Budget Application, Automation, Artificial Intelligence Support Specialist

🕒 July 13

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

💝 Customer Support

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Aptive Resources

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2012

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Defense • Logistics • Marketing

Aptive Resources is a management consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, specializing in providing innovative solutions to federal government agencies, particularly in veteran and civilian health sectors. With a strong focus on performance optimization, human capital, and data analytics, Aptive aims to improve the quality and accessibility of health care services for veterans and the general public. The company utilizes technology and human-centered services to bridge divides and enhance public service delivery for multiple agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Defense, and others.

📋 Description

• Provide programmatic support to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Specialty Care Program Office under the IHT 2.0 contract vehicle • Design, develop, and modify web-based applications, client-server applications, and OS scripts to automate budget and programmatic workflows • Perform application development and database programming using RDBMS and SQL • Ensure data integrity, performance, and alignment with VA enterprise architecture standards • Implement and integrate COTS software solutions into existing VA system architectures • Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure seamless adoption and minimal operational disruption • Lead and support the full software development lifecycle, including planning, requirements analysis, specification writing, coding, testing, debugging, and production implementation • Document test conditions, develop test data sets, execute program testing, and analyze results to identify defects • Validate solutions against functional and technical requirements • Support users during acceptance testing phases • Research and evaluate emerging automation and artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies • Recommend and prototype enhancements improving budget application performance, reporting capabilities, and process efficiency across VHA program operations

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in application development and programming, including web-based applications, client-server solutions, and scripted process automation • Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field is required • Prior experience supporting federal agency IT programs, preferably within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), VHA, or a comparable federal healthcare or civilian agency environment • Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Position of Public Trust (suitability clearance) • Must be eligible for VA network access and comply with all VA security and privacy requirements, including annual security awareness training • Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship • May be subject to additional background investigation requirements • Proficiency in applying a formal Systems Development Methodology (SDM) • Experience writing program specifications and maintaining technical and process documentation consistent with federal IT project standards • Experience developing or supporting budget management applications, financial systems, or programmatic reporting tools within a federal or VA healthcare environment • Familiarity with VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC), Power Platform (Power Automate/Power BI), or VA's CDW/SQL Server environment • Exposure to artificial intelligence, machine learning, or robotic process automation (RPA) technologies • Knowledge of VA/VHA data governance standards, 508 compliance requirements, FISMA, and NIST SP 800-53 • Experience assisting in development of data models, process models, and project work plans within an Agile or hybrid Agile-Waterfall delivery environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply • Opportunity to work closely with users and collaborate in a federal healthcare environment • Talent Community notifications about matching job opportunities, company news, and upcoming career events