Available IT Career Opportunities

 

Human capital is at the core of our business; so, we invest a lot to promote a healthy work environment and enhance growth opportunities for our Staff.

 

We manifest our culture by inspiring our employees to create value, which instills in them a heightened sense of self-worth and satisfaction in delivering the exact business results our Customers desire. We love the BFI-way and encourage you to consider joining us!

 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in support of a large public sector project. This role will require the candidate to work as part of a team responsible for interviewing, documenting, and validating information gathered within assigned areas. The candidate should be able to perform in a multitasking environment and have worked with smart, mobile devices and computer systems.

Duties

  • Use automated devices (e.g. smart phones or laptop computers) to conduct job activities.
  • Review assigned work to determine organization of neighborhoods and locate households for verifying addresses and/or conducting interviews.
  • Conduct interviews with residents in assigned areas by following stringent guidelines and confidentiality laws. Explain the purpose of the census interview, answer residents’ questions, and elicit information following a script, and record census data on devices and/or paper forms.
  • Update address lists and maps.
  • Validate address and map updates for quality purposes.
  • Comply with accuracy standards while maintaining high acceptable production rates.
  • Maintain and submit records of hours worked, miles driven, and expenses incurred in the performance of duties.
  • Meet/talk with supervisor, as necessary, to review procedures, report issues or concerns, and receive additional instructions.

Qualifications:

  • You are a U.S. citizen
  • You are at least 18 years old.
  • You have a valid Social Security number.
  • You complete the necessary skills assessments.
  • You have a vehicle and valid driver’s license, for many jobs.
  • You pass a background check.
  • You commit to completing training. (You will be paid for this training at a training pay rate.)
  • You have a personal e-mail address.
  • Your current employment does not present a conflict of interest (reviewed on a case-by-case basis).
  • You are currently not employed by the Federal Government.
          Most jobs require employees to:
  • Have access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license, unless public transportation is readily available; and
  • Have access to a computer with Internet and an e-mail account (to complete training).

Preferred Skills:

  • Bi-lingual skills a plus!

*Business Focus, Inc. (BFI) is a Rhode Island based company working with major clients to design, develop, implement, and test automated systems to more efficiently serve customers and improve quality based on industry standards and collaboration.  BFI customers include both large and small clients delivering services for public sector and commercial projects.

Job Type: Temporary

Job Location: Rhode Island

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in support of a large public sector project. This role will require the candidate to work as part of a team responsible for interviewing, documenting, and validating information gathered within assigned areas. The candidate should be able to perform in a multitasking environment and have worked with smart, mobile devices and computer systems.

Duties

  • Use automated devices (e.g. smart phones or laptop computers) to conduct job activities.
  • Review assigned work to determine organization of neighborhoods and locate households for verifying addresses and/or conducting interviews.
  • Conduct interviews with residents in assigned areas by following stringent guidelines and confidentiality laws. Explain the purpose of the census interview, answer residents’ questions, and elicit information following a script, and record census data on devices and/or paper forms.
  • Update address lists and maps.
  • Validate address and map updates for quality purposes.
  • Comply with accuracy standards while maintaining high acceptable production rates.
  • Maintain and submit records of hours worked, miles driven, and expenses incurred in the performance of duties.
  • Meet/talk with supervisor, as necessary, to review procedures, report issues or concerns, and receive additional instructions.

Qualifications:

  • You are a U.S. citizen
  • You are at least 18 years old.
  • You have a valid Social Security number.
  • You complete the necessary skills assessments.
  • You have a vehicle and valid driver’s license, for many jobs.
  • You pass a background check.
  • You commit to completing training. (You will be paid for this training at a training pay rate.)
  • You have a personal e-mail address.
  • Your current employment does not present a conflict of interest (reviewed on a case-by-case basis).
  • You are currently not employed by the Federal Government.
          Most jobs require employees to:
  • Have access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license, unless public transportation is readily available; and
  • Have access to a computer with Internet and an e-mail account (to complete training).

Preferred Skills:

  • Bi-lingual skills a plus!

*Business Focus, Inc. (BFI) is a Rhode Island based company working with major clients to design, develop, implement, and test automated systems to more efficiently serve customers and improve quality based on industry standards and collaboration.  BFI customers include both large and small clients delivering services for public sector and commercial projects.

Job Type: Temporary

Job Location: Rhode Island

ONLY THOSE WHO ARE INDEPENDENT AND FREE TO WORK FOR ANY EMPLOYER WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Job Description:

Seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to join our project team to provide development and sustainment services for our clients, both pre and post-implementation. This candidate will implement and/or support of various client applications.

Responsibilities include working with System Architects and Business Analysts to understand business requirements and solutions architecture. Not only will candidates be joining a project team, they will be joining a team of resources dedicated to delivering client engagements from an off-site location focused on common tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Job Qualifications:

  • Experience in at least one or more scripting language such as Shell, Perl or VBScript.
  • Strong expertise with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment tools
  • Strong expertise with understanding basics of Linux and Windows based OS deployments and configuring application containers for them
  • Experience in administration and configuration of continuous integration tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Chef or Puppet.
  • Experience in administration of source code management tools such as Subversion, CVS or similar.
  • Experience with build frameworks and technologies such as ANT, MAVEN, Nexus.
  • Experience in working with build projects for large distributed JEE applications.
  • Experience in deployment patterns for WebSphere and Java applications
  • Experience in understanding network file systems, FTP, SSL and SNMP in the context of configuration and build activities
  • Experience in code merges for large multiple streams including complex merges of reference data
  • Experience in integrating builds for large metadata tools
  • Familiarity with workspace and build management for common components
  • Experience working with transactional database systems; i.e., Oracle, SQL Server, DB2
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Good knowledge of software implementation best practices
  • Experience using automated code review tool like Find Bugs
  • Knowledge of XML/XSL and Web-services development
  • Working experience of writing Database queries in ORACLE or SQL SERVER or DB2 platform using tools like TOAD or similar

Preferences:

  • Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment.
  • Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • Ability to understand coding standards and guidelines followed in the project
  • Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software is necessary
  • Candidate should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral
  • Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices
  • Ability to multi-task & support multiple priorities
  • Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
  • 2 plus years of experience in Continuous Integration tools such as Chef, Jenkins, Bamboo or Puppet
  • Experience in Public Sector Projects is a plus

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

ONLY THOSE WHO CAN WORK USING A W-2 WILL BE CONSIDERED.

We are looking for Software Testers to join the Team. Experience with Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES) is a plus!

This role is a great opportunity for a motivated self-starter looking to grow his or her skill set while making a tangible contribution to continuous improvement of test processes, procedures, and tools on an important program with an international footprint.

Required Skills:

  • Unix (PowerShell) Scripting using Putty
  • SQL query development
  • SOAP UI
  • Interface testing (XML required; 834 EDI highly desirable)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Test case and test scenario development and execution
  • Experience testing on an integrated eligibility system (highly desirable)
  • Client-facing skills/experience
  • Test data creation and management experience
  • Previous health care / insurance industry experience

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Experience:

  • Testing: 1 year
  • Integrated Eligibility System (IES): 1 year

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a major, large-scale development and implementation project. The automated solution is an enterprise web-based application supporting statewide health and human services program areas. In addition, to working as part of a large team you will work with new tools and processes supporting multiple departments within state government.

The training team will work to functionally and organizationally prepare and support the implementation of Rhode Island’s new Integrated Eligibility System (IES).

Responsibilities:

  • Testing – To familiarize site support staff with the RIIES system, functionality, and flows
  • Training – To provide system training to state workers as it applies to the Rhode Island Integrated Eligibility System (RIIES). Also to ensure adequate classroom coverage and support
  • Change Management Activities – To ensure site workers understand the delta between the current state business processes, as well as, roles and responsibilities and how those will be impacted by the implementation of RIIES
  • Organizational Readiness – Ensuring sites where RIIES will be deployed are prepared to implement the system
  • Site Support – To provide functional support and initial triage of issues that arise for RIIES users

The role and chronologic order of responsibilities allow team members to build their knowledge of RIIES prior to implementation and play an integral role in preparation for and support of the implementation of the system.

Qualifications:

  • Two-year degree or equivalent experience with technology projects.
  • Experience with information technology training tasks.
  • Experience in identifying and documenting defects.
  • Good organizational skills
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills.Preferred Skills
  • Previous experience in health care.

Business Focus, Inc. (BFI) is a Rhode Island based company specializing in working with major clients to design, implement, and test automated systems supporting commercial, state and local health and human services projects. Our services are focused on improving quality using key performance indicators, industry standards and collaboration. BFI customers include both large and small clients.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Education:

  • Associate

Training:

  • 2 years

Exciting opportunity to join our team in support of a large public sector information technology project. This role will require the candidate to support the imaging team for the statewide Integrated Eligibility project. The candidate should be able to perform in a fast-paced environment to scan and index a large number of documents.

Qualifications:

  • Experience in working with computer systems.
  • Basic computer skills.
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Minimum of Associate Degree or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred Skills
  • Previous experience in health care / public sector environments.
  • Previous experience with Scanning and Indexing systems.

Business Focus, Inc. (BFI) is a Rhode Island based company working with major clients to design, implement, and test automated systems to more efficiently serve customers and improve quality based on industry standards and collaboration. BFI customers include both large and small clients delivering services for commercial, as well as, state and local health and human services system integration projects.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Experience:

  • Information Technology: 1 year
  • Scanning documents using a system: 1 year

ONLY THOSE WHO CAN WORK USING A W2 WILL BE CONSIDERED.

We are looking for a strong Technical Analyst to join the IV&V team.

Responsibilities:

  • Providing technical assistance and oversight, analyzing and documenting existing systems, databases, and developing technical requirements
  • Technical planning of hardware and software to support system implementation projects
  • Providing technical recommendations based on research and analyst of existing environments

Candidate Preferred Experience:

  • Expertise in analyzing and making recommendations on improving technology infrastructure.
  • Experience addressing the technical aspects of the project, including gathering and assessing the technical requirements and some aspects of the business areas.
  • Experience in working within a PMO process
  • Experience with J2EE, .Net , JAVA and SQL
  • Experience in the execution of QA testing of applications including test practices, sample scripts and bug fixes.
  • Experience with strategy and planning for development and testing of conversions
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • IV&V experience a plus!

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Experience:

  • Technical Analyst: 1 year

ONLY THOSE WHO CAN WORK USING A W2 WILL BE CONSIDERED.

A dynamic and challenging position on the IV&V Team.

The Technical Analyst contributes by assessing and documenting technical decisions that are implemented across business systems and IT in order to support the business and IT strategy. Perform research, analyze, design, propose, and deliver IT architecture recommendations that are appropriate for the business and IT strategy.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for auditing to ensure robust, secure, scalable systems across n-tier platforms. The Analyst will be responsible for evaluating and incorporating emerging standards and new technologies.
  • Work with the business, and technology areas to assess technical structures based on the existing standards and processes that meets the strategic needs of the business and integrates with other business and IT Processes.
  • Document issues that arise in the technology infrastructure. This may include reviewing designs and recommending improvements to the architecture.
  • Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles. Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
  • Recommend technology infrastructure, policies, processes, and procedures to proactively protect, monitor, investigate and resolve threats to a secure user environment and assets

Qualifications:

  • Experience with and knowledge of human services programs, Eligibility/Benefits Programs.
  • Experience with Affordable Care Act systems Experience with JAMA/JIRA
  • Experience working in a collaborative team environment Understanding of systems design and development processes
  • Testing on large scale, mission critical systems
  • Experience in quality control and IV&V for developing web-based applications and/or mainframe
  • Experience with structured testing, reporting, and issue management
  • Programming analysis and support in an IBM CICS ADABAS environment using COBOL and Natural programming languages
  • Experience with J2EE, .Net , JAVA and SQL

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Experience:

  • Technical Architect: 1 year
  • IV&V: 1 year

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a major, large scale information technology project. The automated solution is an enterprise web based application supporting statewide health and human services program areas. In addition, to working as part of a large team you will work with new tools and processes supporting multiple departments within state government.

Responsible for operational readiness of training environment. Responsibilities include; executing test cases, smoke testing environment, remediate software issues, provide technical/functional support for fixing issues. Co-ordinate with DEV/test team to help prioritize fixes and be the first line of support for training team.

Qualifications:

  • Sound knowledge of java, servlets, EJB, Web services, spring, hibernate and oracle.
  • Highly motivated team player with great attitude.
  • Able to work independently or in a team environment.
  • Minimum 2 years work-related experience.

Business Focus, Inc. (BFI) is a Rhode Island based company partnering with major clients to design, implement, and test automated systems to improve quality based on industry standards and collaboration. BFI customers include both large and small clients delivering services for commercial, as well as, state and local health and human services system integration projects.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Experience:

  • Java Developer: 1 year

ONLY THOSE WHO CAN WORK USING A W2 WILL BE CONSIDERED

Job Description:

Seeking a talented Linux Administrator to join our project team to provide development and sustainment services for our clients, both pre and post-implementation. This candidate will be a key software developer for the implementation and/or support of various client applications. Responsibilities include working with System Architects and Business Analysts to understand business requirements and solutions architecture. Not only will candidates be joining a project team, they will be joining a team of resources dedicated to delivering client engagements from an off-site location focused on common tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Job Qualifications:

  • Good design and deployment level knowledge of large Linux environments with firewall, network load balancers, and OS security.
  • Strong knowledge of Samba or other cross OS platform technologies including enabling secure NFS
  • Experience with integration between Linux and Active Directory
  • Linux 5.X, 6.X and 7.X experience including upgrade and migration
  • Strong experience in implementing role-based access control to secure servers, file systems and web resources in Linux
  • Exposure and understanding of web servers like tomcat or Apache or WebSphere
  • Basic operating knowledge of WebSphere Application Server for operational administration and deployment support
  • Strong knowledge of packages in Linux such as Red Hat Satellite, Samba, MySQL and FTP
  • Ability to analyze system logs and work with log aggregation and analysis tools such as Splunk
  • Exposure and understanding of configuring proxies
  • Exposure and understanding of server shell scripting in a Windows environment
  • Good understanding of ANT, shell and Perl scripts
  • Good understanding of build and deploy procedures
  • Strong experience in working with server teams and understanding of server configurations for large JEE applications
  • Strong understanding of configuring clustering and load balancing for server products
  • Strong understanding of content switches, both hardware and software based
  • Strong understanding of network file systems

Preferences:

  • Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.
  • Experience with Chef and Puppet, preferably experience in implementing container deployments on a similar technology
  • Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software is necessary.
  • Candidate should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player
  • Strong background in server administration, network configuration for applications, firewall ports and security integration using Active Directory
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral
  • Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices
  • Ability to multi-task & support multiple priorities / multiple deliverables
  • Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
  • Any OS certifications are a plus
  • Red Hat Certified Linux Engineer or Oracle Solaris Certified Unix Administrator

Required Skills:

  • 3 plus years of experience with Linux administration
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

ONLY THOSE WHO CAN WORK USING A W2 WILL BE CONSIDERED.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large-scale information technology project. The system is an enterprise application supporting statewide health and human services program areas. You will work as part of a large team maintaining and enhancing a public-sector system.

Skilled (3 to 5 years experience)

Position Description:

  • 3 years experience in PL/SQL development
  • 3 years experience with UNIX scripting language
  • 3 years experience with UNIX operating system
  • Knowledge of Visual Studio
  • Knowledge of Python
  • Experience writing Business Requirements and Specification documentation
  • Clear verbal and written communications skills

Minimum Education and Certifications

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Rhode Island

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a major, large scale information technology project. The automated solution is an enterprise web-based application supporting statewide health and human services program areas. In addition, to working as part of a large team you will work with new tools and processes supporting multiple departments within state government.

The Site Support team will work to functionally and organizationally prepare and support the implementation of Rhode Island’s new Integrated Eligibility System (IES) through December 2016.

Responsibilities:

  • Testing – To familiarize site support staff with the RIIES system, functionality, and flows
  • Change Management Activities – To ensure site support workers understand the delta between the current state business processes, as well as, roles and responsibilities and how those will be impacted by the implementation of RIIES
  • Training – To provide site support staff exposure to state workers and situation based questions as they apply to RIIES. Also to ensure adequate classroom coverage and support
  • User Acceptance Testing and Pilot Support – To provide site support staff exposure to specific RIIES scenarios and how the functionality handles them
  • Organizational Readiness – Ensuring sites where RIIES will be deployed are prepared to implement the system
  • Site Support – To provide functional support and initial triage of issues that arise for RIIES users

The role and chronologic order of responsibilities allow team members to build their knowledge of RIIES prior to implementation site and play an integral role in preparation for and support of the implementation of the system.

Qualifications:

  • Two-year degree or equivalent experience with technology projects.
  • Familiarity with writing, and executing test cases for software projects.
  • Experience in identifying and documenting defects.
  • Ability to learn and apply new tools to support the effort.
  • Good organizational skills
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills.

Preferred Skills:

  • Previous experience in health care.

