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DevOps Lead
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Role Description We are seeking a DevOps Lead to join our team and support our federal customer. The DevOps Lead will oversee all continuous integration, continuous deployment, release automation, infrastructure automation, vulnerability scanning, and secure software supply chain activities supporting DDPS production and development environments. This individual will ensure all code deployments meet CMS security, compliance, and release governance standards while maintaining highly automated deployment pipelines. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Design, implement, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines supporting secure automated software deployment across all CMS AWS environments. - Build infrastructure-as-code deployment frameworks enabling repeatable environment provisioning, automated infrastructure management, and standardized deployment processes. - Implement automated static code analysis, vulnerability scanning, dependency scanning, and software supply chain validation processes integrated directly into release pipelines. - Maintain release automation supporting zero-downtime deployments, automated rollback procedures, version control management, and production deployment governance. - Integrate security automation frameworks supporting compliance with CMS FISMA, NIST, CMS ARS, and enterprise security standards. - Manage software artifact repositories, version promotion processes, package management controls, and release auditing. - Support vulnerability remediation processes working closely with security teams to address code-level and infrastructure-level security findings. - Monitor operational release pipelines ensuring build integrity, deployment consistency, release traceability, and production deployment stability. - Support incident response activities during production outages, failed deployments, rollback procedures, and security incidents. - Maintain automated infrastructure provisioning supporting development, testing, staging, and production environments. Qualifications - 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud operations, enterprise DevOps, CI/CD pipeline development, and release automation. - Minimum 5 years of experience leading secure software delivery initiatives within AWS cloud environments. - Experience building enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines supporting multiple development teams, parallel release streams, automated quality gates, and large-scale release automation. - Hands-on experience integrating automated testing, infrastructure as code (IaC), security scanning, vulnerability management, and compliance validation into automated release pipelines. - Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar automation frameworks. - Demonstrated expertise in secure cloud infrastructure design, deployment automation, and release governance. - Experience implementing enterprise security controls aligned with federal cybersecurity frameworks, including FISMA, NIST, and continuous monitoring (ConMon) requirements. - Strong background supporting mission-critical production systems in federal government, healthcare, financial services, or other highly regulated environments. - Experience establishing DevSecOps best practices by embedding security, compliance, and governance throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). - Proven ability to lead cross-functional DevOps initiatives and collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application development teams to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable cloud solutions. Requirements - Experience supporting large federal civilian agencies such as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS, CDC, NIH, VA, or other federal agencies operating under strict security and compliance mandates. - Experience supporting mission-critical production systems requiring 24x7 operational availability and strict uptime requirements. - Experience managing zero-downtime deployment strategies, automated rollback procedures, release recovery processes, and production incident response. Required Technical Skills - CI/CD Pipeline Engineering & Release Automation: Strong hands-on experience designing and managing enterprise continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines that automate code build, testing, security validation, artifact management, deployment promotion, rollback procedures, and production release execution. - Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Automation: Demonstrated expertise building infrastructure-as-code frameworks that support automated provisioning, configuration management, environment standardization, and repeatable cloud infrastructure deployment across enterprise AWS environments. - Cloud Security Engineering & Compliance Management: Strong experience securing cloud-native infrastructure operating in regulated federal environments while maintaining compliance with CMS and federal cybersecurity frameworks. - DevSecOps Methodologies & Operational Excellence: Deep understanding of modern DevSecOps operating models that integrate development, security, infrastructure management, testing automation, and operational monitoring into a single continuous delivery framework. Education - Bachelor's Degree required with a concentration in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems or related experience is required. Communication Skills - Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization. - Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner. Travel - This position is primarily remote with occasional travel (up to 5%) as required. Environmental Requirements - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. - May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds. - Flexible in working extended hours. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)
Lead Software Developer
