LTS

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered software solutions. • Partner directly with customer stakeholders to understand business objectives and technical requirements. • Translate complex customer needs into scalable AI-enabled software solutions. • Collaborate with customer leadership, product owners, architects, and engineering teams. • Build and maintain strong customer relationships. • Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled applications and modern software platforms. • Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability.

• Serve as the primary technical advisor for customer engagements, building trusted relationships with executive leadership, technical stakeholders, and business owners. • Lead technical discovery sessions, solution workshops, and architecture discussions to define customer objectives and implementation strategies. • Translate business priorities into scalable AI-enabled software solutions and technical roadmaps. • Advise customers on AI adoption strategies, solution architecture, governance, and operational readiness. • Communicate complex technical concepts, trade-offs, and implementation risks to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Support business development activities through technical presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts (POCs), proposals, and solution briefings. • Lead cross-functional engineering teams responsible for delivering enterprise AI and software solutions. • Provide technical direction throughout the full software development lifecycle, from architecture through deployment and operational support. • Guide engineering teams in designing secure, scalable, maintainable, and high-performing software systems. • Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, sprint planning, technical decision-making, and engineering governance. • Establish engineering standards, development practices, quality metrics, and delivery processes across engagements. • Remove technical blockers, manage delivery risks, and ensure successful execution across multiple projects or workstreams. • Mentor engineers through architecture guidance, code reviews, technical coaching, and career development. • Architect and oversee the development of AI-enabled applications, intelligent automation solutions, and modern software platforms. • Lead the design and implementation of solutions leveraging large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI, machine learning, and other emerging AI technologies. • Guide the design of scalable data pipelines, knowledge retrieval systems, APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations. • Establish best practices for prompt engineering, AI evaluation, model governance, human-in-the-loop workflows, and responsible AI. • Define engineering approaches that balance scalability, performance, security, reliability, governance, and cost. • Review production-quality code and ensure adherence to software engineering best practices. • Drive implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, logging, observability, and operational excellence. • Develop reusable frameworks, technical accelerators, documentation, and engineering standards that improve delivery across programs. • Lead multiple engineering initiatives while ensuring consistent delivery quality across teams. • Coordinate cross-functional and geographically distributed engineering teams, including hybrid onshore/offshore delivery models. • Establish delivery governance, resource planning, risk management, stakeholder communications, and project health reporting. • Contribute to organizational engineering strategy, AI capability development, and technical innovation. • Promote continuous improvement through engineering best practices, reusable assets, and knowledge sharing. • Stay current on emerging AI technologies, cloud platforms, software engineering trends, and industry best practices.

