Database Engineer, Medical Devices at Initiate Government Solutions

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) a Woman Owned Small Business. We are a fully remote IT services provider that delivers innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions across the federal sector. Our focus is on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, and the modernization of federal information systems.
 
IGS uses ISO 9001:2015, 20000-1:2018, 27001:2013, 28001:2007, CMMI/SVC3, CMMI/DEV3 best practices, and PMBOK® methods to provide clients with a strategy to build solid foundations to grow capabilities and revenue. Our range of IT services and delivery methodologies are tailored to our customers’ unique needs to achieve maximum value.

IGS is currently recruiting for a remote Database Engineer to support our work with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Assignment of Work and Travel:

This is a remote access assignment. Candidates will work remotely daily and will remotely access the customer’s systems and therein use approved customer provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Interpret and assist in technical definition of healthcare claims or healthcare claims-based research algorithms.
• Design and develop conceptual prototypes for potential future features or upgrades.
• Maintain standards for data modeling within database/data warehouse including logical and physical models.
• Design and optimize database schema, architecture.
• Create code that meets design specifications, follows standards, and is easy to maintain.
• Test and peer review code for technical accuracy, standards, and functional compliance to the design.
• Support and maintain data and database systems to meet business delivery specifications and needs.
• Design and optimize database queries, and complex stored procedures, for OLTP and OLAP data services.
• Develop and implement ETL processes Database and ETL performance tuning.
• Assist with ad-hoc report generation and data analysis for customers.
• Partner with the business and other technologists to determine the technical database design options.

 Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a scientific or quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years database development/maintenance of Microsoft SQL-Server database and Oracle 10g or above database.
• Design and optimize data access, query, reporting, and analysis strategies
• 5+ years of relevant experience in SQL Server Development Integration Services and Reporting Services with emphasis on large scale enterprise data warehouse design
• 5+ years ETL/performance optimization experience
• 3+ years healthcare experience in a claims data or medical record data capacity
• Manage database performance by identifying and resolving production and application development problems.

• BA/BS or equivalent experience in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or closely related fields.
• 5+ years of work-related experience in medical device, including legacy devices: device types, operating systems, communication protocols, device patches and vulnerable technology. (Claroty (Medigate), Armis, Asimily, Ordr, and others) Scientific computing experience including software development in scientific programming languages like C/C++, and Python.

Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills particularly in the presentation of highly technical material.
• Must enjoy interacting with forward-thinking people, life-long learning, and staying on the cutting edge of the domain.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship due to clearance requirement. 

Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers.
• Empathy, Emotional Intelligence: How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers’ and end-users’ business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.
• Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done.
• Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Orientated): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.   

Compensation: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Initiate Government Solutions offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care, matching 401K and profit sharing, paid time off, training time for personal development,  flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage, an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification, employee recognition, and referral programs, spot bonuses, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family.

Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.

Initiate Government Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. Our company policy is to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practice without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, or disability.