Bixal

• Lead the design and implementation of complex data ingestion pipelines using PySpark, Databricks Intelligence Platform, and AWS services (S3, IAM roles and policies), including Kafka/streaming architectures, schema evolution, and Delta Share, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards. • Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for data engineering, providing technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the team and representing data engineering in cross-functional discussions. • Take ownership of platform reliability and performance, proactively identifying optimization opportunities across data ingestion, transformation, and storage layers. • Troubleshoot complex pipeline failures across multi-system dependencies. • Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, collaborating with data scientists, analysts, DevOps engineers, client teams (upstream data providers and downstream consumers), and stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions that meet program objectives. • Contribute to the data platform technical vision and architecture, making strategic decisions on tooling, frameworks, and design patterns that shape the program's long-term data engineering direction. • Define and enforce engineering standards, including code quality, testing practices, CI/CD processes, and infrastructure as code patterns using Terraform. • Evaluation of new technologies and approaches, presenting proof of concepts and technical roadmaps to leadership. • Author and maintain architectural documentation, technical decision records, and platform runbooks that enable team autonomy and operational excellence. • Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform.

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of the Generic Data API Platform — a reusable Terraform module and Lambda-based pipeline that enables rapid onboarding of new data source APIs across different programs without custom infrastructure builds per dataset. • Complete and deliver remaining platform phases: implement generalized data validation logic; work with data source teams to implement and configure endpoint querying logic; implement API capability discovery endpoints; conduct end-to-end integration testing across platform components; lead security review and performance validation; and drive the initial dataset API to production go-live. • Implement OAuth 2.0 machine-to-machine authentication via AWS Cognito, ensuring that external consumers can authenticate against the platform with appropriate scope enforcement and usage-tier access controls. • Champion the API platform internally — serve as the primary point of contact for partner data teams seeking to onboard new datasets, define the onboarding contract, and guide teams through the configuration and deployment process • Develop and maintain operational runbooks, FHIR API documentation, and data team onboarding guides that enable partner teams to self-serve troubleshooting and data refreshes without requiring infrastructure team involvement. • Own platform SLOs: API availability > 99.9%, error rate < 0.1%, and p95 response time < 500 ms. • Define CloudWatch alarm thresholds appropriate to catch degradation before SLOs are breached, not after. • Lead the API migration to the generic platform (Phase 2), validating that the module generalizes and establishes shared operational patterns across multiple concurrent datasets. • Coordinate across teams to advance platform delivery: work with partner data teams on data delivery contracts, timelines, and search parameter definitions; engage CloudOps on security reviews and network security configuration changes; align with solutions architects on platform generalization and multi-dataset scale decisions; and involve data strategists when new data sharing agreements are required for a partner onboarding. • Enforce defense-in-depth security controls across all platform deployments: network-layer threat protection, encryption at rest and in transit, identity and access management, API key lifecycle management, and long-term audit log retention. • Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure costs across platform deployments, leveraging serverless billing models, data lifecycle policies, and right-sized compute configurations to keep per-dataset costs sub-linear as the platform scales to 10 or more concurrent datasets. • Contribute to and maintain cloud infrastructure Terraform across infrastructure and application repositories, including importing manually managed cloud resources, refactoring existing modules, and applying community best practices.

• Define and drive the technical product strategy for the platform, aligning system architecture, platform capabilities, and integrations to measurable business and operational outcomes. • Translate complex technical constraints into clear, actionable requirements and roadmaps that engineering teams can execute against. • Lead large-scale modernization work, including platform evolution, service decomposition, and migrations, while protecting system stability and keeping delivery moving. • Prioritize and sequence work across multiple teams, balancing technical dependencies, risk, performance, and long-term maintainability. • Partner hands-on with engineering, platform, data, and design teams to resolve ambiguity and make sound tradeoffs. • Communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to senior government stakeholders. • Other relevant duties as qualified/trained to perform.

