DataStaff, Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Dynatrace Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Atlanta, GA. *This position is hybrid; the candidate's first day is onsite and onsite on an as-needed basis.
Responsibilities: Under limited supervision, coordinates, designs, and secures computer databases to store, track, and maintain a large volume of critical business information. Serves as highest advanced-level subject matter expert, providing authoritative guidance for professional staff. May also serve in a lead role.
Monitoring & Observability:
Configure, maintain, and optimize monitoring solutions using Dynatrace.
Enable end-to-end visibility across infrastructure, systems, and applications.
Develop dashboards, alerts, and health checks to ensure system health and reliability.
Monitor service performance and availability and set alert thresholds to minimize false positives.
Support monitoring of databases, middleware, and network components.
Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams to identify trends and capacity needs.
Proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact production.
Application Monitoring:
Use Dynatrace to monitor application performance and transaction flows.
Support synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring.
Work closely with application teams to ensure comprehensive monitoring coverage.
Assist in troubleshooting performance issues at both the application and system level.
Incident Support:
Participate in incident response efforts related to performance and availability.
Provide monitoring insights during troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
Identify and close monitoring gaps.
Continuous Improvement:
Enhance monitoring standards and documentation.
Recommend improvements to monitoring configurations and alert strategies.
Support integration of monitoring tools with IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
5+ years in systems engineering, infrastructure support, or monitoring roles.
5+ years of hands-on experience with Dynatrace or similar APM tools.
Familiarity with Kubernetes or container monitoring.
Experience with ITIL practices and regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, financial services).
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Effective communication and collaboration across teams.
Detail-oriented with a proactive mindset.
Required Skills:
5 Years - Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of staff and management
5 Years - Knowledge of Windows/Linux servers, virtualized environments (VMware), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
5 Years - Experience with scripting or automation tools like PowerShell or Bash (preferred).
5 Years - Basic networking understanding (DNS, TCP/IP, Load balancing).
5 Years - Experience migrating from Dynatrace Managed to SaaS
5 Years - Knowledge of recommending baseline monitoring thresholds, KPI; s and SLA's
5 Years - Familiarity with enterprise log analysis frameworks and tools like Jira or Service Now.
3 Years - Exposure to AWS Solution Architect Professional Certification (Preferred).
This position is available on a corp to corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
Power BI Senior Developer
Location:Atlanta, Georgia
Type:Contract
Job#11888
DataStaff, Inc. is currently seeking a Power BI Senior Developer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Atlanta, GA. *This position is hybrid; the candidate's first day is on-site and onsite on a on-demand basis.
Responsibilities: 1. Semantic Modeling & Data Architecture
Design, develop, and optimize Power BI semantic models using best?practice dimensional modeling techniques (star schema, snowflake, dataflows, shared datasets).
Build enterprise-grade datasets with proper relationships, hierarchies, calculation groups, and incremental refresh.
Collaborate with data engineering teams to define data requirements, improve data quality, and ensure model scalability and maintainability.
Implement data modeling standards that support self-service analytics and governed data access.
2. Advanced DAX Programming
Develop complex DAX measures, calculated columns, and tables to support business logic, KPIs, and analytical insights.
Optimize DAX for performance, readability, and maintainability across large datasets.
Troubleshoot calculation issues and ensure accuracy and consistency across reports and dashboards.
Implement row-level and object-level security (RLS/OLS) within the semantic model.
3. Visualization & Dashboard Development
Build intuitive, visually compelling Power BI dashboards that communicate insights clearly and effectively.
Apply data visualization best practices and data storytelling techniques to support decision-making.
Create interactive features such as drill-throughs, bookmarks, custom visuals, and parameterized reports.
Ensure dashboards meet accessibility, usability, and design standards.
4. SQL Development (Oracle & SQL Server)
Write efficient, well-structured SQL queries, stored procedures, and views to support BI data pipelines.
Perform data profiling, validation, and transformation using SQL in both Oracle and SQL Server environments.
Collaborate with DBAs and data engineers to optimize query performance and ensure data integrity.
5. Power BI Administration & Governance
Manage Power BI Service components, including workspaces, datasets, data gateways, refresh schedules, and capacity utilization.
Support governance initiatives such as dataset certification, naming conventions, documentation, and version control.
Monitor performance, troubleshoot refresh failures, and optimize dataset size and gateway performance.
Assist with tenant-level administration, including user access, licensing, and compliance with organizational policies.
6. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Work closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable BI solutions.
Provide guidance and support to self-service BI users across the organization.
Document data models, DAX logic, SQL scripts, and report specifications.
Participate in Agile or project-based workflows to support the continuous improvement of BI capabilities.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
5+ years of hands-on Power BI development experience.
Strong understanding of relational and dimensional modeling concepts.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Knowledge of enterprise data governance frameworks.
Required Skills:
4 Years - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field.
5 Years - Solid SQL development experience in both Oracle and SQL Server.
5 Years - IT development experience
5 Years - Experience with Power BI administration, including gateways, RLS/OLS, workspace governance, and capacity management
5 Years - Experience as an Oracle BI developer using OBIEE Semantic model (RPD), interactive reports, and dashboards
5 Years - Experience working with large, complex data sets in a multi-system environment
This position is available on a corp to corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
SQL Database Administrator
Location:Richmond, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#11887
DataStaff, Inc is seeking aSQL Database Administrator for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Richmond, VA.
* This role is hybrid; 2-3 days per week on-site
Job Description: Our client is seeking a Database Administrator / Data Engineer with strong experience in migrating on-premises databases to AWS. The candidate will support data platform modernization by assisting with database migration, Python-based data processing, and building AWS data pipelines supporting applications using Amazon RDS and DynamoDB.
Responsible for supporting SQL Server/Cloud BAU operations. supports production stability and performance monitoring by building operational metrics and dashboards for database performance. Develop data quality and performance dashboards to monitor system efficiency and ensure reliable data for reporting and analytics.
The role requires hands-on experience in database migration, data modeling, and AWS data services.
Responsibilities:
Support migration of on-prem databases to AWS
Develop Python scripts for data generation and bulk loads
Build and maintain AWS-based data pipelines
Design and support data models
Support application teams using RDS and DynamoDB
Assist with data validation, migration testing, and performance tuning
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
5 Years in DBA, Data Engineering, or similar role
3 Years of AWS and Snowflake experience
Experience with AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) or a preferred similar tool
Familiarity with services such as S3, Glue, and Lambda
Data Modeling
Experience designing logical and physical data models
Ability to support application teams with schema design
Experience with AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)and data migration service (DMS)
Experience working with large datasets and ETL pipelines
Knowledge of data lake architecture
Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Dynamo Db
Required Skills:
5 Years - On-Prem SQL server to AWS and Snowflake source Data Migration experience
5 Years - Experience migrating/archiving databases from on-premises environments to AWS
5 Years - Experience developing Python scripts for data creation, transformation, and data loads
5 Years - Experience building AWS-based data pipelines using S3, Glue, Lambda
5 Years - Experience supporting application data environments, Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Dynamo DB
5 Years - Hands-on experience in using AWS DB services, including S3, RDS, postgres, DynamoDB, and Snowflake.
5 Years - Core experience of configuring data management practices on AWS using native services such as AWS Glue, AWS Data Zone, AWS Glue Data Catalog, API Gateway
5 Years - Familiarity with version control using tools like GitHub and AWS Code Pipeline
5 Years - Database Administration, Data Engineering, or similar role (AWS, Snowflake) and SQL Server
Desired Skills:
5 Years - Experience with Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) and AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) or similar tools preferred
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
Business Systems Analyst
Location:Richmond, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#11886
DataStaff, Inc is seeking aBusiness Systems Analyst for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Richmond, VA.
* This position is hybrid; 2 days per week will be on-site.
