support for its efforts in collecting and communicating important information across the other SIO divisions. The BEC division chief is seeking team members that are savvy in the areas of IT operations and have to ability to converse with stakeholders across SIO. Key areas within SIO that BEC must interface with include Enterprise Server Operations Center, EPI, CCS, etc.

Candidates should have key experience and general knowledge in areas such as the following:

Understanding of Federal IT reporting requirements
IT financial management
IT business management
IT infrastructure hardware such as server, storage, and network
DC virtualization
Data Center facilities
IT cyber security
SDLC
Information Assurance, FISMA, and FIPS

Salary	USD 120000 – 130000 Per Year
Career Level Required	Experienced (Non-Manager)
Experience Required	5+ to 7 Years
Education Required	Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type	Employee
Job Status	Full Time

Contact Information

Email : paul.converti@tpgcorp.net

IT Business Management and Information Assurance Consultant

in Archive / by Steve DeWeese

April 24, 2015

Overview:The System Integration Office (SIO) and its Business Engagement Center (BEC), which are part of the Department of State’s Information Resource Management Bureau, is restructuring and as part of this effort they are aiming to redefine how they do business. The goal of this effort is to better align the IT operations with business management, governance, and reporting requirements in an effort to be more efficient and cost effective while providing measurable value to the mission of the Department of State. In this new SIO alignment the BEC division and will be focused on 3 primary management areas including:

Portfolio
Budget
Security and Information Assurance

The BEC division is seeking resources that are needed to help develop and lead new approaches and frameworks to how IT Security and IT Business Management is handled across SIO. The support analyst will be responsible for meeting coordination and invites, minutes, tracking action items, issues, etc., and follow up on these items. In addition this resource will support documentation of key SIO and BEC artifacts including those around ITBM and IA process, procedures, standards, and governance.

Candidates MUST be US Citizens with at least the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Work location: NW Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

The BEC ITBM and IA Consultant will help shape and enhance the security and IA posture on SIO projects. Includes acting as a liaison to IA office to create a partnership between IA and SIO for making sure security processes are followed. This includes assisting with putting more rigor in place around system classification, system authorization processes to gain IATO, and ATOs for systems and tracking and following up on POAMs. This IA Analyst will be responsible for defining and executing the processes for how SIO provides analysis on the status on POAM and what it will take to achieve full Authority to Operate for systems and applications. Experience and skillset should include the following:

Familiar with IT Infrastructure hardware, software, networking and virtualization concepts
Understanding of fundamental cloud computing concepts
Experience with Information Assurance concepts and processes within the federal government
Knowledge of and experience with Federal security regulations/standards/processes including FISMA, FIPS, NIST, and FedRAMP

Qualifications:

The System Integration Office’s Business Engagement Center is seeking support for its efforts in collecting and communicating important information across the other SIO divisions. The BEC division chief is seeking team members that are savvy in the areas of IT operations and have to ability to converse with stakeholders across SIO. Key areas within SIO that BEC must interface with include Enterprise Server Operations Center, EPI, CCS, etc.

Candidates should have key experience and general knowledge in areas such as the following:

Understanding of Federal IT reporting requirements
IT financial management
IT business management
IT infrastructure hardware such as server, storage, and network
DC virtualization
Data Center facilities
IT cyber security
SDLC
Information Assurance, FISMA, and FIPS

Salary	USD 100000 – 115000 Per Year
Career Level Required	Experienced (Non-Manager)
Experience Required	5+ to 7 Years
Education Required	Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type	Employee
Job Status	Full Time

Contact Information

Email : paul.converti@tpgcorp.net

SharePoint Developer/Administrator

in Archive / by Steve DeWeese

April 10, 2015

Overview:

The Department of State’s Vendor Management Office (VMO) in the Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) requires assistance operating and maintaining multiple back office automated functions. These functions support vendor performance management and contract management for the Vanguard Acquisition Program, a $3 billion acquisition program which encompasses 74% of the Department of State CIO organizations spending on services. Tools are SQL and SharePoint based utilizing InfoPath forms.

Candidate MUST be a US Citizen with at least the ability to obtain an Interim Secret security clearance.

Work location: NW Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

Position involves the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of SharePoint/SQL-based tools. Using SharePoint and InfoPath forms to collect data from users. SSRS and Excel Web Services and Tableau are used to report relational data. Candidate should be able to support all aspects of these custom tools.

Qualifications:

SQL 2008 or newer administration
SharePoint 2007 and 2010 administration, design, and development
Infopath design and deployment
SQL Server Reporting Services
MS Excel Web Services

Salary	USD $123,000 – $128,000 Per Year
Career Level Required	Experienced (Non-Manager)
Experience Required	5+ to 7 Years
Education Required	Some College Coursework Completed
Job Type	Employee
Job Status	Full Time

Contact Information:

Email : paul.converti@tpgcorp.net

Job Posting – no openings at this time.

in Archive / by Steve DeWeese

October 8, 2014

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