Project Coordinator 

by | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Project Coordinator (Remote Opportunity)

  • Washington, DC
  • Full-Time

VetsEZ is seeking a Technical Project Coordinator to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This person will support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Image Exchange Service (CIES) contract to enable a timely and secure exchange of medical images between VA and community providers using commercial tools and cloud-based technologies.

The candidate must reside within the continental US.

Responsibilities:

  • Support project management efforts for on-going technical projects.
  • Work with senior management to learn and understand processes, workflows, expectations, and strategies.
  • Learn and execute project management tasks such as: translate client needs into executable tasks, direct teams to successfully meet project objectives, create and track project schedules, identify tasks, coordinate individual assignments, and determine resources, as needed.
  • Ensure clear communication and timely resolution of any project risks or issues.
  • Build strong relationships with the customer.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, or related scientific/technical discipline is required.
  • 3+ years of experience in Information Technology related projects or education.
  • 3+ years of experience with life cycle and project management methodologies.
  • Knowledge and experience with formal delivery methodologies SAFe, Agile, Scrum, etc.
  • Familiarity with Government contract work and software development is preferred.
  • Experience interfacing with senior-level stakeholders.
  • Strong leadership and customer service skills.

Additional Qualifications:

  • Experience in Healthcare IT.
  • Must be able to obtain a government security clearance.

Benefits:

  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Corporate Laptop
  • PTO + Federal Holidays
  • Training opportunities

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Quality Assurance Analyst 

by | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Quality Assurance Analyst – Remote #1342
Atlanta, GA

Area Of Interest: Information Technology
Position Type: Full-time

Position Description
This position is a remote role, open anywhere throughout the United States.

Job Summary
This position is responsible for following and improving our best practices for IT application development quality assurance. This includes assisting with the definition and documentation of the applications quality assurance test plans, test scenarios, user acceptance criteria and test cases in order to deliver application development projects to a high degree of quality. The individual will also work closely with personnel including Business Analyst. Product Owners, Developers. and Application Development leads to ensure seamless transitions as they move through the SDLC.

Major Responsibilities

  • Participate in the entire project lifecycle which includes design/requirements review; test plan development; design/execution of smoke, functional, regression and integration test cases.
  • Assists with the development of test strategies, creation of appropriate test harnesses and implementation of on-going metrics.
  • Assists with developing/documenting test plans, test scripts, acceptance criteria, and User Acceptance test scenarios.
  • Ensure high-quality software which meets requirements; make sure every feature has clearly defined acceptance criteria and is well tested using documented test scripts. Full test coverage against requirements is expected.
  • Experience reviewing Acceptance Criteria and working with the QA lead and/or business to help refine the Acceptance Criteria
  • Taking Acceptance Criteria and writing detailed test cases both for positive and negative scenarios and verifying we have full coverage of testing for each requirement or defect we have.
  • Accurately communicate testing estimates, testing status, and continually work toward removing project roadblocks.
  • Work with QA lead on maintaining the Manual/Automation KPI’s
  • Apply a prioritized approach to testing in order to find the most serious issues first.
  • Create test scripts based on business requirements, workflows and use cases; execute and maintain the test scripts and document test results; modify the test scripts depending on requirements change.
  • Assist with the development of User Acceptance test scripts, working closely with the business.
  • Participate in various types of tests including Smoke, Functional, GUI, Regression, Performance, Security, Ad-hoc, System, End-to-End, Integration testing and User Acceptance Testing.
  • Record, maintain, and archive test results.
  • Analyze test results and defects to substantiate the quality of the application/system; analyze trends, severity, and characterization of defects; and track and provide reports of discovered defects.
  • Participate in continuous improvement of testing process and procedures by analyzing reported bugs/issues and then assessing test coverage and project execution around these areas.
  • Utilize strong troubleshooting/problem-solving skills.
  • Hands-on as well as helping guide\collaborate with a team of analysts in the development and execution of test plans; and monitoring and reporting on test execution.
  • Communicates application release status, including issue/defect metrics, code coverage metrics, critical path and testing status.
  • Strong organizational skills, tracking multiple test executions simultaneously and can synthesize the results.
  • Performs peer reviews on test cases and provides feedback
  • Ensures that accepted methodologies and best practices are utilized to address QA/Test needs.
  • Proactively identifies, manages, and makes recommendations to mitigate delivery risk.
  • Assess current Testing efforts and provide input towards QA Automation where necessary
  • Will help design the QA Automation and execute and troubleshoot the automation as needed.
  • Participate with troubleshooting/performance tuning for .Net applications, working closely with the development teams.
  • Identifies and documents end to end testing scenarios
  • Participates in Knowledge transfer sessions with vendors and FTE’s

Position Requirements
Formal Knowledge

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field required.
  • Experience in application development quality assurance and project management (3+ years).
  • Experience with application development including thick client enterprise software, thin client enterprise software, web and mobile development.
  • Experience with Credit Card Payment processing
  • Experience with testing enterprise applications in a tightly integrated ecosystem, with Salesforce, NetSuite, and a sourcing application.
  • Experience with C# and or Java automation a plus

Other Skills

  • Operates under minimal supervision with wide latitude for independent judgment.
  • Strong knowledge of QA concepts, methodology and tools.
  • Ability to analyze alternatives and implement systems which are responsive to organizations requirements.
  • Proficient with creating high-level test plans, detailed test cases, and unit test automation
  • Ability to identify and resolve critical issues with ease
  • Able to work under stressful, time-sensitive deadlines, adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects while meeting deadlines for each.
  • Excellent, consulting, communication, and organization skills.