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Role Description We are seeking a Lead Software Developer to join our team and support our federal customer. The Lead Software Developer will provide senior development leadership responsible for building, maintaining, and enhancing the core application components supporting operations. This position is contingent upon contract award. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Lead development of enterprise applications supporting all business operations. - Build new API-based integration services supporting communication with CMS enterprise systems and external healthcare data providers. - Design application enhancements supporting legislative changes including Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) implementation and future Medicare policy changes. - Lead code development activities across Agile sprint cycles including technical estimation, backlog refinement, code reviews, and release execution. - Collaborate closely with architects and DevSecOps teams integrating automated testing, code scanning, and release automation processes into development workflows. - Develop operational dashboards, business intelligence integrations, and user-facing administrative applications supporting CMS stakeholders. - Maintain application performance optimization supporting large-scale transaction processing workloads. - Troubleshoot production application failures, investigate root cause analysis, and support high-priority production incident resolution. Qualifications - 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development, designing and building enterprise-grade applications. - At least 5 years of experience serving in a technical leadership role, leading software development teams and providing technical direction. - Extensive experience designing, developing, and maintaining complex, high-volume enterprise applications. - Strong experience developing business-critical applications supporting high-volume transaction processing. - Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and service-oriented architectures. - Experience developing and maintaining business rules engines and workflow-driven applications. - Hands-on experience building cloud-native applications using modern application architecture patterns. - Experience supporting the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support. - Proven experience working within Agile development environments using Scrum or Kanban methodologies. - Experience utilizing modern DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment automation. - Experience developing secure, scalable, high-performance applications for enterprise production environments. - Experience integrating enterprise applications with internal and external systems using APIs, messaging, or event-driven architectures. - Experience supporting applications within federal healthcare, healthcare claims processing, financial transaction systems, or other highly regulated industries is strongly preferred. - Experience mentoring software engineers, conducting code reviews, and establishing development best practices. - Experience troubleshooting complex production issues and driving continuous application performance, scalability, and reliability improvements. Requirements - Healthcare application development. - Medicare claims processing systems. - Business rules engine development. - Large-scale transaction processing systems. Technical Skills - Development Languages: - Python (primary development language) - SQL - Scala - Bash scripting - YAML configuration management - Groovy scripting - Software Development: - Full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) - REST API development - Application architecture design - Object-oriented programming - Secure coding standards - Enterprise application debugging - Development Tools: - GitHub source control - Visual Studio Code - Jenkins integration - Code review tools - Dependency management frameworks Education - Bachelor's Degree required with a concentration in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems or related experience. Communication Skills - Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization. - Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner. Travel - This position is primarily remote with occasional travel (up to 5%) as required. Environmental Requirements - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. - May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds. - Flexible in working extended hours. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)
QA Manager
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Role Description We are seeking a QA Manager to join our team and support our federal customer. The QA Manager will lead enterprise quality assurance strategy responsible for testing architecture, automation frameworks, release certification, regression testing, performance testing, and overall software quality management supporting all development and production environments. This role ensures system stability, transaction accuracy, and compliance with CMS testing and release standards. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Design and manage enterprise testing strategy supporting all software development, enhancement, release, and modernization activities. - Build and maintain automated testing frameworks supporting unit testing, regression testing, integration testing, API testing, performance testing, and end-to-end validation. - Ensure CMS testing requirements are met including maintaining a minimum 80% automated unit test coverage requirement for all newly developed code. - Develop automated regression test suites validating critical business workflows. - Perform load testing and performance validation ensuring system stability under production transaction volumes exceeding millions of daily records. - Validate production deployments through post-implementation testing, release certification, and operational verification testing. - Build testing frameworks supporting Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Development (TDD) methodologies. - Support security testing activities identifying application vulnerabilities, dependency risks, and infrastructure weaknesses prior to production releases. - Partner with developers and DevSecOps engineers integrating testing automation into enterprise CI/CD deployment pipelines. Qualifications - 10+ years of progressive experience in software quality assurance, quality engineering, enterprise test management, and software testing across complex enterprise environments. - Minimum of 5 years of experience leading QA or Quality Engineering teams supporting large-scale enterprise applications and production environments. - Proven experience developing and executing enterprise quality assurance strategies, test plans, and testing methodologies across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). - Extensive experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automated testing frameworks for web, API, microservices, and enterprise applications. - Demonstrated experience supporting CI/CD pipelines through automated testing, regression testing, release validation, and quality gates. - Experience validating complex, high-volume transaction processing systems, distributed applications, and mission-critical enterprise platforms. - Proven experience managing functional, integration, system, regression, performance, load, security, and user acceptance testing (UAT) activities. - Experience establishing quality metrics, test reporting, defect management processes, and release readiness assessments to support production deployments. - Experience collaborating with software engineering, DevOps, product management, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. - Experience supporting cloud-based enterprise applications, preferably within AWS environments. - Experience leading quality assurance efforts for highly available, scalable, and secure production systems with formal release governance processes. - Experience supporting federal healthcare systems, CMS programs, HHS initiatives, or other highly regulated government or commercial environments is highly desirable. - Experience ensuring compliance with organizational quality standards, security requirements, and regulatory frameworks in enterprise software delivery. - Experience mentoring QA engineers, test automation engineers, and quality analysts while driving continuous improvement and quality engineering best practices. Requirements - Testing Expertise - Regression testing - Ability to design and execute comprehensive regression testing strategies that validate existing system functionality remains stable after code changes, enhancements, bug fixes, or legislative updates. - Integration testing - Experience validating end-to-end communication and data exchange across interconnected systems, APIs, cloud services, databases, and third-party vendor interfaces. - Performance testing - Strong expertise evaluating application performance, system responsiveness, transaction processing speed, and infrastructure efficiency under normal and peak operational conditions. - Load testing - Experience simulating high-volume production workloads to validate system stability, scalability, and processing reliability under heavy transaction demand. Preferred Experience - Enterprise production systems - Automated testing in AWS environments - Healthcare systems QA - Federal SDLC testing environments Education - Bachelor's Degree required with a concentration in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems or related experience. Communication Skills - Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization. - Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner. Travel - This position is primarily remote with occasional travel (up to 5%) as required. Environmental Requirements - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. - May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds. - Flexible in working extended hours. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)
Solutions Architect
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Role Description We are seeking a Solutions Architect to join our team and support our federal customer. The position will be responsible for: - Assessing and documenting current state architecture - Developing future state architecture and plans - Identifying data risks and inefficiencies - Understanding systems context/flows, SOA's, data services, and architecture governance The Solution Architect will serve as the senior technical authority responsible for: - Architecture and modernization strategy - Cloud infrastructure design - Overall technical direction supporting a CMS System This individual will ensure the platform remains: - Scalable - Secure - Cost-efficient - Aligned with CMS enterprise architecture standards Support modernization efforts and future innovation initiatives. This position is contingent upon contract award. Qualifications - 10+ years of experience in federal technology solutioning architecture supporting complex mission environments - Proven success in leading large, complex solution efforts in federal health domain - Deep experience in application modernization, enterprise cloud deployments, secure DevSecOps practices, and cross-domain solutions - Demonstrated ability to develop architectural artifacts (views, models, roadmaps, diagrams) and guide cross-organizational technical decisions Requirements - Experience supporting Federal Health agencies, particularly CMS or HHS - Understanding of research and development (R&D) initiatives and the transition of innovative technologies into operational mission environments - Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across cross-functional, matrixed organizations without direct authority - Experience with Medicare claims processing, healthcare transaction systems, or healthcare data exchange platforms - Knowledge of AWS cost optimization strategies and cloud financial management within large enterprise environments Education - Bachelor's Degree required with a concentration in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems Communication Skills - Excellent verbal and written skills - Ability to present proposals and performance data - Comfortable interfacing at all levels of organization - Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner Travel - This position is primarily Remote - Willing to travel (up to 5%) occasionally Environmental Requirements - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment - May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds - Flexible in working extended hours The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/V)
DevOps Engineer
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Role Description We are seeking a DevOps Lead to join our team and support our clients in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy and viewed both internally and externally as a technical expert and critical technical resource across multiple disciplines. - Architect, implement, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines leveraging CMS-approved tools (e.g., GitHub, Jenkins) to support continuous integration, automated testing, and continuous delivery. - Standardize pipeline design across all application components to ensure consistency, traceability, and repeatability. - Implement automated build, test, security scan, and deployment stages aligned with CMS Target Life Cycle (TLC) requirements. - Optimize pipeline performance to reduce build and deployment times while maintaining quality and compliance. - Enable parallel development and multi-release support, ensuring seamless handling of concurrent releases. - Lead the design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions (e.g., Terraform, AWS CloudFormation) to provision and manage AWS environments. - Ensure all infrastructure is version-controlled, auditable, and reproducible. - Establish automated environment provisioning processes for development, test, staging, and production environments. - Implement configuration management and environment consistency controls across all environments. - Support environment scaling, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities. - Collaborate with the System Architect to modernize infrastructure using AWS-native and serverless technologies where appropriate. - Ensure all deployments meet CMS security requirements (ARS, FISMA, HIPAA) prior to release. - Establish real-time alerting for system health, performance degradation, and failures. - Develop and maintain operational dashboards for system performance, availability, and pipeline metrics. - Support incident response by providing diagnostic tools, logs, and root cause analysis capabilities. Qualifications - Minimum 10 years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or cloud engineering roles. - Minimum 5 years leading DevOps teams supporting enterprise-scale systems. - Demonstrated experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent. - Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including compute, storage, networking, and monitoring. - Proven experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent. - Demonstrated experience implementing automated testing frameworks (BDD, TDD, regression automation). - Experience integrating security practices into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps). - Demonstrated experience supporting high-availability production systems with zero/low downtime deployments. - Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions. - Experience supporting federal or regulated environments with compliance requirements. - AWS DevOps Engineer certification or equivalent (required or strongly preferred). - Enthusiastic, proactive, positive attitude and high integrity. - Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage architectures supporting multiple users. - Strong desire to mentor, coach team members while providing oversight for all aspects of relevant programs. - Ability to think and act strategically and proactively approach projects and issues. - Able to work under pressure and to be flexible with changing priorities. - Able to find innovative ways to solve problems. - A genuine interest in looking for opportunities to add value and grow your area of responsibility. Education - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is required. Certificates, Licenses and Registrations - Relevant certifications or credentials are preferred. Communication Skills - Strong writing, listening and presentation skills. - Solid ability to interface, inspire and motivate at various levels of the organization. - Experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations. Travel - This is a remote position. Environmental Requirements - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. - May be required to lift to ten (10) pounds. - Flexible in working extended hours.
Program Systems Architect
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Title: Program Systems Architect Location: Washington United States Job Description: Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com. We are seeking a Program Systems Architect to join our embedded team and support our federal customer. Position Overview The Program System Architect serves as the senior technical leader for existing and future programs, and is responsible for overseeing the overall technical vision, modernization roadmap, and enterprise architecture strategy. This position provides architectural governance and strategic technical oversight across applications, integration, cloud, data, and security domains to ensure programs remain aligned with CMS objectives, AWS modernization direction, and federal compliance requirements. This role is intentionally scoped as a program-level architecture and governance function. It works alongside existing system and technical leaders including subcontractor technical leads, by setting technical direction, reviewing major architectural decisions, and ensuring integrated alignment across functional teams. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Program System Architect is accountable for program-level architecture strategy, governance, and technical direction across the full lifecycle of the program(s) platform. The role focuses on alignment, future-state planning, and technical oversight. - Establish and maintain program-wide technical vision, architecture, and modernization roadmaps - Provide architectural governance across prime and subcontractor teams to ensure consistency with approved standards, technical principles, and CMS expectations - Review major technical designs, platform decisions, integration approaches, and modernization initiatives for alignment to enterprise architecture objectives - Research new tools for modernization and cost optimization - Serve as the senior technical point of coordination with CMS leadership, CMS technical teams, OIT, cloud stakeholders, and other program partners - Lead or support development of architecture artifacts, technical assessments, white papers, decision documents, and recommendations for CMS review - Guide long-range cloud and modernization strategy in AWS, including modularity, resiliency, scalability, automation, observability, and DevSecOps-aligned delivery practices - Support the evaluation of business Change Requests and propose new system Change Requests - Support release planning, and technical risk management by identifying system-wide impacts, dependencies, and future-state considerations - Promote technical alignment across program technical stakeholders - Ensure architecture direction supports CMS lifecycle expectations, security requirements, and applicable FISMA/NIST compliance obligations - Contribute to continuous improvement, transition planning, and technical knowledge transfer by maintaining clear architecture guidance and current documentation Work Experience and Job Skills: Required: - Minimum 12 years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or senior technical leadership for large, complex IT programs - Demonstrated experience defining technical strategy and governing architecture across multi-vendor teams and mission-critical systems. - Strong knowledge of AWS-based architecture, cloud modernization, integration patterns, and DevSecOps practices - Experience supporting federal health, CMS, or similarly regulated government environments with formal architecture, change, and compliance processes - Strong experience in eliciting and understanding customer problems and driving solutions - Familiarity with FHIR, health information exchange patterns, and modern API gateway alternatives - Demonstrated experience working with ambiguous requirements Preferred: - Prior experience supporting CMS, Medicare, healthcare interoperability, or related federal health platforms - Prior experience supporting various CMS centers such as CPI, CMMI, CCSQ, and OIT Education: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field is required Certificates, Licenses and Registrations: - Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or similar enterprise architecture credentials are preferred Communication Skills: - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Strong communication skills with the ability to work with all levels of the organization on architecture decisions, risks, and recommendations. - Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals. - Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations. Travel: - This position is primarily remote with occasional on-site meetings in the Washington DC - Baltimore Area Environmental Requirements: - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. - May be required to lift up to ten pounds. - Flexible in working extended hours. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual or individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidates will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets).
Security Manager
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Title: Security Manager Location: Washington United States Job Description: Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com. We are seeking a Security Manager to join our team and support our clients in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy and viewed both internally and externally as a technical expert and critical technical resource across multiple disciplines. - This position is contingent upon contract award. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Lead all ATO lifecycle activities, including assessments, renewals, and documentation - Manage vulnerability remediation aligned with CMS SLAs - Implement continuous monitoring and threat detection processes - Maintain security documentation (SSP, POA&M, SAR, etc.) - Coordinate audits, assessments, and compliance reviews - Ensure compliance with HIPAA, FISMA, ARS, and CMS policies - Collaborate with CMS security teams and external stakeholders - Integrate security into DevOps pipelines (DevSecOps) - Develop and implement cyber security strategies (including Security Roadmap and Management Plan), policies, and guidelines for the customer based on industry best practices - Define and maintain Enterprise Governance Policies and ensure compliance with policies - Develop and maintain a Security Roadmap and Security Management Plan for the customer - Design and maintain Enterprise Security Reference Architecture - Design and implement common security services for the organization - Ensure SDLC adherence to security architecture and policies - Participate in enterprise security analysis and task prioritization - Define and implement Identity and Access Management policies and procedures to include Authentication & Authorization, Identity Storage and Data Integration and User management Work Experience and Job Skills: - Minimum 10 years of