Role Description LTS is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Portfolio. The Health PMO support contract provides IT program management, project management, technical management, financial management, functional planning, and documentation analysis in support of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) Enterprise Program Management Division (EPMD) Health Portfolio. The VA Health Portfolio is focused on development and execution of quality IT projects that address the needs of Veterans and health care providers through management of health care information and sustainment of production software to keep the mission going. This individual will support cybersecurity efforts across multiple projects within a portfolio setting and proactively monitor upcoming cyber priorities across the VA Health portfolio. - Communicate and provide consultative support on the VA on matters related to system security certification & accreditation and Authority to Operate (ATO). - Coordinate and lead security and privacy activities within project teams and develop security and privacy related artifacts. - Review and identify system/applications security controls in accordance with NIST SP-800 53 Rev 4 guidance and VA Handbook 6500. - Responsible for on-time deliverables of assigned and related security and privacy artifacts. - Identify and mitigate risks to the program. - Demonstrated experience in a remote work environment. - Ability to proactively communicate and coordinate with various internal and external project stakeholders, depending on needs. - Identifying and communicate symptoms for process improvement. - Ability to work independently with minimal guidance and supervision. - Support a team of other cyber security professionals. - Support Application development/maintenance and IT operations with Agile practices. - Build and develop cyber security related artifacts. - Resolve requests for assistance in troubleshooting issues. - Participate in new and existing IT modernization, expansion, and improvement of security architecture and engineering projects support enterprise operations. - Support ATO, and the VA ISO/ISSO in support of ATOs, ServiceNow CAM tool and other security tracking systems. Typical tasks for this role include but are not limited to: - Authority-to-Operate (ATO) & Authority to Connect (ATC) remediation efforts. - System scans and audit preparation. - ServiceNOW updates, and reporting. - SOP Creation and Updating. - Artifact Research. - PIA (Privacy Impact Analysis) and PTA (Privacy Threshold Analysis) Documentation. - Program and administrative support (meeting notes, reports, org/role documentation, etc.). - Ad hoc remediation response support. - Communications support. Qualifications - Business Administration, Business Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Operations Research, or related fields, plus 15 years of experience; 10 additional years of experience can be substituted for the degree requirement. - Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. - Strong understanding and hands-on experience working with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), NIST-800-53 guidance, HIPAA, and HITECH Act. - Must have experience achieving an ATO for projects within the VA or other Federal Agencies. - Experience supporting Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation (C&A) and associated IA processes, procedures, and activities with capability and expertise to implement applicable NIST and CNSS IA directives, instructions, guidelines. - Ticketing systems experience such as ServiceNow. - Experience in collaborating with other enterprise technologists both internal and external to resolve complex technical issues. - Ability to work both independently with minimal guidance and to supervise and lead collaborations with project team members, program customers, and program and external stakeholders on behalf of the VA Technical Lead. - Demonstrated experience in a remote work environment. - Ability to proactively communicate and coordinate with various internal and external project stakeholders, depending on needs. - Security+ or other applicable certification. - Experience applying security engineering concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments, working with several different mission applications. - Analytical and investigation skills. - Experience with the VA Risk and Governance Tool. Nice to Have - Experience as a VA ISSO, ISO or System Steward. - Experience using Service Now (SNOW) Continuous Authorization and Monitoring (CAM) Tool. - Experience with Cloud Engineering and Agile/Scrum. - Experience in HBSS, ACAS, and NESSUS scanning, analysis, mitigation, and implementation. - Experience with cloud migration and security architecture. - Experience with event-driven architecture. - Knowledge of HL7. - Knowledge or experience with VistA. - Evaluation and creation of POA&Ms. - CISSP certification. - Experience with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a definite plus. - Experience with achieving an ATO for Software as a Service (SaaS) and/or Cloud based applications is a definite plus. - Well versed in the VA Veteran-Focused Integration Process (VIP) project management methodology and other VA security related reporting methodologies. - Experience with the VA’s Governance, Risk management and Compliance (GRC) Tool, CAM, ServiceNow. - Security certification below preferred. - Preferred: CISSP (ISC2) or CISM (ISACA). - Acceptable: CEH (EC-Council), GSEC (SANS GIAC), or Security+ (CompTIA). Benefits - The opportunity to support high visibility federal missions in IT and healthcare. - A culture that values innovation, growth, collaboration, and quality. - Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies. - Comprehensive benefits for you and your family. - A career path that rewards ambition and performance. Pay Range $80,000 — $92,500 USD. LTS shares salary ranges to promote transparency. Compensation ranges are provided for informational purposes, and final compensation may vary based on experience, skills, location, and role requirements.

• Support cybersecurity engineering for the pilot, including cloud security, RMF/ATO support, compliance documentation, and continuous monitoring. • Secure AWS-based environments through identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, network security, vulnerability management, and configuration hardening. • Configure, monitor, and support AWS security services such as AWS Network Firewall, Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Inspector, and related capabilities. • Support security planning for an AWS Commercial Cloud environment with consideration for future migration to AWS GovCloud or another VA-approved hosting environment. • Assist with ATO planning, control implementation, evidence collection, compliance reporting, and approval workflows. • Work within eMASS, ServiceNow GRC, or similar risk management systems to support ATO artifacts, information assurance tasking, POA&M tracking, and security documentation. • Develop and maintain SSPs, POA&Ms, SOPs, risk assessments, control narratives, security diagrams, and remediation plans. • Support vulnerability assessments, DISA STIG hardening, configuration compliance reviews, remediation tracking, and audit readiness activities. • Integrate security requirements into architecture, sprint planning, CI/CD processes, testing, and deployment readiness. • Support security reviews for VIA platform capabilities, including data handling, access control, auditability, secure integration, and AI-enabled modernization workflows. • Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate security requirements into practical engineering, documentation, and compliance actions.

• Quickly develops a holistic view of the organization’s current IT architecture, business operations, in-flight technology modernization initiatives and future plans. • Conducts workflow analysis, technology assessments, and business-related studies to define business case plans and architecture strategies supporting long term sustainability and growth. • Works with stakeholders and plays a lead role in defining solutions to address business requirements. • Creates system design artifacts for both current and future state of the application. • Works with internal and external partners to define interfaces, data exchange mechanisms and data structures required by the solution. • Translates high-level product development strategies into network and system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements. • Develops systems and system element architecture and design and interface definitions. Defines system implementation approach and operational concept. Develops models and architectural guidelines for current and future system development. • Author primary architecture artifacts for existing or new products to generate a baseline of technical reference and expertise. • Provides guidance and strategy for adoption of new technology products and processes optimizing developer, customer, and end-user experience. • Updates technology roadmaps aligning to higher organizational strategies and vision as needed. • Conducts trade-off analysis on applications when needed. • Builds a trusted advisory relationship with various stakeholders. • Express and defend personal/team dissenting opinions with clarity and diplomacy. • Proactively and insightfully report/document delivery of value.

• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business, functional, and technical requirements for VA modernization initiatives. • Conduct stakeholder interviews, workflow analyses, gap assessments, and facilitated working sessions. • Translate business needs into user stories, epics, process flows, requirements documentation, and acceptance criteria. • Support modernization efforts involving legacy VistA/MUMPS-based healthcare systems and enterprise applications. • Collaborate with technical teams, architects, product owners, and project managers to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solutions. • Analyze current-state and future-state business processes to identify opportunities for modernization and operational improvement. • Support Agile delivery activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning, user acceptance testing (UAT), and release validation. • Assist with healthcare workflow analysis, interoperability requirements, and system integration initiatives. • Develop and maintain project documentation including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, workflow diagrams, meeting minutes, and process documentation. • Support change management, training, and stakeholder communication activities. • Participate in system testing, validation efforts, and issue resolution activities. • Ensure requirements and solutions align with VA policies, operational needs, and federal compliance standards.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications supporting VA healthcare modernization initiatives. • Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, retrospectives, and demos. • Develop and enhance applications integrating with legacy and modern healthcare systems. • Support modernization efforts involving legacy VistA/MUMPS-based environments and enterprise integration platforms. • Build scalable APIs, microservices, and application components using modern development frameworks and tools. • Collaborate with architects, analysts, QA teams, and infrastructure engineers to deliver secure and reliable solutions. • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps processes, and automated testing initiatives. • Troubleshoot and resolve application defects, performance issues, and integration challenges. • Develop technical documentation including user stories, technical specifications, code documentation, and release notes. • Ensure solutions align with federal cybersecurity, accessibility, and compliance requirements. • Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on modernization, automation, and operational efficiency.

