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Whether you are a seasoned consultant, a 20 year full-time employee, or early in your career, we have exciting career opportunities for you in the Twin Cities and Atlanta.

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Why consult with Hollstadt?

When you work with us, you’ll work with a refreshingly real company, led and staffed by seasoned experts. We are committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations. Our core values influence every interaction with our consultants and drive all of our decisions.

WE ARE DIFFERENT.

Years of Industry Longevity

Clients in the Twin Cities & Atlanta

Scrum Certifications Earned

Consultants Employed Since 1990

What our Consultants are saying…

I honestly feel Hollstadt is the best already. Please maintain what you have and continue to grow with depth in the market place.

Ryan

New Consultant

Interviewing can be very nerve- racking, but you made me feel right at home and put my nerves at ease helping me win the job.

James

As I mentioned before, one does not succeed alone. The support from Hollstadt staff since I jumped into the consulting world 2.5 years ago has been amazing and more than I ever expected.

Barbara

You get more than ‘just a job’ with Hollstadt. You get a mentor, a coach, and an opportunity to grow and learn what’s new in your field of work.

Pam Q.

Healthcare Client

I can’t believe that Hollstadt found such a perfect fit for me. I love my project and the team.

Tom R.

Consultant at a Financial Services Client

The experience I received at Hollstadt was unlike anything I have ever had with any other consulting firm or full time employer. I have never been treated so warmly and felt so welcomed as I was with my entry to Hollstadt.

Ron

Longtime Consultant- First Contract with Hollstadt

Role Overviews

Hollstadt hires and places consultants on a wide variety of roles within the project lifecycle. Our clients trust our expertise within this field to find top talent, and our consultants love the value and options we bring them. The diversity of opportunities within IT and business teams across so many industries is hard to find at any other firm.

Program/Project Management

Our roles range from the traditional PM role managing one large effort, or several small efforts, to the complicated role of managing an entire program consisting of multiple work streams and multiple Project Managers. We see Program/Project Manager roles on both the IT and business side of our clients.

Business & Systems Analysts

Many of our clients look for a Business Analyst with a specific specialty in addition to core BA skills. Typically we can put them into two segments – IT BAs and Business BAs, both of them are in charge of gathering requirements and defining what needs to be done.

Project Coordination

This role is integral to the success of a project and is traditionally the first stepping stone into the project management profession. A Project Coordinator is responsible for many of the administrative tasks on a project, from taking meeting minutes to tracking project budgets and more.

Organizational Change Management

This role focuses 100% on helping manage change for a project or team. Change Managers utilize a proactive, flexible, and practical approach, in some cases using a structured methodology like Prosci or Kubler-Ross, to manage the people, process, and technology changes occurring within the client while achieving a project’s desired outcomes.

Specialized Roles

Beyond core project roles, our clients look to our expertise to fill many roles within the project lifecycle. Many of these are specialized or technical roles, and the demand changes frequently.

Agile Consulting

As a result of our clients being at different phases in their adoption of Agile, our Agile roles run the gamut in terms of experience levels. They include Scrum Masters (both certified and not), Agile Coaches, Release Train Engineers, and Product Owners.

Architects

There is a lot of variety in the types of Architect roles we see. Types include: Enterprise, Solution, Business, Application, Network, and Data Architects. Each role is a bit different, but all of them require someone that can create the vision of the solution and the path to create it.

Quality Assurance

Our roles within the Quality Assurance space range from Lead roles to Analysts and Engineers. Leads are involved in the planning and implementation of the testing strategy for the entire project, and Analysts and Engineers are responsible for assessing the quality of specifications and executing technical designs for testing of the applications.

IT Security, Compliance, and Privacy

We see a wide range of roles within the IT Security, Compliance, and Privacy. These can range from high level program consultative positions to specific subject matter expertise roles related to access control, cybersecurity, telecommunications and network security, governance and risk management, business continuity/disaster recovery, software development security, internal or third party security risk assessments, and regulatory compliance.

Management Consulting

Management consultants typically provide a specific subject-matter expertise to solve a challenge for our clients. These can be short or long-term projects, depending on the expertise needed.

Robotic Process Automation

We help our clients with full automation operating models or when augmenting components of their center of excellence. We see a variety of roles ranging across Business Process Consultants, RPA Developers, Solution Architects, Portfolio Managers, and Implementation Managers to help organizations start or scale programs leveraging robotic process automation.

Process Re-Engineering

As our clients look to re-invent their processes end-to-end, we often see roles seeking individuals with experience across many modalities. Some include Lean, Six Sigma, and Human Centered Design with an understanding of technology to effectively create a future state process that maximizes efficiency while using technology as a vehicle to transform.

Emerging Technology

We help our clients with boutique consulting needs around a broad spectrum of emerging technology platforms and solutions. Our solutions include expertise around machine learning, natural language processing, chat bots, and others as they emerge in the market. Roles here can range from front & back-end engineers & developers, robotics engineers, Python developers and more.

FAQ’s

What is your hiring process like?

Our process is very unique! We have been in business for 29 years and are relationship-based. We want to get to know you through an in-person meeting. What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? Where do you thrive? The more we know about you, the easier it will be for us to find you that perfect engagement.

What resources are available to me when I am on engagement with you?

Hollstadt has a variety of resources available to you when you are on an engagement. Besides regular check-ins, we connect with experienced Consultant Coaches who help you get up to speed quicker and address any work-related issues at the client site. We also offer a wide variety of training through webinars, workshops, and e-learning.

Would I be an employee of Hollstadt? How do I get paid? Do you offer benefits?

Most of our consultants are employees of Hollstadt with full-time benefits. We also have consultants who are Consultant Partners and operate their own corporation. All consultants get paid twice per month, and you also get paid for every hour you work!

How long do consulting engagements last? What happens when I am done?

Our consulting engagements average 11 months. When your project starts to wrap up, our Sales and Recruiting Teams collaborate to begin remarketing you 8 weeks before your end date. Our main goal is to eliminate gaps between engagements. It’s easy to keep our consultants busy when we work with over 40 clients in the Twin Cities!

Is consulting right for me?

There are many factors that a person needs to consider when they are making the jump into consulting. Today, EVERY job is temporary.

Which means, your current employer is your client – and they could let you go at any time. So, when we decide to take control and determine our expertise and how we could use it towards becoming a consultant, we also start to recognize how to manage our careers like a business. And that is one of the most valuable things you can do to stay employable today. Does that mean you should quit your day job and become a consultant immediately? Absolutely not. But you should know the pro’s and con’s about consulting so that you are ready if and when the time comes to make the transition.

Consultants must be self-directed. While you are working for your clients, ultimately they’re counting on you to know what you’re doing and how to do it; you are the expert. You must have the fortitude to be completely autonomous and work without direction or supervision. At the same time, you must be prepared to take feedback and make revisions to please your clients, and negotiate that process diplomatically. It’s essential to possess a whatever-it-takes kind of attitude and be willing to follow through and do whatever necessary to provide value to your clients, while still maintaining good professional boundaries and keeping your cool.

Establishing yourself as a consultant requires not only talent, but a drive that motivates you to accept nothing less than the best for yourself and your career.

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Current openings

At Hollstadt, we are always excited to work with talented consultants. Not only do we fill current openings at our clients in Minneapolis and Atlanta, our relationships also allow us to proactively submit exceptional talent to specific hiring managers. Our recruiting team’s experience is second to none, and we take pride in our candidate’s experience from start to finish.

Senior Database Admin - Atlanta

Location –Greater ATL

Estimated Contract Length – 6 months

Type –Contract

Job Description

This candidate will be responsible for administration and maintenance of the Sybase database platform, including DBMS software and related tools.

Requirements

· 6+ Years’ experience administering Sybase databases running REDHAT LINUX on physical or virtual servers

· Proven track record of administering Sybase databases in a challenging, deadline-driven, enterprise environment

· Strong experience with Rep Server and other Sybase features and tools

· Strong experience in applying vendor software patches and the ability to troubleshoot errors encountered during patching

· Strong experience with database performance testing and tuning, user configuration, security and support processes including gathering statistics

· Strong Perl DBI and shell scripting skills

· Experience with configuring and administering the Bradmark Surveillance product

· Ability to provide technical direction to others, including application developers

· Ability and willingness to follow established IT / DBA policies and procedures required

· 4-year degree (BA or BS) or equivalent work experience in a related field of study

Hollstadt Overview

Hollstadt Consulting is a Twin Cities-based management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you’ll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We’re committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 1,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished project managers and business analysts. Hollstadt Consulting is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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Senior Infrastructure Architect

Location – South Metro or Greater ATL

Estimated Contract Length – 12 months+

Type –Contract (potential for Contract for Hire)

Job Description

This candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day infrastructure oversight of the clients MVS platform and its adjacent internal and external platforms. The Senior Infrastructure Architect works on multiple products, activities and projects. This position works independently on complex tasks, projects, activities and support assignments that require advanced skills in multiple technical environments

Requirements

· 10+ years of technical work experience supporting mainframe system software products including operating systems, utilities and ISV software.

· Experience in a multi-tiered mainframe to AIX or open systems configuration experience a plus.

· Experience working with 3rd party vendors.

· Understanding of major IBM subsystems – CICS, JES, DB2, MQ, and IMS

· z/OS Hardware configuration knowledge and understanding of virtualization on mainframes and within DASD

· Familiarity with the concepts of SYSPLEX high availability configurations

· General knowledge and concepts for subsystems including: disk, virtual tape, print (Xerox), TCPIP

· Experience maintaining and testing disaster recovery plans

· Third party (non-IBM) vendor package installation and support experience: Levi Ray and Shoup, Microfocus/Serena, BMC, Compuware, Computer Associates software, Rocket, SAS, Software AG products are a plus

· Strong problem-solving skills to isolate failures, identify remediation steps, develop test plans and verification protocols.

· Strong communications skills to interact effectively with other team members, customers, management and vendor support personnel.

· The ability and willingness to perform on call duties and after hour system support.

· Able to manage multiple tasks/projects with competing deadlines, communicate progress on a timely basis and respond to changing business priorities

· Knowledge of DR best practices and high-level mainframe infrastructure architecture.

· Able to work independently, follow industry standards / best practices and take responsibility for ongoing professional development.

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Senior Systems Engineer

Location – South Metro MPLS or Greater ATL

Estimated Contract Length – 12 months+

Type –Contract

Job Description

This candidate will serve as a liaison between the client and 3rd party suppliers, requiring some high-level technical understanding of IT compute, storage, network, etc. The client has two out-source vendors supporting the z/OS and z/TPF platforms but has multi-tiered applications that span multiple data centers. This position is more of a process leadership role, than a “hands on” technical role.

Requirements

· 6 + years of experience required

· Experience working with IT processes, ITIL, Change activity, root cause analysis, etc

· Strong leadership and communication skills

· Ability to work with 3rd party suppliers

· Ability to drive tasks and issues to resolution

· Self-motivated

· Ability to keep others accountable and on task

· Prefer certification in ITIL V4 Foundations

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Digital Business Analyst

Location –West Metro

Estimated Contract Length – 6 months

Type –Contract for Hire

Job Description

Client is looking for a business side BA who can get the job done with folks who are new product development minded. They must be able to rethink/reengineer and enhance the consumer experience. They will responsible for gathering requirements alongside other core BA tasks. They will also be driving scoping, design and user experience activities.

Requirements

· 2+ years of experience in any of the following areas: Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Business Process Improvement

· 2+ years of experience in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

· Passion for digital marketing

· Attention to detail

· Ability to be flexible and work with ambiguity

· Ability to build and foster relationships

· Healthcare insurance industry experience

· Experience with IT development teams and Agile or other SDLC methodologies

· Experience in digital marketing

· Experience working with test plans and test cases

· Fundamental ability to communicate clearly

· Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and other Adobe marketing tools a plus

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Digital Project Manager

Location –West Metro

Estimated Contract Length – 6 months

Type –Contract for Hire

Job Description

Client is looking for a business side PM who can drive scoping, design and user experience (UX) activities.

Requirements

· Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience

· 7+ years of project management experience using data and information to make business decisions

· 5+ years of experience with project methodology (requirements, design, development, test and implementation)

· Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint

· Previous experience leading and/or coaching a team

· Maintains positive attitude with the ability to work in a fast paced environment and adapt to ever changing priorities

· Demonstrate problem-solving and strong analytical skills

· Self-motivated, able to work in a team, and demonstrates the ability to work independently

· A passion for and commitment to a consumer and client driven culture

· Ability to interact with key leaders within the business and technology functions

· Experience overseeing multi-function project teams

· Comfortable supporting complex projects and less structured tasks

· Time management, organizational and prioritization skills

· Excellent written and oral communication skills

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UAT Lead

Location – West Metro

Estimated Contract Length – 6 months +

Type –Contract for Hire

Job Description

This candidate will be responsible for supporting the migration of the clients contact centers onto the Genesis platform. They will be responsible for leading the business testing cycles within the program team.

Requirements

· Intermediate to Advanced skills in MS Excel and MS Word

· Intermediate skills in Rally

· Strong executive communication and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely

· Excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization skills and ability to balance multiple priorities.

· Analyze root cause issue, problem solve and provide key recommendations for process improvements

· Work across a matrix environment to engage appropriate internal and external partners to assure successful analysis, option determination and tactical execution

· Effectively engage and partner with cross-functional teams to create and deliver solutions

Preferred

· Familiarity with back office business capabilities

· Familiarity with OMNI business model and/or entities

· Healthcare experience

· Agile/SCRUM- formal methodologies

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Senior Project Manager / Business Analyst - Kansas City

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Estimated Contract Length – 6 months

Type – