Business

BDR Solutions, LLC, (BDR) supports the U.S. Federal Government in successfully achieving their mission and goals. Our service and solution delivery starts with understanding each client’s end-state, and then seamlessly integrating within each Agency’s organization to improve and enhance business and technical operations and deployments.

BDR is seeking a Business Architect, Sr. to join our growing team! The ideal candidate will be working virtually from their home office with the ability for occasional travel (10-20%) to Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

(Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply)

Role Overview

As VA continues to deliver critical services while multiple enterprise-wide system implementations take place, the VA Procurement and Logistics Office Integration Support Services (P&LO) requires a partner to advise across all task areas who has demonstrated experience with large-scale transformations, including electronic health record (EHR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations.

Responsibilities

Deep subject matter expertise in the following:

• Management and support the analysis, design, development, and implementation of diverse, enterprise-wide processes and application systems in the healthcare supply chain community
• Expertise with Lean Six Sigma–Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) principles and tools to feed processes, opportunity areas, data requirements, and sourcing activities to incorporate into the implementation phase
• Utilize comprehensive ISO 9000/9001 and Lean Six Sigma–DMAIC to support improvement opportunities that reduce variation and increase the efficiencies addressed in the Implementation Plan
• Conduct Capability Analysis during the baseline reviews to understand system limitations. Facilitate Value Stream Maps
• Brainstorm potential solutions to counter root cause(s) identified in the analyzation phase.
• Create a Pugh Matrix to assist with evaluation and ratings to compare solutions either against each other or a standard
• Perform a client validation workshop to debrief on proposed process changes and redesign plan and/or new processes.
• Provide business analysis, testing, and project management support services in support of the establishment, implementation and near-term (life of the contract) operations of VBA’s data quality program, and business process improvement.
• Services and deliverables shall be executed in accordance with the best practices of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK), including but not limited to:
  • documentation and improvement of business processes.
  • elicitation, documentation and validation of software requirements (in various formats – VA does not standardize);
  • creation of requirements traceability matrices;
  • facilitation of requirements, technical meetings, business process design session, etc.;
  • development and assistance with of governance programs.
  • participation (barring inherently governmental functions) at other governance, requirements, or technical meetings.
  • tracking and coordinating software and systems enhancements through change control processes (including basic tracking of configuration controls as enhancements are promoted through various environments);
  • documenting business and systems architectures for data domains.
  • developing white papers, analyses and position papers either describing/reviewing/analyzing specific issues or providing justification or support for particular positions.
  • provide subject matter expertise and assisting with issue/incident management for production data quality issues or issues where production databases/services performing associated with data domains are having issues.
  • cost/benefit analysis.
  • consulting on issues surrounding change management.
• Conduct process improvements and quality management across its VHA healthcare supply chain directly
• Support VA P&LO to identify processes involved during hospital production and operations management.
• Perform assessment of critical supply chain functions across VAMCs.
• Create process maps to show flow of material, associates tasks, hand-off, and relationships between steps.
• Document and develop a common and standard template for the business rules between the various applications being implemented and provide VHA Supply Chain Business Process

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information System, another related field, or its equivalent
• 8+ years’ experience as Business Architect with federal programs/projects
• Experience working with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust level clearance or higher
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Lean Six Sigma Master Sensei Certification

In addition, U.S Citizenship is required. Select applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance. Individuals may also be subject to a background investigation including, but not limited to criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.

BDR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.

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