Engagement Type
Contract
Short Description
DMAS SAS Developer for Medicaid Care Management and Encounter Processing Solutions
1 year duration expected
Interviews: IN PERSON ONLY (No Exceptions)
Complete Description
Please be aware: DMAS will conduct IN PERSON INTERVIEWS ONLY. If your candidate cannot commit to coming ON SITE to interview then do not submit them. If they agree to an inperson interview then request to change to Virtual (web based) IV for any reason they will be removed from consideration. No Exceptions.
ON SITE REQUIREMENT: The Mgr requires that the contractor be ON SITE 2 days a week at the DMAS office for the first month then there is some flexibility (re remote work) after that. The contractor MUST attend in person when required (no exceptions). We will not consider anyone that cannot meet this expectation.
Parking is NOT provided for contractors.
About the Role
The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services has an immediate need for a Medicaid SAS developer with expertise in SAS Enterprise Guide visual analytics and in the design of data conversion strategy realtime analytics and reporting solutions for the Care Management (CRMS) and Encounter Processing (EPS) Solutions within the Medicaid Enterprise Solution (MES).
Responsibilities include:
Identifying data sources and data elements to meet business requirements
Creating and supporting automated data extracts and interface processes
Creating extract files reports analytics dashboards
Modifying existing processes to meet business requirements
Designing developing and testing solutions that meet complex business requirements
Working with business users to understand requirements
Working independently and collaboratively with other team members and stakeholders at all levels of the
organization external agencies CMS VITA and vendors
Working on multiple assignments concurrently and meet important target dates
Required/Desired Skills
Skill | Required/Desired | Amount | of Experience |
Experience with SAS Enterprise Guide visual analytics for data analysis and reporting | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience with data architecture data integration data visualization reporting and process automation | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience with SAS (programming) R PL/SQL | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience with Oracle DB2 MS SQL Server | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience with ETL tools Business Analytics tools | Required | 5 | Years |
Demonstrated ability to design develop and test solutions for complex solutions that meet user and agency requirements | Required | 5 | Years |
Development experience using Software Development Life Cycle methodologies | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience communicating verbally and in writing with technical colleagues and business users | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience providing accurate estimates of effort and duration to complete assignments | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience creating documentation to include technical design flow diagrams test results and user documentation | Required | 5 | Years |
Experience working with SAS scheduler | Required | 1 | Years |
Experience creating CI/CD pipelines and software build automation in one or more platforms. (Jenkins Azure DevOps AWS CodePipeline) | Required | 2 | Years |
Experience with GIT version control software and GIT workflows | Required | 2 | Years |
Experience with Data Warehousing ETL Architecture Business Intelligence Data Modeling Data Governance | Highly desired | 5 | Years |
Experience with Production Support and issue resolution | Highly desired | 5 | Years |
Experience with MongoDB | Highly desired | 2 | Years |
Experience with SAS Viya | Highly desired | 1 | Years |
Experience with SAS Administration | Highly desired | 1 | Years |
Experience with Qlik | Nice to have | 1 | Years |
Working knowledge of JSON XML multischema files parquet etc. | Highly desired | 2 | Years |
Experience with Talend | Nice to have | 1 | Years |
Questions
| Description |
Question 1 | Commonwealth of Virginia security policies prohibit the use of offshore IT contractors. Do you attest to the fact that your candidate will physically reside within the US for the duration of the assignment |
Question 2 | Please list candidates email address. |
Question 3 | In what city and state does your candidate currently reside If you put Richmond and the candidates phn# and locations on resume do not confirm they are local to RVA then PLEASE upload either a recent (local) utility bill or drivers license with their name and local RVA address to confirm this. Do this AT TIME OF SUBMIITAL as I may not have time to revisit their submittal on the day resumes are due to the mgr. |
Question 4 | Mgr requires that the contractor on ONSITE 2 days a week for the first month then there is flexibility for remote after that. Candidate must also be available for ONSITE meetings when required. If selected does your candidate agree to this arrangement |
Question 5 | DMAS will conduct INPERSON INTERVIEWS ONLY. If your candidate cannot commit to coming ON SITE to interview then do not submit them. If they agree to an inperson interview then request to change to Virtual (web based) for any reason they will immediately be removed from consideration. No Exceptions. |