S.T.E.M. Analyst I - Public Trust clearance 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 full-time S.T.E.M. Analyst I to support professional, scientific, and technical subject matter expertise services.

The mission is supporting the building of an engagement and digital data platform, mobilizing rich and constantly evolving data from electronic health records, biospecimens, and questionnaires, to physical evaluations, sensors, and other technologies. The program will support research at the intersection of lifestyle, environment, electronic health records, claims data, personal health information, and genetics to produce new knowledge, leading to the development of innovative prevention strategies and treatments for foundational health challenges.

Services include but are not limited to supporting strategic planning; analysis of existing and emerging health IT solutions, including incorporation of electronic health records along with other personal, biologic, and health data streams to support precision health research; requirements gathering; documentation, implementation, and operation and maintenance support for projects in all stages of their life cycle.

Assignment of Work and Travel:

Nearly all work shall be performed at a Federally controlled facility in the Rockville, Maryland, area and remote as needed.

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Perform in depth market research and analyses for strategy development and to evaluate the viability of potential solutions, alternatives to various technical issues and challenges and emerging products or health information technology. 
• Provides strategic insight for innovative approaches and methods for health IT solutions related to electronic health records, health analytics, and health informatics.
• Developing strategies aligned to program mission and communicating them.
• Working closely with SMEs to develop decision making insights. 
• Analyzing results and outcomes to provide insights and actionable steps for the program. 
• Translating strategies into user stories and prototypes, including concise and clear product documentation. 
• Conduct assessments of COTS, GOTS, and open-source tools and technologies that address program health IT challenges. 

Requirements

• BS (Bachelor of Science) degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline, or High School diploma or GED + 3 additional years relevant experience; Associates + 2 additional years relevant experience; or 4 additional years relevant experience. 
• Provide analysis and design of Health IT business systems for applications in various scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematical disciplines, such as emerging Health IT research, biology, genetics, informatics, or other related Health IT services. 
• Perform research, including but not limited to bioinformatics, method development for storage, retrieval, and analysis of the data. 
• Use techniques and concepts from informatics, statistics, mathematics, chemistry, biochemistry, and physics. 
• Work closely with end users on project development and implementation. 
• Confer with functional proponents to determine application requirements and recommend system alternative solutions. 
• Provide computer analysis of information, possibly associated with genomics, and derive knowledge from computer analysis of biological data, including but not limited to experimental results from various sources, patient statistics, and scientific literature.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. 
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship due to clearance requirement.  

Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:

• Active Public Trust
• Prior, successful experience working in a hybrid environment.

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.