Current Openings

Software Developer

Location: Remote

Faizhan Consulting Group (FCG) is seeking a technical, self-motivated Software Developer to join our team to support an essential modernization program for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid. As a member of our Agile development team, you will support several complex and high-volume customer systems. The ideal candidate would have experience developing in Java and building Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API) solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work as a member of a scrum team to develop, integrate, and deploy high quality reusable, testable, and efficient code including Microservices with Java, Spring Boot, and REST API’s
• Developing Microservices that include RESTful services using Spring Framework (IoC, MVC, Transactions, Security, and Batch)
• Writing Unit Test frameworks (JUnit, Mocking frameworks), code coverage, and code review and integrating work with GitLab
• Working within a SAFe environment that includes consistent leadership support, continued learning education, refining user stories, providing internal and customer demonstrations of developed code
• Contributing within a SAFe environment including the Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, Backlog grooming, Sprint/System Demos, PI Planning, and Inspect & Adapt events

Qualifications:

• 2+ of related experience in software development
• Experience with JAVA and developing/maintaining backend APIs.
• Knowledge of REST API, JSON.
• Experience using API test cases in SOAP UI, PostMan, or ReadyAPI.
• Experience with common web development frameworks (Angular, Docker, React, Spring, Node.js, jQuery, Microservice Design, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
• U.S. Citizen with existing or the ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation             

Desired:

• Experience with GitLab DevOps/CI/CD platform
• Experience with an IDE such as eclipse.

Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote

Faizhan Consulting Group (FCG) is seeking a technical, self-motivated Cloud Engineer to join our team to support an essential modernization program for a U.S. Government Client.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with development teams to understand cloud workload solution architecture within agency AWS environment and provide feedback for optimizing solution architecture covering topics of network and AWS service configuration.
• Creating/updating cloud environment configurations to establish/support application workloads, including configuration of AWS accounts using Control Tower, IAM Users and Roles, VPCs, subnets, load balancers, network routes, Transit Gateway, Systems Manager, Config Manager, stack sets, CloudFront, Route53, WAF, and API Gateway
• Building stack sets and cloud formation templates to automate provisioning of resources. Experience with python scripting.
• Supporting and completing requests for operational support to include communicating level of effort and status to cloud leadership team  Supporting data calls for resources provisioned within the cloud environment and reporting out status of resources.
• Identifying and communicating opportunities for improving agency security posture within cloud environments
• Provides technical, managerial, and administrative direction for problem definition, analysis, requirements development and implementation for complex to extremely complex systems within cloud infrastructure. Troubleshoots cloud performance issues. Analyzes network traffic and provides capacity planning solutions.

Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of 7 years of related experience managing cloud environments, possessing extensive skills and knowledge in Amazon Web Services (AWS), implementation techniques, application data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
• Demonstrated understanding of principals supporting compute, network, and storage, supported by direct, hands-on experience
• Demonstrated understanding of principals configurating and supporting application workloads within AWS, supported by direct, hands-on experience AWS, exposure to AWS Well Architected Reviews.
• Direct experience developing solution architectures for cloud native applications with understanding of AWS native services such as API Gateway, Cognito, Fargate, WAF, CloudFront, Route53, gateways, endpoints, and RDS
• Experience with deployment orchestration tools and continuous delivery processes to deploy and manage cloud infrastructure for customers to consume
• Demonstrated proficiency in automating processes with AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including use of remote APIs
• Experience working with containers and container orchestration systems and hardening practices.
• Experience implementing, managing, and supporting security products to protect workloads in AWS.
• Possess at least 1 Associate or Professional Level certification from a cloud provider

Senior Software Engineer

Locations: Washington, DC, Linthicum, MD, San Antonio, TX

Faizhan Consulting Group (FCG) is seeking a technical, self-motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our team to support an essential modernization program for a DoD Customer based out in DC/MD/TX.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop and implement complicated and difficult software capabilities for computer-based systems. Work closely with other engineering teams. Work closely with business technology peers and management emphasizing collaboration and joint effort to ensure that the needs and expectations of organizational stake holders, business partners, external customers, and third-party organizations are met and/or exceeded. Work is performed in a hybrid role with needing to provide on-site customer support in DC 2-3 days/week.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Candidate must have a strong working knowledge and experience developing Java based software capabilities. 
• Candidate should have an inquisitive nature, responsiveness, and excellent testing skills.
• Must also possess strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work under pressure with multiple deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Security Clearance - A current U.S. Government Secret or Top Secret level security clearance is required and therefore all candidates must be a U.S. Citizen.
• 9+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Modern Java Frameworks and Libraries (e.g., Spring, Guava) and Bachelors in related field; OR 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience. 
• Experience in designing enterprise APIs
• Experience in RESTful web services
• Experience in Microservices architecture
• Experience in Object Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigms
• Experience with the agile software lifecycle
• Experience with the Linux operating system
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Git, Nexus, Maven)
• Has a proven ability to learn quickly and works well both independently as well as in a team setting 
• Must be willing to work in a hybrid environment providing on-site customer support in DC, MD, or TX 2-3 days/week.

Desired Skills

• Experience in cloud based technologies (AWS, Azure)
• Experience in distributed databases, NoSQL databases, full text-search engines (e.g. Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Solr) 
• Scripting experience is a huge plus.
• Prior experience or familiarity with our Big Data Platform is a plus.
• Understanding of AGILE software development methodologies and use of standard software development tool suites. (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise, etc.)

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Specialist, Senior

Location: Remote

Faizhan Consulting Group (FCG) is seeking a technical, self-motivated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Specialist, Senior to join our team to support an migration program for Government Customer based out in DC.

The Solutions Network, OCI and Oracle Fusion Middleware Solution Specialist will be responsible for providing technical leadership and assistance for Oracle designing, architecting, creating and supporting the various services within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure supported by the district. This position will be focused on supporting the client engagements requiring Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration, and also to support the applications and database needs for developing go to project solutions. Supported systems will span flavors of Windows, UNIX, and Linux along with Oracle cloud and other cloud service provider platforms. In addition to hands-on technical work this position will require providing assistance to project teams with architecture design, upgrades, performance tuning, systems stabilization, documentation development and the creation of client deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, assess, prototype, recommend and deliver enterprise-wide dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and reliable solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to respond on business needs and new opportunities.
• Build, test, automate and support the migration of workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Design and automate the lifecycle of resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: compute, network, storage etc.
• Apply automated configuration management and Infrastructure provisioning within OCI layer.
• Discover new strategies, address potential risks, recommend options and approaches that help Lowe's meet their Governance, Administration, Security and Management needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree.
• 7+ years' experience installing, configuring, administering, tuning, and troubleshooting Oracle Fusion Middleware products on Linux, UNIX and Windows environments.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience on working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Platform.
• Experience having administration, policy defining, and other user administration tasks in OCI
• Extensive experience in Oracle WebLogic server and knowledge of Oracle Fusion Middleware products like SOA, OBIEE, OBIA, WebCenter, OIM, etc. with a strong DBA background.
• Experience in using Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control and other administration utilities.
• Experience towards creating and configuring OCI Compute service offering features like Virtual Machines.
• Release management support for application implementation, installs, data migrations, and system software upgrades.
• Management of Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and Platform as a Service environment
• Monitoring of OIC and OCI
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Proven skills as a team member on at least two or more full cycle implementations
• Python Scripting

Senior Database Developer/Architect

Location: Remote

FCG is seeking a Senior Database Developer/Engineer to provide Clinical data solutions for Healthcare informatics efforts as part of that team that designs, develops, and delivers a large-scale Data Mart solution.

We are looking for a highly motivated professional with advanced database architectural, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills who is interested in a multi-year position in a senior-level capacity.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and optimize large, complex DB schemas, SQL scripts and objects to meet application functionality and performance requirements.
• Working cohesively with stakeholders including data, design, product, and executive teams and assisting them with data-related technical issues.
• Working closely with application developers and business teams at all levels to assist with data-related technical issues and help ensure the successful designing and delivering data driven solutions.
• Implement processes and procedures for the development and release of products/projects that facilitate high quality and rapid deployment
• Provide solutions to promote data integrity in enterprise systems.
• Participate in code reviews to validate effectiveness and quality of code.
• Liaise with Developers to improve applications and establish best practices
• Publish documentation and collaborative information using internal tools.

Requirements:

• Expertise in Database Architecture in an environment that handles large volume of data, excess of 500 million of new data records every day.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills. This job involves analyzing existing databases and the client’s needs to develop effective data driven solutions.
• Demonstrate expertise in performance tuning including both query and server optimization utilizing SQL tools and/or 3rd party solutions.
• Strong knowledge and experience in data modeling, database design, optimization for performance, SQL, stored procedures.
• Expertise in understanding complex business needs, analyzing, designing, and developing solutions.
• Hands-on development experience in SQL Server 2016 or above using SSIS and SSRS
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving data related issues.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Expertise in performance tuning especially tuning complex queries, procedure, and indexing strategies.
• Monitor and perform tuning on complex ETL jobs using meta-data/variables/parameters.
• Performance tuning experience using 3rd party tools.
• Audit/compliance experience in highly regulated environment.
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence as part of development life cycle.
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau, SSRS, Power BI.
• Familiar with Continual Improvement processes.
• Familiar with Git.

Experience:

• 8 years + relational database and SQL experience
• Creativity, curiosity, initiative, and self-management are key attributes candidate embodies.
• Solid experience (4 years +) in coding complex SQL queries and stored procedures. The ability to explain the details of performance tuning internals of the database.
• Strong understanding of database development methodologies (Source Control, Continual improvement, Release Management, Agile and Scrum)
• Experience with Continuous Integration Tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) a big plus Experience with Red Gate Tools a plus (SQL Source Control, SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, DLM).
• Healthcare domain knowledge a big plus.

Education:

• BS or equivalent in engineering or related technical area
• Master’s degree preferred

Help Desk Specialist

Location: Washington, D.C.

Faizhan Consulting Group (FCG) is seeking a Customer-oriented & self-motivated Help-Desk Specialist to join our team to support a U.S. Government Customer in Washington, D.C.

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Responsibilities:

•  Receives, documents, triages, escalates, and responds to all customer requests within acceptable timeframe, as defined by the current Service Levels. (Tier 1 and 2 support)
•  Properly documents, prioritizes, and escalates, utilizing the Help Desk ticketing system, all reported problems together with the appropriate resolution required for solving each problem.
• Works with outside vendors, as appropriate, to coordinate procurement and repair of personal computer equipment and printing technologies.
• Provides communication to appropriate departments and groups regarding system alerts or outages, planned upgrades, restoration activities, and technology asset management.
• Performs laptop/tablet/desktop support, including configuration of software/hardware, troubleshooting/repair of software/hardware issues, and support of desktop initiatives and projects, as necessary.
• Maintains the technical competency and proficiency required for answering most common questions submitted to the Help Desk. Provides support for line-of-business applications, Windows applications, as well as common printing & network issues.
• Participates in Infrastructure Team meetings, as required, and meets with appropriate Technology managers on a regular basis to discuss activities, solutions, and recommendations for improvement.
• Performs other duties, as required.
• Required Qualifications
• Education and Experience:
•  Windows and Office experience
• Active Directory maintenance and Exchange 2007 & 2010
• PC hardware, Printers, scanners, computer peripherals, Mobile devices (iOS, Android)
• Client PC connectivity - ethernet, TCP/IP and VPN
• File server knowledge
• Strong customer service and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to communicate technical information, both verbal and written, to a wide range of end-users
• 2 years+ experience working in a Windows environment
• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Motivated, with high integrity, honesty and ethics
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret Clearance (US Citizenship required)
• Must have effective communication skills to ensure the customers and solution team(s) are aware of any changes, issues, or needs
• Strong work ethic, energetic, motivated to complete tasks in a timely manner, possess an attitude of commitment to the mission, and clear accountability
• Translates technical terminology into common business language to ensure understanding by all stakeholders
• Maintains relationships with appropriate technology partners (internal and external) in developing, deploying, and supporting technical solutions, if necessary
• Encourages teamwork and performance toward business goals and objectives
• Exhibits strong professionalism and reacts well under pressure and stressful circumstances
• Proven ability to make and implement difficult decisions while respecting the needs and ideas of our clients, partners and team members
• Exercises sound judgment in decision making
• Driven by performance, success of the client and the delivery of results
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, complex and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Must be visible to customer and bring value and confidence to customer relationships

Business Analyst

Location: Washington, D.C.

FCGis looking for a dynamic and innovative Business and/or Functional Analyst to support our government customer. This role with work hand-in-hand with senior project managers, product owners, and key government stakeholders to support the success of multiple projects. This position is responsible for understanding the customer's functional and business process needs, capturing their requirements, and translating solutions into succinct user stories for technical resources. Our BA's work closely with their technical teammates, ensuring they fully understand and conceptualize the end-goal of each user story or epic on behalf of the customer. The BA also serves as Scrum Master for their team, helping teammates resolve impediments and risks, while staying on target within every sprint.

 Responsibilities:

• Regularly meeting with senior-level government officials that serve as Product Owners and/or key stakeholders to ongoing projectized efforts.
• Proactively seeking customer feedback, identifying opportunities for improvement, and helping translate the customers' functional business processes and needs to technical resources.
• Collaborating with SME’s to write and edit Knowledge Base Articles (KBA)’s, User Guides, Procedures, SOPs, and related project materials.
• Capturing user stories, grooming, and recording stories within Jira
• Assisting with demo's, as necessary, to ensure customer satisfaction at the end of each sprint
• Working hand-in-hand with technical resources such as developers, engineers, and testers to ensure broad understanding of technical details and requirements within each user story.
• Evaluating project activities, processes, and procedures; proposing innovative approaches for improvement.
• Assisting the Project Manager with updating status reports, risk registries, Release Notes, and related project documentation.
• Researching, outlining, writing, and editing new and existing product content (i.e., OnDemand Training Guides, System Documentation, Tier I/II Troubleshooting Guides, etc).

Ideal candidates will have:

• Strong knowledge and familiarity with Jira
• Experience supporting Agile methodologies 
• Certified Scrum Master
• 3-5 years' experience supporting Federal IT projects

Faizhan Consulting Group, LLC is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please email faizhan@faizhancg.com. Please provide your contact information and let us know how we can assist you.