Skyward
We are Skyward.
That is, a love for people, for improvement, for human advancement through information technology. We are a people-centered business with a desire to serve others. We are diverse and unified; creative and collaborative; a collection of complementary, not competing talents. And though on the surface we remain relaxed, beneath, a torrent of energy links us to our civic tech mission.
We stand by our values, and we won’t compromise on any of them.
Integrity: We’re conscientious, intentional, and empathetic. Our words and actions align. That’s our character. Please don’t ask us to play another part, we’re poor actors.
Compassionate: If we may borrow a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” Because our team is thoughtful and supportive, caring deeply for each other, our clients, and our work, this comes naturally.
Inquisitive: We remain students by failing openly and turning lessons into solutions.
Unconventional: For us, life isn’t what happens outside of work. Work happens inside of life and our culture erases the line often dividing the two.
Authentic: Made possible only because we embody the values listed above. We’re relaxed and fun yet intensely curious and driven. Team members are placed with thought, care, and precision to ensure that Trust, Truth, and Transparency continue to represent our brand.
Because of that, we continue Onward, Upward, and Skyward.
We need an Engineering Lead.
Do your friends think of you as the go-to for their software engineering questions? Or maybe they’re envious of your unwavering commitment to self-improvement and self-awareness, and your ability to influence others. If this sounds like you, and you’d like to put your technical expertise and strategic insight to the test, then stop thinking about it and apply!
Come join us if you’re motivated to learn from others, to learn from mistakes, to be part of a future-looking and growth-oriented team.
Let’s go Skyward together.
What you’ll do:
- Be on a team supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) endeavor to modernize enterprise systems’ access, reducing manual effort, improving data accuracy, and enhancing transparency for stakeholders. Oh, and utilizing cutting-edge NLP and LLM techniques.
- Assess and document gaps in the operation of CMS enterprise systems, their integrations and areas for improvement. Review the operations, software, data quality and completeness particularly from the CMS System Census, to determine if there are any gaps or inconsistencies.
- Identify immediate automation opportunities that will bring a meaningful and noticeable impact to end users and stakeholders.
- Monitor the health of the operations and backend integrations. Monitor scheduled jobs and the health of enduring capabilities of the system to make sure it can operate.
- Offer strategic direction, best practices, and innovative solutions in the realm of enterprise software architecture.
- Use existing prototype capabilities to identify the technological composition of systems, such as scanning code and tapping into various unstructured data sources.
- Assess the current landscape, identifying gaps, opportunities, and areas for improvement in digital strategy and management.
- Design, recommend, and implement enterprise governance frameworks, ensuring quality and compliance.
What we’d like you to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in data strategy and data management, preferably within large-scale programs or enterprises.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, CI/CD pipelines and open-source programming languages.
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks, data quality tools, and data management platforms.
- Proven ability to drive transformational change in data practices.
- Exceptional analytical skills paired with the ability to translate data insights into actionable strategic recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills, with a knack for presenting complex data concepts in an understandable manner.
- A keen understanding of industry trends, challenges, and the evolving data landscape.
What would blow us away:
- Previous experience supporting CMS.
Skyward IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
All candidates must have Work Authorization in the United States.
Offers of employment with Skyward IT Solutions, LLC are contingent upon acceptable results of a background investigation.