Specialized Training or Knowledge

  • Azure DevOps experience
  • Microsoft Test Manager
  • Cross Browser Testing Tool and/or Browser Stack
  • Good knowledge of Cyber Source
  • CSQE certification a plus.
  • 3-4+ years of hands-on testing experience in a web / client-server environment
  • 3-4+ years of C#/Java experience a plus
  • SQL Server experience required with the ability to write/execute moderate to complex queries for testing and production inquiries
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum software development methods
  • Experience with automation concepts (UI automation, API/White box testing)
  • Git/GitHub experience a plus
  • Selenium experience preferred
  • Ability to work flexible hours including occasional nights and weekends.
  • Available 24×7 in support of urgent/emergency application releases, or any other changes requiring involvement by the QA team.

The full compensation range established for this position begins at a minimum of $60,000 annually.* Actual starting pay may differ based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.

The American Cancer Society has adopted a vaccination policy that requires all staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where prohibited by state law).

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer.

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Back End Engineer 

by | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

ob Description

Title: Back End Engineer

Location: Remote (US or Canada)

Driven by the mission to democratize education, Paper is the largest provider of educational support, supporting millions of students through partnerships with thousands of school districts. Paper helps deliver true educational equity through their category leading Educational Support System (ESS) that offers virtual access to 24/7 tutors and essay reviewers. Founded in 2014, Paper philosophically believes that all students should be given the tools and resources to reach their academic potential, independent of socio-economic status, geography, language or other barriers. We are headquartered in Montreal, Quebec with remote employees across the US and Canada. Paper is proud to have been named by GSV as one of the most transformational growth companies in digital learning.

As a Back End Developer your primary focus will be developing the API which powers the web and mobile applications. You will be working alongside product managers, UI/UX designers, back-end and front-end developers to ensure the timely delivery of secure, accessible, highly performant and robust features. Due to the fast-paced and collaborative nature of the software development team, our ideal candidate will also need excellent teamwork and communication skills.

This position can be located in any geography in the US or Canada.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement and ship robust, secure and highly available features to our backend PHP API.
  • Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
  • Participate in technical design of various tasks.
  • Collaborate with CloudOps and Product team members to improve systems data collection for observability, logging and application performance monitoring purposes.
  • Refactor code to improve readability and maintainability.
  • Participate in team-wide code reviews and provide feedback.
  • Stay up to date with PHP ecosystem and Laravel framework updates.
  • Provide mentorship and coaching to junior developers.
  • Participate in maintenance and upkeep of technical and API documentation.
  • Apply secure application coding standards (OWASP 10).
  • Follow guidelines for ensuring web accessibility (WCAG, a11y).
  • Routinely on-call rotation for incident response management.
  • You will be required to be On-Call to provide support for critical systems internally or for our customers on rare occasions.

Qualifications:

  • 3+ years work experience with PHP and the Laravel framework.
  • Experience with writing and scaling REST APIs returning JSON.
  • Strong understanding of API authentication mechanisms and scoping, preferably OAuth2 and JSON Web Tokens.
  • Deep understanding of Object Oriented Programming, Microservice and API architecture.
  • Strong knowledge of MySQL – writing and reviewing complex queries and performance tuning.
  • Deep understanding of Test Driven Development methodologies – writing unit, integration and end-to-end tests.

Job perks:

  • Work with a dynamic team that provides support whenever you get stuck.
  • Remote first environment.
  • Annual company-wide meetup.
  • Opportunity for career development with a fast-growing company.
  • A unique opportunity to make an impact by making education more equitable.
  • Stipend to help support the growth of your home office.
  • Unlimited access to tutoring for children of Paper employees.

#LI-Remote #LI-ST01

About Paper

Paper offers an exciting, dynamic, inclusive work environment putting excellence at the center of everything we do. Our mission is woven into the fabric of our culture, challenging our team to build meaningful and creative solutions.

We thrive when we collaborate with each other, and use integrity and selflessness to align our business decisions with our mission. We approach every challenge with positivity, achieving the outcome we want regardless of what gets in the way. Our tenacity propels our hyper-growth, where trust is key and we all strive to make an impact every day.

We believe that diverse teams build better products. Paper does not and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender orientation, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations.

Nobody checks every box, but the Paper team is built by passionate and innovative people who share our mission for democratizing education. If you don’t think you meet all of the requirements above but are still interested in the job, please apply.

PS. Equity is our mission! We make sure to treat all candidates equally: If you are interested please apply through our job board – our amazing talent team will reach out! Our team isn’t able to pass on any calls/ emails our way – and this makes sure that the candidate experience is smooth and fair to everyone.

