Systems Architect – Custom Computer Programming Services

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Deliver IT System Lifecycle Development and Management Support Services for CFSAN at the FDA.

• Offer project management services for CFSAN IT task orders.

• Implement project control, management, monitoring, and notification mechanisms to ensure task orders remain on schedule.

• Utilize FDA-supplied templates and draft templates as needed for COR approval.

• Provide support for operations, maintenance, development, modernization, and enhancement architecture.

• Design integrated, end-to-end automated systems that support CFSAN business and mission processes.

• Develop and improve CFSAN IT systems, tools, databases, applications, and external interfaces.

• Conduct requirements elicitation, analysis and validation, system design, code generation, testing, deployment, and documentation.

• Create and refine interfaces, templates, scripts, workflows, analytics/tool reviewer access, and reports.

• Validate and test deliverables against established standards, policies, and business requirements.

• Provide systems integration and engineering services utilizing service-oriented architecture and reusable components.

• Develop and implement data architectures, policies, practices, procedures, and data lifecycle activities.

• Ensure the availability, reliability, and security of the CFSAN IT portfolio.

• Maintain, support, and enhance code, scripts, views, triggers, jobs, designs, documentation, reports, and templates.

• Analyze and report on the impacts of infrastructure and software upgrades, capacity, and changes in the technical environment.

• Deliver day-to-day operations, maintenance, and help desk support.

• Identify, propose, and execute system, component, technology, tool, and data retirement or consolidation.

• Evaluate stakeholder training needs and create training plans and materials.

• Organize and facilitate application training sessions.

• Oversee transition-in and transition-out activities, ensuring the transfer of knowledge, data, and application-support artifacts.

• Collaborate effectively with FDA, CFSAN stakeholders, contractors, and CORs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in designing, developing, implementing, communicating, administering, and evaluating human resources programs, particularly in compensation and classification, within large organizations of over 4,000 employees.

• Experience working in geographically dispersed organizations with complex, national-scope missions.

• Successful track record in designing and implementing innovative compensation and pay-for-performance programs in both private and public sectors, as well as expertise in unionized environments.

• Experience in job analysis and evaluation.

• Expertise in making accurate Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption determinations and defending those decisions to employees, management, and external parties.

• In-depth knowledge of compensation, pay-for-performance, and awards programs tailored for public-sector regulatory and operational organizations.

• Familiarity with laws and regulations governing federal compensation, classification, performance, recognition programs, and federal financial regulatory agencies.

• Capable of establishing system information requirements through information engineering analysis for enterprise-wide or large-scale information systems.

• Ability to design software, hardware, and communications architecture that supports current and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.

• Ensure compatibility with open systems architecture, OSI and ISO reference models, IEEE OSE reference model, and TAFIM compliance.

• Assess workflow, organization, and planning challenges and develop corrective actions.

• Provide daily supervision and guidance to staff.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office business applications, including Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.

• Proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytics tools, and Visio; capable of learning additional tools as necessary.

• Willingness to support business development and other ProSidian initiatives.

• Must achieve annual goals and objectives aligned with ProSidian Global Competencies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Group medical health insurance through BC/BS, including high-deductible health plans or PPOs.

• Group dental health insurance through Delta, Aetna, Guardian, and MetLife.

• Group vision insurance through Aetna and VSP.

• Pre-tax employee benefits.

• Performance incentives.

• 401(k) pre-tax Safe Harbor Retirement Savings Plan with company match.

• Assistance from a personal financial planner.

• Vacation and paid time off (2 weeks vacation, 3 sick days).

• 10 ProSidian and Government holidays.

• Premium Only Plan (POP).

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health care and dependent daycare expenses.

• Discounts and savings through Corporate Perks Benefit Program.

• Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Short- and long-term disability insurance.

• Employee and contractor referral bonus program offering up to $5,000 for referrals who remain employed for 90 days.

• Security clearance recognized as a professional credential.