Role Description LTS is seeking an experienced and collaborative Scrum Master to support a major modernization initiative within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health portfolio. This role will support Agile delivery teams responsible for modernizing mission-critical healthcare systems and enterprise applications supporting Veteran healthcare services nationwide. The ideal candidate will possess strong Agile coaching, facilitation, and delivery management experience within complex federal IT or healthcare environments. This individual will work closely with product owners, developers, architects, business analysts, and government stakeholders to drive Agile best practices, improve team performance, and support successful delivery of modernization initiatives involving legacy and next-generation healthcare technologies. - Serve as Scrum Master for Agile teams supporting VA healthcare modernization initiatives. - Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning activities. - Guide teams in the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile principles, Scrum practices, and team collaboration. - Support modernization initiatives involving legacy VistA/MUMPS-based healthcare systems and enterprise applications. - Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to manage and prioritize product backlogs and delivery objectives. - Identify, track, and help remove impediments impacting team performance and project delivery. - Monitor team progress, sprint metrics, and delivery outcomes to support continuous improvement efforts. - Promote transparency, accountability, and effective communication across technical and business teams. - Support coordination across cross-functional teams including development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, integration, and operations. - Assist with release planning, dependency management, risk tracking, and stakeholder reporting activities. - Support Agile documentation and reporting activities utilizing tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms. - Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment focused on delivering mission value and modernization success. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. - 5+ years of experience serving as a Scrum Master supporting Agile software development or IT modernization programs. - Strong understanding of Agile frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies. - Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching cross-functional technical teams. - Experience supporting enterprise IT, software development, or healthcare modernization initiatives. - Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. - Experience using Agile project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms. - Ability to manage competing priorities and support delivery in fast-paced environments. Requirements - Experience supporting VA healthcare systems including VistA, CPRS, or VA modernization initiatives. - Familiarity with MUMPS-based applications and healthcare legacy modernization programs. - Experience supporting DevSecOps, CI/CD, and cloud modernization environments. - Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards including HL7 and FHIR. - Experience supporting large-scale federal government IT programs. - SAFe, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-ACP, or related Agile certifications preferred. - Experience supporting distributed or remote Agile delivery teams preferred. Benefits - Comprehensive benefits that will provide options intended to meet the needs of employees and their families. Company Description At LTS, we support mission-driven programs that improve healthcare outcomes for Veterans nationwide. Our teams work on innovative modernization initiatives that help transform legacy healthcare systems into secure, scalable, and mission-focused digital solutions. We foster a collaborative environment centered on integrity, innovation, and professional growth while empowering employees to make meaningful contributions to critical federal healthcare missions. LTS shares salary ranges to promote transparency. Compensation ranges are provided for informational purposes, and final compensation may vary based on experience, skills, location, and role requirements.

