Systems Engineer - REMOTE

SeKON is looking for a Systems Engineer to join our talented and innovative team supporting Defense Health Agency (DHA).  Due to COVID-19, this role is 100% remote. The mission lifecycle of DHMS is to competitively acquire, test, deliver, and successfully transition to a state-of-the-market electronic health record (EHR) system.  In partnership with the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Services, and industry, DHMS is developing a deployment and sustainment strategy to optimize the delivery of a modernized EHR with minimal disruption to the military health care community. 

With over 25 years of mission-focused success, SeKON delivers cultural, operational, and technical transformation to support federal government customers including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Defense Health Agency (DHA).  Our vision is “Better Health Through Innovation and Digital Transformation.”

REQUIREMENTS:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, or a related field preferred or not required


• Must have DoD Secret security clearance


• Strategic planning, policy development, and preparation of executive presentations


• Identification of risks, gaps, and opportunities


• Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition lifecycle-working in major acquisition


• Requirements management, system integration, and system interface management to include documentation and change management


• System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Requirements, use cases, release management, testing, risk management, change management, and configuration management


• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently within deadlines while ensuring that complex information is conveyed in a clear, accurate, and concise manner under normal and in crisis situations


• Skill in the use of various types of office automation to includes Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Visio, Project, and Access)


• Superior verbal and written communication and customer service skills including presenting to senior government officials


• Ability to work collaboratively and proactively with customers and program office members in a multi-vendor environment


• Serving in a variety of ad hoc roles including participating in and contributing to proposal efforts and hiring processes


• Developing and presenting brown bags to present across program offices for continuous process improvement

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Special consideration for:
  
  
  
  • Experience in DoD Healthcare IT and/or electronic health record (EHR) systems
  
  
  • Experience IBM ‘Jazz’ tool suite
  
  
  • Cerner Millennium EHR
  
  
  • Interoperability other defense agencies including VA (VISTA) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
  
  
  
  


• Knowledge of:
  
  
  
  • DoD Cyber Security
  
  
  • Industry best practices such as ISO, CMMI, Lean Six Sigma, and agile scrum
  
  
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Applications, Security Architecture, Relational databases
  
  
  • Installing, managing, maintaining, administering, and troubleshooting applications, and documenting technical guides
  
  
  
  

• Software Development and Documentation Standards (SDDS)