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Placement Coordinator 

by | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Title: Placement Coordinator

Part-time

Location: US-remote

What We’re Looking For:

The Placement Coordinator – Clearance supports multiple university partners and internal Placement stakeholders, ensuring that student clearances are completed in a timely manner. 2U powers placement for our partners by placing students in high quality sites to obtain required practice hours. These sites each have unique requirements to fulfill before the student begins their placement. The Placement Clearance Coordinator is responsible for ensuring these site specific clearances are updated and maintained, contributing to student retention and on-time placements.

Schedule: Monday – Friday, flexible

Hours: 20-29 hours

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

  • Identifies and administers placement site clearances that are necessary for students to begin placement on time while coordinating with students, internal stakeholders, and university partners to ensure completion.
  • Maintains Salesforce and other databases to ensure accuracy of clearance requirements
  • Compilation and distribution of Affiliation Agreement batches
  • Other administrative tasks, as needed. Including but not limited to:
    • Network buildout in Salesforce
    • Identification and entry of potential placement sites
    • Audit and maintenance of Salesforce

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

  • Associates degree required
  • 1-2 years of administrative, healthcare or higher education experience in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment highly preferred
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

  • Experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database preferred; experience with Salesforce highly preferred
  • Experience working with multiple internal and external stakeholders preferred

About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)

2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners.

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.

Benefits & Culture

Working at 2U means working with individuals that are passionate and mission driven. We collaborate on tough problems to deliver the best outcomes for our partners, students, and each other. You will find team members working together in our open office spaces, gathered in the kitchen grabbing a snack, or taking a break in our game rooms.

2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life insurance, disability and 401(k)
  • Unlimited snacks and drinks
  • Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO
  • Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break

To learn more, visit 2U.com. #NoBackRow

In Colorado, the anticipated base salary for this role is $21.00/hour. Note: The final compensation for this position may consider factors including the geographic location where the work is performed (candidate’s assigned office) and prior work experience of the candidate

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.

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Central Academic Staffing Operations Manager 

by | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

Job Description

Title: Central Academic Staffing Operations Manager

Location: US-Remote

What We’re Looking For:

The Central Academic Student Support Organization is known as TLG;Tutors, Learning assistants, Graders.

The TLG organization comprises three teams providing centralized academic support to boot camp students. Most TLG student support staff are part-time, and hiring is done continually.

This role organizes the hiring, onboarding, and training of new TLG staff and other HR-related tasks.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

  • Collaborate with TLG management and cross-functionally with recruitment to ensure data-driven decisions for TLG hiring. Ensuring roles are filled in a sustainable way that optimizes student support.
  • Work collaboratively and effectively across functional units (Compensation, Benefits, HRIS, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and University Partners) to drive global HR priorities and initiatives to impact the business.
  • Partner with the assigned business unit leadership to provide strategic consultation on various areas, including performance management, employee engagement, development, efficiency improvements, and organizational effectiveness.
  • Consult with senior management to influence and facilitate the development of their organizational priorities and related change initiatives. Lead change management activities for specific client groups.
  • Collaborate with newly hired TLGs to organize and coordinate work schedules for new staff.
  • Coordinate the development and automation of function hiring and training utilizing an LMS platform.
  • Coordinate cross-team communications related to TLG promotions and resignations, conducting exit interviews as necessary.
  • Collaborate with HR as needed for performance reviews and performance improvement plans.
  • Ensure candidate compliance with all local, state, and federal labor laws, collaborating and supporting HR as necessary.
  • Report pertinent recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training, termination, and resignation metrics.
  • Advocate for our company culture. Ensure that culture is the central tenet in our choices and the advice HR provides to the company in maintaining a culture of accountability and trust.
  • Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Management and Development: Will play an integral part in streamlining current SOPs and developing new ones.

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

  • At least 3-5 years of related work experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to generate creative solutions to lead to a positive culture
  • Strong organizational and communication skills (written and oral) and proven ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of constituents in several different settings.
  • You have experience making difficult decisions with cross-functional teams and driving the adoption of new policies.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to make timely decisions and demonstrate good judgment
  • Exceptional customer service orientation, ability to tailor the approach for different audiences
  • Agility and willingness to adapt to change, shift course, alter approaches and assume new responsibilities in a fast-paced environment

About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)

2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners.

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.

Benefits & Culture

Working at 2U means working with individuals that are passionate and mission driven. We collaborate on tough problems to deliver the best outcomes for our partners, students, and each other. You will find team members working together in our open office spaces, gathered in the kitchen grabbing a snack, or taking a break in our game rooms.

2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life insurance, disability and 401(k)
  • Unlimited snacks and drinks
  • Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO
  • Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break

In Colorado, the anticipated base salary for this role is$85,000.00 with potential bonus and equity eligibility. Note: The final compensation for this position may consider factors including the geographic location where the work is performed (candidate’s assigned office) and prior work experience of the candidate.

To learn more, visit 2U.com. #NoBackRow

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.

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