Role Description LTS is seeking an experienced VistA Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support a major AI-powered modernization initiative within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health portfolio. This role will provide deep functional and technical expertise supporting legacy VistA environments, healthcare workflows, and modernization initiatives tied to mission-critical Veteran healthcare systems. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of VA healthcare systems, VistA architecture, MUMPS-based applications, and clinical or operational workflows within the VA healthcare ecosystem. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to program leadership, architects, engineers, analysts, and government stakeholders supporting modernization, interoperability, and transformation efforts across enterprise healthcare platforms. A primary function of this role is reviewing generated code, documentation, workflow analyses, and process outputs for accuracy, completeness, and correctness against actual VistA behavior and VA operational standards—serving as the authoritative check on whether outputs reflect how VistA truly works before they are used to drive design or development decisions. What You’ll Do: - Provide subject matter expertise supporting VA VistA systems, workflows, and modernization initiatives. - Review generated MUMPS code, Fileman definitions, business rules extractions, and system documentation for accuracy and completeness, identifying errors, omissions, or misrepresentations against actual VistA behavior and VA configuration before outputs are used by development or architecture teams. - Review generated workflow diagrams, process documentation, and clinical or administrative procedure descriptions for correctness against actual VA operational practices, flagging gaps or inaccuracies that could affect modernization design decisions. - Advise technical and program teams on VistA architecture, functionality, dependencies, and operational processes. - Support analysis and modernization of legacy MUMPS-based healthcare applications and integrations. - Collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to support modernization and migration strategies. - Assist with requirements gathering, workflow analysis, and system impact assessments related to VistA environments. - Support interoperability initiatives involving legacy and modern healthcare systems. - Provide expertise related to clinical, administrative, and operational healthcare processes supported within VistA. - Assist with troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex VistA-specific issues including MUMPS code defects, Fileman data anomalies, RPC failures, and VA configuration problems—drawing on direct knowledge of VistA internals to identify root causes that generic and workflow issues. - Support data mapping, interface analysis, and integration efforts involving VistA Fileman structures, MUMPS globals, RPCs, and VA-specific data configurations and enterprise systems. - Participate in modernization planning sessions, architecture reviews, MUMPS and modernized code reviews, and interface design reviews, testing activities, and implementation efforts. - Develop and review technical documentation, workflow diagrams, process documentation, and operational procedures. - Support stakeholder communication and provide guidance to both technical and non-technical audiences regarding VistA-related functionality and modernization impacts. - Assist with knowledge transfer and mentoring activities across project teams. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered. - 8+ years of experience supporting VA healthcare systems and VistA environments, including hands-on experience writing Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) and exporting VistA data. - Deep knowledge of VistA architecture, workflows, and MUMPS-based applications. - Experience supporting healthcare IT systems within complex federal healthcare environments. - Strong understanding of VA clinical and operational workflows. - Experience supporting modernization, migration, or integration initiatives involving legacy healthcare systems. - Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards and enterprise integration concepts. - Ability to analyze complex healthcare business and technical requirements. - Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Requirements - Experience supporting VA EHR modernization (EHRM) or VistA Evolution initiatives. - Familiarity with CPRS, FileMan, Cache/InterSystems, HL7, FHIR, and healthcare integration technologies. - Experience supporting healthcare data analysis, interface mapping, or enterprise integration efforts. - Knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies and DevSecOps environments. - Experience collaborating with technical architecture and software development teams. - Prior experience supporting federal healthcare modernization or digital transformation initiatives. - Relevant VA, healthcare IT, or project management certifications preferred. Benefits - At LTS, we support mission-driven programs that directly improve healthcare services for Veterans nationwide. - Our teams work on critical modernization initiatives focused on transforming legacy healthcare systems into secure, scalable, and innovative digital solutions. - We foster a collaborative environment centered on integrity, innovation, and professional growth while empowering employees to make a meaningful impact on national healthcare missions.

• Lead the design and development of enterprise solution architectures supporting VA modernization initiatives. • Architect scalable, secure, and resilient solutions integrating legacy healthcare systems with modern enterprise platforms. • Support modernization efforts involving VistA/MUMPS-based applications, cloud transformation, and enterprise interoperability, with attention to preserving data integrity and operational continuity across legacy and modernized system boundaries. • Critically evaluate AI-generated outputs—including code analyses, dependency maps, workflow diagrams, business rules extractions, and system documentation—for architectural soundness, accuracy, and completeness, and translate validated outputs into solution designs, sprint backlog inputs, and technical roadmap decisions. • Define integration and interoperability patterns ensuring data consistency, traceability, and reliable exchange between VistA/MUMPS legacy systems and modernized target platforms throughout the transition. • Translate business and technical requirements into end-to-end architectural solutions and implementation strategies that maintain consistency between legacy and modern solutions. • Collaborate with infrastructure, integration, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, data, and application development teams to ensure cohesive solution delivery. • Design cloud-native and hybrid architectures leveraging modern platforms, APIs, and enterprise technologies. • Develop solution blueprints, architecture diagrams, technical roadmaps, and design documentation. • Ensure alignment with federal cybersecurity, Zero Trust, compliance, and enterprise architecture standards. • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend modernization approaches aligned with VA mission objectivesobjectives, with evaluation scoped to technologies directly applicable to active program deliverables. • Participate in architecture governance reviews, technical assessments, and strategic planning sessions. • Support system scalability, performance optimization, reliability, and operational sustainability initiatives. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering and delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.