• Architect and execute data-driven account growth strategies • Identify and operationalize opportunities for digital transformation • Partner with delivery and technical leads to align emerging client needs • Own and manage portfolio P&L • Lead proactive identification and shaping of new opportunities • Drive end-to-end capture strategies for complex opportunities • Collaborate across business development, capture, and proposal functions • Act as the executive relationship lead, building and sustaining trusted partnerships • Own the health portfolio’s annual revenue plan and multi-growth forecast

• Assist in creating and updating weekly and monthly reports • Maintain dashboards tracking: Website traffic and engagement, Email campaign performance, Social media metrics, Customer inquiry trends • Conduct basic analysis to identify trends and patterns • Support campaign performance analysis (e.g., email, social, web content) • Assist with audience segmentation and simple performance comparisons • Help translate data into clear summaries for team members • Work with tools such as: Google Analytics (GA4), Excel / Google Sheets, Data visualization tools (Looker Studio or similar) • Assist in analyzing user behavior (e.g., page views, bounce rates) • Support UX audits and reporting with data inputs • Collaborate with senior analysts and cross-functional teams (communications, product, tech)

• Serve as a thought leader across projects and proposals, contributing to Bixal’s technical vision and strategy • Lead technical solutioning for pursuits, shaping win themes through architecture, delivery approach, and risk mitigation. • Write and review technical proposal content including technical volumes, SOW responses, implementation approaches, and compliance matrices. • Present and defend solutions in client discussions, solutioning sessions, and orals presentations with clear, executive-ready communication. • Define and own cloud architecture and DevSecOps strategy for proposals and active delivery programs. • Design secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms including CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, identity/access, and observability. • Collaborate with business development teams to shape technical solutioning early in the pursuit process • Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, technical decision-making, and mentoring senior engineers. • Lead modernization efforts (legacy-to-cloud migrations, platform hardening, automation, reliability improvements, AI integration).

• Design, develop, and maintain backend features using Python, Django, and Wagtail CMS • Build maintainable features using Django’s model-view-template architecture and Stimulus controllers to support interactive form and admin workflows. • Build and maintain RESTful APIs and data models that power the platform's core services. • Write clean, testable, and well-documented code in accordance with team standards and government security requirements. • Participate in code reviews and contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation. • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and technical debt. • Implement accessible, responsive user interfaces using JavaScript, Angular/Typescript, StimulusJS, Sass/SCSS. • Ensure frontend implementations comply with accessibility standards (Section 508, WCAG 2.1). • Contribute to a shared component library and maintain design-to-code consistency across the platform. • Support and contribute to the automated end-to-end testing suite built with Cypress. • Write and maintain unit and integration tests as part of the development workflow. • Collaborate cross-functionally with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality digital services.

Important Notice for Applicants: At Bixal, we want to ensure a transparent and secure application process for all candidates. Official communication will come from an email address ending in @bixal.com or from @bixal.na.teamtailor-mail.com. Messages from other sources may be fraudulent, and you should exercise care to avoid any links or attachments included. Bixal will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Need Assistance or a Reasonable Accommodation? If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, we're here to help. Please reach out to us at talent@bixal.com and let us know how we can support you. You do not need to share personal details or disclose the nature of your request. You can expect a response from a team member within 24 hours during the regular work week and on the next operating day during the weekend or holidays. Why Bixal? Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, VA, working alongside governments and organizations to help them deliver better services and experiences to the communities they serve. Using evidence-based knowledge and technology, Bixal empowers clients to deliver on their missions more effectively by fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Our values: - People-First: Emphasizing the importance of people in all aspects of work. - Collaboration and Transparency: Valuing teamwork and open communication. - Growth Mindset: Encouraging innovation and continuous improvement. - Creating Lasting Impact: Focusing on meaningful outcomes and positive change. About the role: The Sr. Digital Accessibility Specialist will support two federal digital services contracts focused on improving the usability, accessibility, and performance of high-impact public-facing platforms. For both contracts, the work centers on maintaining and enhancing large-scale Federal websites, including auditing and remediating content for Section 508 and WCAG compliance and applying plain language best practices. This role owns the accessibility approach across the contracts, serves as the primary SME, and is accountable for compliance outcomes, not just audits and recommendations. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary Agile teams to optimize content and information architecture to improve findability and user experience. You will also provide ongoing training to team members on accessibility standards, compliance, and guidelines. Internally, you will contribute to business development efforts, including writing and advising on solicitation responses, and championing accessibility across Bixal. This is a full-time position contingent on contract award by our client, with a defined performance period of one year with two one-year option periods. This role offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a project that aligns with Bixal’s mission of delivering innovative, human-centered solutions. While the role has a fixed duration, we are committed to transparency and collaboration, keeping you informed about contract updates and new opportunities. At Bixal, we support your professional journey, ensuring your experience reflects our inclusive, purpose-driven culture and prepares you for future success. Compensation: The salary range for this role is $95,000 – $100,000. In the spirit of transparency, most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate. Responsibilities: - Develop and implement accessibility plans and strategies for our clients - Conduct accessibility assessments and audits of digital content, including websites, documents, and multimedia using WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 guidelines - Provide recommendations and guidance on how to remediate accessibility issues and implement long-term improvements - Create and maintain accessible templates and design systems, including updating technical style manuals - Collect and analyze accessibility site metrics across several channels - Educate and train team members and clients on accessibility best practices - Stay up to date with the latest accessibility guidelines, regulations, and trends - Collaborate with clients, designers, developers, and project managers to ensure that accessibility is integrated into all aspects of our work - Participate in code reviews to ensure accessibility is factored into development - Create checklists for technical and non-technical team members to implement accessibility in all roles of the organization - Perform document remediation, including PDF remediation - Review and create VPATs and ACRs - Contribute to business development opportunities that involve accessibility - Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field (Computer science, Technical Writing, Human-Computer interaction, Information Science / Library Science) - Minimum of 5 years of experience in digital accessibility, including 508 compliance, PDF remediation, and web accessibility - Strong knowledge of accessibility guidelines and regulations, including WCAG 2.1 / 2.2, ADA, and Section 508 - Comfortable teaching others about their role in accessibility and how to increase their accessibility competency - Experience conducting accessibility assessments and audits - Proficiency in accessibility tools, such as JAWS, NVDA, Nuance Dragon, and Axe - Experience with accessibility testing and validation tools, such as WAVE, ANDI, AXE and/or Lighthouse - Experience creating accessible templates and design systems - Strong communication and collaboration skills with ability to translate technical terms into non-technical resources - Ability to work independently and as part of a team - Passionate about making technology accessible to everyone - Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance How We Support Our Team: - Flex hours - 401K with matching incentive - Parental Leave - Medical/dental/vision benefits - Flex Spending Account - Company provided short-term disability and life insurance - Commuter benefits - Paid Time Off (PTO) - 11 Paid holidays Our company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all individuals and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise websites using WordPress and Drupal. • Build custom themes, plugins, and reusable components aligned with design systems such as the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS). • Implement integrations with external systems and APIs including identity providers, analytics platforms, and data services. • Collaborate with designers and product teams to deliver responsive, accessible front-end implementations. • Contribute to CMS architecture decisions including content modeling, taxonomy, and reusable components. • Work with technical lead to automate content migrations and conduct data integrity validation. • Ensure solutions meet accessibility, security, and performance standards and contribute to engineering best practices. • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, estimation, and backlog refinement. • Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system reliability. • Work with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and platform operations. • Other relevant duties as qualified and trained to assume.

• Design, develop, test, and deploy native mobile applications supporting FEMA digital services, ensuring alignment with federal digital experience standards and IDEA requirements • Develop and maintain mobile applications using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, and open-source mobile frameworks, integrating with backend systems built on Ruby-on-Rails, PHP, and MySQL • Perform full-stack development activities, including front-end mobile interfaces and backend service integration to support dynamic, data-driven applications • Support all phases of the Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC), including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and documentation • Conduct routine maintenance, including implementing security patches, resolving defects, and ensuring compliance with DHS/FEMA cybersecurity and vulnerability remediation requirements • Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, including functional, regression, and Section 508 accessibility testing for mobile applications • Collaborate with UX/CX teams to implement human-centered design principles and ensure consistent, accessible, and user-friendly mobile experiences • Integrate mobile applications with cloud-based environments (e.g., AWS), APIs, analytics platforms, and third-party systems to enable scalable and data-informed services • Utilize ticketing systems and agile practices to manage development tasks, provide status updates, and support continuous delivery pipelines • Monitor mobile application performance and user behavior, providing recommendations for optimization and improved customer experience • Ensure compliance with Section 508, W3C, and federal accessibility and usability standards across all mobile solutions • Provide surge support during disaster operations, including rapid development, troubleshooting, and deployment of mobile capabilities as needed • Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform.