Security Clearance required:

　　Public Trust

　　Job Description

　　Cognosante is seeking to fill a SharePoint Modernization Specialist position in support of VA Cloud Operations and Migration Services (COMS) capability to provide operational input and support for the operations, maintenance, and refinement of VA’s Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environment, execution support for migrating new and legacy VA applications and services to cloud computing and continuous improvement of VA’s IT infrastructure. The SharePoint Modernization Specialist will support our VA clients in their cloud operations to enhance, optimize, and maintain their computing capabilities across their technical landscape. This includes providing Tier II support for Microsoft Office 365, including Exchange email and SharePoint in a large environment covering approximately 172,000 sites, designing, innovating, implementing, and supporting Microsoft SharePoint solutions.

　　Key responsibilities

　　Design and implement Office 365 and related technologies, including but not limited to Exchange Online, Exchange Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS Active Directory Synchronization)

　　Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on SharePoint projects and issues with project outcome accountability

　　Assist in training end-users during all upgrade phases

　　Develop solutions for data migrations from an Office 365 Microsoft Private Cloud to the Government Cloud Computing environment

　　Analyze customer needs and document requirements and design technical solutions

　　Provide on-call support, 24 hours per day for 7 days per week (24/7) and assure timely resolution of problems. Work schedules may have to be adjusted for non-primetime maintenance windows.

　　Lead technical meetings and discussions

　　Required Qualifications

　　5 years of SharePoint Migration experience within the IT project field

　　Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other engineering or technical discipline or equivalent (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)

　　Minimum of six (6) years setting up, configuring and using Azure cloud operational tools to ensure service level agreements and performance targets are met, and continued compliance with policies, standards and guidelines.

　　Extensive experience and knowledge to design, code, test, debug and document software in a variety of programming languages.

　　Knowledge of the latest programming languages and techniques.

　　Extensive experience in creating strategies for developing IT systems and applications. Has experience in evaluating alternative approaches and selecting optimal approaches.

　　Demonstrated experience and proficiency with SharePoint Content management.

　　Demonstrated experience and proficiency with developing Power Apps, Canvas, Power Automate, and Microsoft recommended practices where it concerns modernizations.

　　Demonstrated experience and proficiency with InfoPath Development.

　　Experience with triage and diagnosis of issues with Power Automates, PowerApps and Infopath.

　　Understanding of and basic PowerBI development and troubleshooting.

　　Must be a U.S. citizen.

　　Candidates that do not meet the required qualifications will not be considered.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Previous Federal Government experience preferably at VA

　　Experience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or above

　　One or more Microsoft or Amazon cloud certifications

　　ITIL certification or experience with ITIL

　　Active clearance for Public Trust (High-Risk) Position

　　Microsoft certifications such as MCSD, MCTS, MCPD, MCSE, MCSA

　　Strong troubleshooting skills

　　Strong written and verbal communication skills

　　Microsoft Certification

　　Experience with server virtualization, storage, and networking

　　Prior experience with Microsoft Government Computing Cloud (GCC) Migrations and/or Microsoft Commercial Cloud migrations

　　Experience designing and implementing Microsoft Office 365, Exchange Server, SharePoint, and Active Directory

　　Direct experience migrating from SharePoint on-premise/hosted to SharePoint online through various migration methods (Cutover, Staged, Hybrid)

　　Experience with provisioning a virtualized cloud service environment

　　Knowledge of cloud system engineering principles and considerations

　　Experience with and/or deep understanding of Microsoft collaboration stack, including Office 365, Skype for Business, and SharePoint online

　　Proficient with PowerShell, PowerShell Workflow, and troubleshooting PowerShell ISE

　　ITIL v3 foundation knowledge

　　Consulting experience with large scale migrations to Microsoft Office 365/SharePoint

　　Experience with Shargate Software with SharePoint Online.

　　Experience with PowerBI development and troubleshooting

　　Experience with DataVerse and how to use and interface with SharePoint Online.

　　What We Offer  

　　Our mission is to provide comprehensive and competitive pay, benefits, services, and programs to eligible employees and their dependents that: 

　　Ensure optimal health and productivity of our employees  

　　Support employee retention and attraction 

　　Provide work/life balance to ensure our employees succeed inside and outside of the office 

　　Compensation

　　$113,927.72 - $187,981.83

　　The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may be taken into consideration - contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of Cognosante’s total compensation package for employees. It is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee.

　　Cognosante will not provide sponsorship for employment-based immigration benefits for this position.

　　What We Promise  

　　Cognosante employees are inspired by our bold mission to improve lives. To achieve this mission, we put our people first. No matter where they're located around the nation, our innovative workplaces enable individuals to apply their skills and experience to work toward a greater good.

　　We foster a winning culture of solution creators built on innovation, collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance. And we invest in the next generation of diverse talent to foster an inclusive, progressive, adaptable workplace that prioritizes advancement for all. As an affirmative action employer, we are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.  

　　Your safety during your job search is important. Recruiting communications will always be sent through one of the following corporate domain emails (@cognosante.com or @accurate.com).

　　We will never send communications through any other domain, including @cognosantecareers.com, @gmail.com or @yahoo.com). We will never request payment from you, nor will we send payment to you, prior to your start date. If you have been asked to send or receive any payment, or if you have any doubt about whether you have been contacted by a Cognosante employee, please contact us at [email protected]

　　At Cognosante, we innovate with purpose. Each day, we create meaningful change by delivering mission-driven solutions for healthcare, civilian, and defense government agencies. When you work at Cognosante, you’ll apply your talents and grow your career with an organization that believes in the missions of our customers – and the right every employee has to an inclusive, flexible, and collaborative workplace. Work with us, and you’ll be challenged and supported—and have the platform to elevate your career to wherever your professional aspirations lead.​

　　Get to know Cognosante employees

　　We’re driven by our customers’ missions, and measure success by how we improve lives.

　　We believe innovative solutions start with an innovative culture.

　　We believe customer understanding is the key to creating innovative solutions.

　　We know we are stronger together, and we value the diversity of our people.

　　We believe growth should be a core job benefit.

　　Like many other companies, Cognosante has been targeted by scammers making fraudulent job offers to potential candidates. As shared on our company website (https://cognosante.com/careers/) , communications from Cognosante recruiting are only sent with an official corporate domain email (e.g., @cognosante.com) and not a commercial domain e-mail (e.g., @gmail.com or @yahoo.com)). We will never request payment from an applicant, nor will we send payment to an applicant, prior to that individual’s start date.

　　We want to recommend a couple of ways that you can report this incident and take action against these scams:

　　-The FBI: File a Complaint (https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FileComplaint)

　　-The FTC: Report Fraud (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/)

　　Also, if you're not sure where to report the scam, you can find some guidance here: Where to report scams | USAGov (https://www.usa.gov/where-report-scams) .