Required Education:

  • Associate

Required Experience:

  • Technology Projects: 1 year

Job Location: Rhode Island

ONLY THOSE WHO CAN WORK USING A W2 WILL BE CONSIDERED**

Job Description:

Seeking a talented Senior Oracle Database Analyst to join our project team to provide development and sustainment services for our clients, both pre and post-implementation. This candidate will be a key team member for the implementation and/or support of various client applications. Responsibilities include working with System Architects and Business Analysts to understand business requirements and solutions architecture. Not only will candidates be joining a project team, they will be joining a team of resources dedicated to delivering client engagements from an off-site location focused on common tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Job Requirements:

  • Experience in Oracle Database (8i, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c)
  • Strong skills in both logical and physical database design/modeling
  • Strong skills in identifying and fixing database issues related to deadlock, abnormal application lock, contention, etc.
  • Strong skills in performance tuning of SQL queries
  • Strong skills in maintaining multiple databases and to support development team
  • Strong skills in writing Stored Procedures, Packages, Triggers, Views
  • Experience in writing shell/batch scripts for processes like RMAN, VERITAS backups, debug instance/database crash/recovery
  • Experience with backup and recovery and Security
  • Manage day-to-day database operations, monitor and maintain schema objects
  • Experience with Database replication tools
  • Experience with JEE/WEB applications are a plus

Experience:

5-7 Years of application development experience with at least 2 to 3 years focused on database design and/or development activities

Preferences:

  • Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.
  • Ability to quickly learn new concepts is necessary.
  • Candidate should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player and exhibit exceptional relationship management skills.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral
  • Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices while leading and mentoring a team of developers.
  • Ability to understand methodologies and tools used for delivery and display a passion to follow and devise processes for improving quality
  • Ability to multi-task & support multiple priorities / multiple deliverables
  • Ability to understand requirements and turn them to useful client deliverables using a team
  • Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Oracle certifications are a plus

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large scale information technology project. The system is an enterprise application supporting statewide health and human services program areas. You will work as part of a large team maintaining and enhancing a public sector system.

 

Skilled (3 to 5 years experience)

 

Position Description:

  • 3 years hands-on experience in the IT/software development industry with specific focus on business analysis and web application development
  • 3 years of experience in Traditional website design and Responsive Web Design
  • 4 years of object oriented web application design and development using NET technologies
  • Mobile Application Software patterns for Microsoft based Smartphones and Tablets
  • Experience with Powerbuilder 12 or Active server pages is a must
  • Experience with C#, MVC/ ASP.NET, and Visual Studio
  • Experience with SQL,ADO.NETand Entity Framework
  • Experience with HTML,CSS, Java, Javascript
  • Knowledge of UI/UX concepts and design
  • Knowledge of OOP best practices
  • Knowledge of Mobile Application Software patterns for Microsoft based Smartphones and Tablets [Microsoft Surface]
  • Knowledge of Python a plus

Minimum Education and Certifications

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Rhode Island

 

Required Experience:

 

Powerbuilder: 5 years

We are looking for an experienced Business Analyst to join our BFI Team. The role will support this critical project by gathering and documenting business requirements and verifying all requirements have been met. The right candidate should have extensive SQL experience. This is an exciting opportunity in a face-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitation/attendance of business requirements gathering meetings
  • Maintain traceability and requirements trackers
  • Document requirement-related meeting minutes and decisions
  • Elicitation of business requirements from business stakeholders
  • Creation and maintenance of detail business requirements documents
  • Collaborate with both QA and business oriented project team members to validate test data results

Qualifications:

  • Ability to facilitate efforts to elicit, analyze, validate, and document business requirements
  • Ability to verify data that results meet approved requirements
  • Experience writing/maintaining business requirements documentation
  • Experience generating drafts of new requirements without extended oversight
  • Extensive experience writing and using SQL
  • Ability to come up to speed rapidly on understanding existing processing, data, and systems
  • Experience working with business and technology team members to ensure seamless integration of business functionality and requirements throughout the SDLC process
  • Experience providing rapid turnaround of new requirement artifacts
  • Strong ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.
  • Experience with and adhering to PMO methodology and project standards.

Job Type: Contract

Job Location: Rhode Island

Required Education:

  • Bachelor’s

Required Experience:

  • Business Analysis: 2 years

SQL: 1 year

For more information on joining our BFI Team, please send your resume to or contact BJ Murray at bjmurray@businessfocus-inc.com. Please note which open positions may interest you.

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