experience in information security, with at least 5 years supporting federal security compliance programs - Minimum 3 years serving in an ISSO, ISSM, or equivalent role supporting systems requiring ATO - Demonstrated experience obtaining and maintaining Authority to Operate (ATO) under federal frameworks (FISMA/NIST RMF) - Proven experience developing and maintaining security documentation including SSP, POA&M, SAR, RAR, and Contingency Plans - Demonstrated experience with NIST 800-53 controls and CMS Acceptable Risk Safeguards (ARS) or equivalent frameworks - Experience managing vulnerability remediation in accordance with federal SLAs (e.g., 15/30/90-day remediation timelines) - Hands-on experience with continuous monitoring tools and practices (e.g., AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, SIEM tools) - Experience supporting security audits, assessments, and penetration testing activities - Knowledge of HIPAA privacy and security requirements for handling PII/PHI data - Enthusiastic, proactive, positive attitude and high integrity - Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage architectures supporting multiple users - Ability to think and act strategically and proactively approach projects and issues - Able to work under pressure and to be flexible with changing priorities - Able to find innovative ways to solve problems - A genuine interest in looking for opportunities to add value and grow your area of responsibility Education: - Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Computer Science, or related field is required Certificates, Licenses and Registrations: - CISSP certification is desired. Communication Skills: - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals - Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations - Ability to work well in a matrixed team environment Travel: - This position is primarily remote with occasional on-site meetings in the Washington DC - Baltimore Area Environmental Requirements: - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment - May be required to lift to ten (10) pounds - Flexible in working extended hours The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)
Senior Automation QA Engineer
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Role Description We are seeking a motivated, customer-oriented Senior Automation QA Engineer with experience in backend/API Automation and Java framework engineering for complex, data-intensive systems that handle sensitive and regulated data (PHI). This role supports our Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) client in the Baltimore–Washington Metro area and aligns to the type of automation work performed within ESMD - building durable, reusable automation that validates service integrations and data movement end to end. The ideal candidate thrives on agile teams in a large-scale enterprise development environment. Essential Duties & Responsibilities - Implement scalable API automation using Java (Rest Assured, TestNG/JUnit) - Design, architect, and implement scalable automation frameworks for API, database, and file-level validations - Develop end-to-end validation pipelines for Push and Pull workflows, including Base64 decoding and deep data comparison - Lead validation efforts for FHIR workflows, including Document Reference and Binary resources - Build and maintain data-driven testing frameworks using Excel/CSV - Integrate and manage automation pipelines in Jenkins (scheduling, parallel execution, environment-based runs) - Develop advanced database validation utilities using PostgreSQL and dynamic SQL - Automate X12 workflows, including payload generation and SOAP-based validations - Implement detailed reporting using Extent Reports for enhanced execution visibility - Drive CI/CD transformation to achieve zero manual regression - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software releases Qualifications - 6 -10 years of hands-on experience in QA/Automation is required - Minimum 3+ years building automation frameworks from scratch using Java (Rest Assured, TestNG/JUnit) - Experience with regulated or sensitive data systems preferred - Experience in regulated domains (Healthcare, Federal government) and CMS experience is required - Strong expertise in REST API automation, contract testing, and JSON/XML (including HL7 Clinical Documents), along with Base64 decoding - Strong SQL skills to validate backend data, perform reconciliation, and troubleshoot defects - Proven experience in API testing, including REST, SOAP, and FHIR services - Understanding of medical documentation and claims processing workflows - Working knowledge of FHIR and HL7 interoperability standards - Familiarity with X12 healthcare transactions, specifically 278 and 275 - Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab, and/or Azure DevOps) - Demonstrated experience in backend/API-focused automation; this role does not involve UI automation - Proven ownership of automation framework architecture, design, and implementation - Strong ability to work within complex, data-intensive backend systems and validate large-scale data flows - Experience in audit and compliance validation is a plus Education - Bachelor's degree in a computer or scientific field is required Certificates, Licenses and Registrations - Testing certifications (e.g., CTSE, CSQA, CAST) are a plus Communication Skills - Ability to write clear and concise technical architecture documents - Ability to interface, inspire, and motivate at various levels of the organization and with client stakeholders - Strong written and verbal communication skills - Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations - Ability to work well in a matrixed team environment Travel - This is a remote position Environmental Requirements - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment - May be required to lift to ten (10) pounds - Flexible in working extended hours as mission or project demands require
Vice President of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement
UnissantUnissant is a data-driven digital solutions provider dedicated to “Keeping Our Nation Healthy and Safe” by delivering innovative technology and analytics services to federal ag
Title: VP of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Location: Washington United States Job Description: Full Time Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com. We are seeking a VP of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement (Growth & Accounts) to join our team in the Washington DC Metro area. POSITION SUMMARY We are seeking a Vice President of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement to drive strategic growth and long-term account success across Department of Justice/FBI, and other law enforcement agencies. This dual-hatted executive role combines early-stage business development and captures leadership with post-award account ownership and delivery oversight. The hired leader will initially focus on opportunity identification, customer engagement & shaping, capture execution, and proposal leadership. As new programs are awarded, the role will transition to include executive account responsibility, ensuring customer satisfaction, delivery excellence, and sustained portfolio growth. This is an exciting opportunity for the right leader who is comfortable in building, growing, and executing a Law Enforcement portfolio with a mission-minded company that offers differentiating capabilities. The VP of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement will have a direct influence on growth strategy, customer relationships, and mission impact. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Growth & Capture Responsibilities - Develop and execute growth strategies aligned to assigned DHS and Federal Law Enforcement accounts. - Serve as an executive capture lead for priority pursuits, overseeing: - Opportunity shaping and early customer engagement - Competitive analysis and win strategy development - Teaming and partner strategy - Proposal development, reviews, and orals - Maintain trusted relationships with government stakeholders, program offices, and acquisition organizations. - Translate customer mission challenges and emerging priorities into differentiated, executable solutions. - Collaborate with technical, solution, and proposal teams to ensure offerings align with customer needs and corporate capabilities. - Support pipeline development and forecasting in coordination with corporate growth leadership. Account & Delivery Leadership Responsibilities - Provide senior leadership and ownership of awarded programs and customer accounts. - Responsible for all aspects of general management and oversight of day-to-day operations, task execution, and delivery of programs for the DHS and Law Enforcement Portfolio. - Act as the senior customer interface, ensuring alignment between customer expectations and delivery execution. Maintain real time/regular communication with key customers. - Establish and implement key metrics and key performance indicators (KPI), which provide periodic and on-demand health check of programs, contracts and customer relationships at all levels of decision making at the account. - Responsible for managing planned revenue, P&L, and execution of program growth initiatives - Partner with executive leadership, program managers, and delivery leaders to ensure contract performance, regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction and successful mission outcomes - Positioning and ownership over follow-on and expansion opportunities - Lead account planning and long-range growth strategies, including recompete initiatives and expansion into adjacent mission areas. - Ensure lessons learned from project delivery are effectively applied to guide future growth and capture strategies. Required Qualifications: - 15+ years of experience supporting Homeland Security and Law Enforcement customers within a government contracting environment. - Proven success leading growth, capture, and proposal efforts resulting in contract awards. - Deep familiarity with FBI and other DoJ agencies' processes, and customer decision environments. - Strong executive presence with the ability to operate as a trusted mission and leadership advisor. - Demonstrated ability to bridge customer mission needs with internal technical and delivery capabilities. - Experience working across matrixed organizations with growth, delivery, and functional teams. - Extensive experience managing and delivering $50M contracts successfully Preferred Additional Qualifications: - Prior civilian leadership experience supporting FBI/DoJ or other Law Enforcement customers. - Experience managing accounts from initial award through steady-state delivery and growth. - Familiarity with modernization initiatives, digital transformation, and emerging Law Enforcement needs. EDUCATION: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field, or equivalent work experience is required; advanced degree in a related technical or management field is preferred. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS: - Active or prior TS/SCI security clearance. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: - Ability to interface, inspire, and motivate at various levels of the organization and with client stakeholders. - Strong written and verbal communication skills; executive presence and ability to brief executive and technical stakeholders and communicate with ability to influence - Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations. - Ability to work well in a matrixed team environment. TRAVEL: - This is a Hybrid position based in Washington DC Metro area, with onsite client interaction as required. ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS: - Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. - May be required to lift to ten (10) pounds. - Flexible in working extended hours as mission or project demands require. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)