Responsibilities:
Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business systems and user needs.
Formulates systems to parallel overall business strategies.
Leads analysis and solution definition.
Understands the business issues and data challenges of the organization.
Identifies organization's strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement.
Reviews and edits requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution.
Develops functional and non-functional specifications, uses cases and system design specifications for systems.
Conducts effective joint applications development and brainstorming sessions.
Interviews and surveys subject matter experts and stakeholders together requirements.
Understands the agile development and the universal modeling language.
Specializes in analyzing, designing and implementing information systems.
Assess the suitability of information systems in terms of their intended outcomes and liaise with end users, software vendors and programmers to achieve these outcomes.
Plans system data flow from the ground up.
Writes technical requirements from acritical phase, interacts with software architect to understand software limitations.
Helps programmers during system development, e.g., providing use cases, flowcharts, UML and BPMN diagrams.
Documents requirements or contributes to user manuals.
Knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, of applicable programming languages, of computer hardware and software, of computer operating systems, of writing program code, and of automated mapping.
Ability to analyze systems and procedures, to write and revise standards and procedures, to communicate effectively, and to train others.
Identify, understand and plan for organizational and human impacts of planned systems, and ensure that new technical requirements are properly integrated with existing processes and skill sets.
Required Skills:
7 Years - Perform analysis and documentation of business and system interactions.
7 Years - Collaborate in designing integration interfaces between systems
7 Years - Create System Integration Documentation
7 Years - Analyze business applications and document works flows
7 Years - Analyze and document business processes
7 Years - Possess strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to write clearly and effectively
7 Years - Experience in leading and participating in system and application walk-throughs
7 Years - Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements and system design requirements
7 Years - UAT test planning, test case creation and test tracking, coordination, test results evaluation and End user training
2 Years - Financial system upgrade/modernization
Desired Skills:
4 Years - Experience with Agile Methodologies (Kanban and Scrum)
2 Years - Working experience in Health care
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
Java Technical Specialist
Location:Raleigh, North Carolina
Type:Contract
Job#11885
DataStaff, Inc. is currently seeking a Java Technical Specialist for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Raleigh, NC.
* This is a hybrid position. The candidate will be expected to come on-site as policy dictates.
Responsibilities:
Be part of the application maintenance team serving as the technical specialist and consultant by independently managing complex Java projects and providing critical second level 24x7 on-call support.
Work with Business Owners in the translation of customer requests into technical request and userstories
Coordinates software release schedules with the Business and Technical Team
Develops business requirements
Provides testing and training support
Must have proven experience with enterprise level software development programs.
Required Skills
3 Years - Java/JEE, Oracle, and XML for a minimum of 3 years.
3 Years - Web Services, JSP, Servlets, Spring, Struts, Eclipse IDE, and version control tools
3 Years - Application analysis and design, cost analysis, estimating staffing needs, testing, documentation, and implementation
3 Years - Technical helpdesk support
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Math, or Engineering or related technical discipline.
Proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products.
Effective communications in oral and written form
Desired Skills:
Java Certification
Visual C++, .NET, CORBA, EJB, and Hibernate.
This position is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
Survey Evaluator
Location:Raleigh, NC
Type:Contract
Job#11884
DataStaff, Inc is seeking a Survey Evaluator for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Raleigh, NC
*This position is on-site one day a week (normally Wednesdays)
Position Description: The Survey Evaluator is a full-time role that will serve on the Survey Team within the Program Evaluation Unit. The Evaluator is responsible for supporting survey-related efforts with the Benefits’ Quality, Population Health, Evaluation (QPHE) Unit. The Survey Evaluator will engage with teams across QPHE who utilize surveys as an evaluation component.
The Survey Evaluator works under the direction of the Survey Team Lead and works closely with the lead, analysts, and other evaluators on: Consumer-facing surveys that produce Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), provider surveys, initiative/program-specific surveys, and network adequacy call studies.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Survey Management: Support the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of surveys.
Ensure surveys directly fielded by the client, and those fielded for the client by contractors, are:
Providing actionable information or data specifically needed to meet evaluation requirements;
Fielded with appropriate methods and sample frames; and
Written with clear and unambiguous questions and appropriate skip patterns.
Partner Engagement: Serve as a liaison to contractors, other Health and Human Services Divisions, Prepaid Health Plans, Providers, and advocacy organizations on issues related to NC Medicaid surveys. Present results and findings to relevant stakeholders.
Data Analysis: Provide meaningful qualitative and quantitative analysis of survey findings and their impacts on quality and population health policies and programs. Ensure data quality, contribute to report and data brief writing, create legible and accessible tables and figures to summarize findings.
Program/Policy Monitoring: Adjust survey design as NC Medicaid programs and policies are updated and as new legislation is enacted. Stay up-to-date with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) protocol, requirements, and guidelines for survey activities.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Designing valid survey instruments
Designing relevant/specific survey samples
Collecting survey data – experience with multiple modalities (e.g., online, telephone, mail) preferred
Analyzing survey data (both qualitative and quantitative)
Identifying and engaging with relevant and diverse internal and external partners for various components of the survey process
Familiarity with REDCap and/or similar online survey platforms
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Understanding of program evaluation
Demonstrated skill in creating and maintaining collaborative working relationships with internal and external partners
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex material in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams to accomplish organizational goals
Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and project management skills
Self-starter with the ability to manage various workstreams independently with minimal supervision
Minimum Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution in a discipline related to the area of assignment with two years of programmatic experience related to the area of assignment; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Manager’s Preferences:
Master’s degree in related discipline (e.g., public health, population health, statistics, public administration) or three years of programmatic experience related to the area of assignment
Familiarity with Medicaid and health care and associated rules, regulations, and standards
Knowledge and demonstrated experience in health care experience surveys from both consumer and provider perspectives
Experience interpreting and responding to federal monitoring/evaluation requirements and large system pilot projects/initiatives
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
QA Tester
Location:Raleigh, North Carolina
Type:Contract
Job#11882
DataStaff, Inc. is seeking aQA Tester for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Raleigh, NC.
*This is a hybrid position; the contractor should plan to work 1-3 days per month onsite.
Responsibilities:
Provide testing support with the IT Enterprise Testing Team. The support consists of software testing of new releases/upgrades to applications developed for deployment.
Review and analysis of project requirements for clarity, understanding and testability
Development of system test plans and manual test cases
Development of automatic test scripts for functional and performance testing
Execution of the test cases and test scripts
Defect management and reporting
Providing input or creating testing artifacts to include but not be limited to: Test Plans, Test Results, Metrics and Defect Reports
Providing weekly status reports to Management
Required Skills:
5 Years - Experience testing business web applications and complex business applications across technologies
5 Years - Experience in designing test plans, manual test case definition and test case execution, and review and analysis of project requirements
5 Years - Experience with developing automated test scripts
5 Years - Experience with HP Testing Tools Suite (ALM/Quality Center, Quick Test Professional/UFT, LoadRunner/Performance Center and SiteScope
5 Years - Experience developing testing approach, test environment requirements and data strategies
5 Years - Strong, demonstrated documentation skills (test cases, test plans and test artifacts)
5 Years - Strong Microsoft Suite experience (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
5 Years - Experience testing in an Agile life-cycle environment
5 Years - Ability to learn complex business functions
5 Years - Ability to organize/manage own work and meet a pre-determined schedule of deliverables
5 Years - Computer Science Degree or related discipline; professional certification
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
UKG Workforce Dimensions Expert
Location:Raleigh, North Carolina
Remote:Remote
Type:Contract
Job#11881
DataStaff is seeking a UKG Workforce Dimensions Expert for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Raleigh, NC.
*This position is remote
Job Description: Our client is seeking a highly skilled UKG Pro WFM Expert to lead configuration, optimization, and enterprise support of our workforce management platform across multiple facilities, with a strong preference for expertise in Advanced Scheduler.
Responsibilities: System Leadership & Strategy
Serve as the enterprise SME for UKG Workforce Dimensions.
Lead design, configuration, and continuous optimization of Workforce Dimensions modules.
Drive governance and best practices for system standards across facilities.
Provide strategic recommendations for workforce automation and labor cost management.
Advanced Scheduler (Strongly Preferred)
Lead configuration and optimization of Advanced Scheduler, including:
Self-scheduling workflows
Work rules and shift rules
Staffing plans and coverage requirements
Schedule templates and pattern assignments
Overtime equalization and fairness rules
Partner with clinical and operational leaders to ensure alignment between scheduling logic and staffing models.
Configuration & Technical Expertise
Configure pay rules, accrual profiles, timekeeping policies, and labor categories.
Design and maintain integrations (HRIS, Payroll, ERP, EHR, where applicable).
Support data imports, interfaces, and system testing.
Lead upgrades, enhancements, and release management.
Support leadership with labor forecasting insights.
Governance & Support
Establish change control processes for system updates.
Provide Tier 3 escalation support.
Manage vendor relationships and support tickets.
Required Skills:
3 Years - UKG Workforce Dimensions (UKG Pro WFM) experience.
3 Years - Advanced configuration experience in Timekeeping and Accruals.
3 Years - Experience supporting multi-site or enterprise deployments.
Desired Skills:
2 Years - UKG Workforce Dimensions Advanced Scheduler
2 Years - Knowledge of integrations with payroll, HRIS, ERP, or EHR systems
UKG certifications
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.
Help Desk Analyst
Location:Durham, North Carolina
Type:Contract
Job#11878
DataStaff, Inc. is in immediate need of a Help Desk Analyst for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Durham, NC.
* This position is hybrid * Local travel may be required
Responsibilities:
Support the CWS/PATH NC application by assisting outside customers/service providers who are accessing the system.
Requires a high level of customer experience, and is not a hardware-based help desk role.
Acts as a member of the Operations and Maintenance Support Team responsible for monitoring incoming service provider issues unable to be resolved by front line Help Desk staff by diagnosing the root cause and resolving isolated issues or, if required, escalating provider issues to development staff.
Works closely with business and technical teams to troubleshoot issues with a focus on determining root cause to prevent recurrence.
Issues may be referred to specialized business/policy staff, software developers and/or client implementation specialists.
Works with multiple groups to work through complex issues that include replicating, isolating and identifying a root cause while providing workarounds and testing, fixes, and patches, and may assist with setup of staging or test environments.
May recommend product and process improvement strategies based on perceived trends or patterns in field issues.
Will be a liaison between Business, Program Management, System Development and A&I Tech Architects to coordinate any system change requests being created, budgeted, approved and implemented.
Required Skills:
3 Years - Experience and knowledge of browser-based applications.
5 Years- Experience researching, analyzing and interpreting automated system problems.
3 Years -Experience working in an Application/Production Support based (not hardware) help desk environment.
3 Years - Experience in phone-based Customer Service focused roles, being able to think and respond quickly to customer questions.
Desired Skills:
3 Years - Working knowledge of social services and subsidized Child Care / Providers.
3 Years - Broad knowledge of the CWIS/PATH NC application and functionality.
5 Years - Experience writing and running SQL queries.
This opportunity is available as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.
Senior Project Manager
Location:Raleigh, North Carolina
Type:Contract
Job#11877
DataStaff, Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Raleigh, NC.
*This position is hybrid
Job Description: Join our team to transform a legacy mainframe system into a modern, web-based platform that improves usability, accessibility, and scalability. We’re seeking a Senior Project Manager to help lead the work of updating and improving the Child Support System. The project involves moving from an older mainframe system to a newer, web-based system that is easier to use and maintain. This work builds on improvements already underway.
As the Senior Project Manager, you’ll help plan the work, keep teams organized, and make sure everyone involved understands what needs to be done and when. You’ll work closely with DHHS staff, stakeholders, partners, and vendors, and help keep everything moving in a steady, clear, and practical way. You will help guide decisions, work with many different groups, and support day-to-day progress on this long-term effort. You’ll help keep the project on track by bringing people together, solving issues as they come up, and making sure everyone stays aligned as the system continues to grow and improve.
Responsibilities
Lead full-cycle project planning by defining scope, building detailed work plans, creating integrated schedules, and mapping dependencies to ensure all teams are aligned on priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
Drive project execution by coordinating cross-functional teams, monitoring progress against plan, resolving obstacles, and ensuring work is completed on time, within scope, and at the expected quality level.
Maintain strong communication with DHHS staff, technical teams, business partners, and vendors by facilitating meetings, documenting decisions, tracking action items, and ensuring continuous alignment across stakeholders.
Proactively identify and assess risks, issues, and system dependencies, clearly communicating impacts to schedule, scope, and budget. Lead development of mitigation strategies and contingency plans to keep the project stable and moving forward.
Oversee budgets and schedules by tracking progress, analyzing variance, and forecasting resource and funding needs. Adjust plans and priorities as necessary to maintain project performance and compliance with state requirements.
Lead quality assurance activities by driving requirement reviews, test planning, system validation, and defect resolution to ensure all deliverables meet user, technical, and regulatory expectations prior to release.
Deliver clear, timely, and actionable project status communications to leadership, including progress updates, key risks, issues, decisions required, and upcoming milestones to support informed decision-making.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Project Leadership & Delivery
Leading complex, multi-phase IT projects from planning through execution, monitoring, and close-out.
Work with large teams through structured project lifecycles, maintaining alignment and accountability.
Managing PMO processes, governance, documentation, and reporting for initiatives.
Technical Project & Systems Management
Managing large-scale technology modernization, legacy system migration, and system integration projects.
Overseeing web-based application development, system enhancements, and platform updates.
Coordinating with cross-functional technical teams, the architect, developers, stakeholders, vendors, and QA.
Planning, Forecasting & Estimation
Developing detailed roadmaps, project plans, work breakdown structures, and integrated schedules.
Performing effort, cost, and resource estimations; forecasting and modeling future needs for long-term technical initiatives.
Managing budgets, tracking variances, and adjusting plans to maintain schedule and cost baselines.
Risk, Issue & Change Management
Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risks, issues, and dependencies across systems.
Leading cross-team problem-solving and implementing mitigation or contingency strategies.
Supporting structured change management, release readiness, and stakeholder impact assessments.
Agile Delivery & Team Collaboration
Working in Agile environments and guiding Agile teams through sprint planning, backlog refinement, and iterative delivery.
Applying Agile practices to support transparency, velocity, and continuous improvement.
Tools & Technology Proficiency
Experienced user of project management and collaboration tools, including JIRA, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office.
Skilled in managing dashboards, schedules, workflow tracking, and status reporting.
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
Delivering clear, concise communication to executives, business partners, technical teams, stakeholders, partners, and vendors.
Facilitating decision-making, negotiations, and cross-team alignment in complex environments.
Leading diverse stakeholder groups and maintaining strong relationships across agencies and partners.
Required Skills:
4 Years - IT Technical - SDLC and coding familiarity; able to work closely with developers; skilled at translating technical details for business teams
10 Years - Project Leadership & Delivery (Leading enterprise IT projects; project lifecycle management, PMO governance, reporting, coordination)
10 Years - Technical Project & Systems Management (System integration; web-based application development; collaboration with architects and technical teams)
10 Years - Communication & Stakeholder Engagement (Executive level communication; cross team negotiations; delivering clear and actionable project updates)
3 Years - Use of Project Tools (Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, JIRA or similar tools)
Desired Skills:
1 Year - Experience in government, or Child Support programs
Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, Agile, or Scrum Master
This position is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.