Cognosante Jobs

Security Clearance required:

Able to obtain Public Trust

Do you want to make a difference?

Cognosante employees are passionate about improving people’s lives. With an innovative mindset and an unwavering commitment to those we serve, we partner with healthcare, civilian and defense agencies to deliver exceptional public services and programs. Our multi-faceted technology and customer experience (CX) solutions achieve program outcomes, solve critical challenges and create meaningful change. Whether we are helping Veterans access healthcare faster, ensuring that members of the military complete their missions safely, or helping people obtain health insurance, our work touches millions of people. Are you ready to make a difference?

What is the position?

Cognosante is seeking a Software Developer with demonstrable experience in DevSecOps, design, and technical leadership. The Software Developer serves as a key leader of the software development team within an Agile Release Train. Responsibilities include analyzing features, extracting use cases, and writing code to address specified requirements within user stories; guide technical discussions in daily scrum meetings, sprint backlog refinement, demonstrations, and sprint planning, testing code, and consistently drives “clean code” practices.

What will I get to do?

• Analyze, design, and implement use-case centric architecture.

• Collaborate with a team of developers to follow standards and best design practices.

• Develop, deploy, and supports source code for UX and back-end containerized, cloud-based solutions within an Agile delivery team using DevSecOps best practices.

• Work within in a variety of business systems and applications.

• Design, test, debug and document software.

• Analyze customer needs and develop overall concept and design objectives

What qualifications do I need?

• US Citizen or Green Card residing in the USA for four (4) consecutive years able to pass a Government Background Investigation to be able to achieve and hold a moderate (Tier 2) VA position of trust.

• Strong experience in a variety of software programming languages, (ideally MUMPS) with strong Java/JavaScript experience.

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline is required. 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.

• 5 years of experience in the software development and high-volume enterprise systems in the following:

• Frontend experience with may include: Weblink or JavaScript/TypeScript and/or testing libraries

• Backend experience with may include: Rest APIs, Java Frameworks and/or Databases (SQL)

• Project Management experience with: Source Code Management - (Git, GitHub, GitLab),Project Tracking (Jira, Azure Boards)

• Experience in debugging, correcting errors, and refactoring code in computer programs.

• Experience with reviewing code, providing meaningful feedback, and managing Pull Requests.

• Experience with Object Oriented design principles.

• Experience with unit and integration testing.

What additional characteristics will help me thrive?

• Experience working with the Federal Government

• Veteran's Administration (VA) experience strongly preferred, including VistA and FileMan

• Knowledge of VA OIT policies and standards

• Familiarity with hierarchical databases

• Active clearance for Public Trust Position

• Experience with UX design

• AWS and/or Azure Solution Architect, Red Hat Engineer/Architect, or similar certifications

• Experience with 508 Compliance (Web Accessibility) development and implementation

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 jobs@cognosante.com

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.

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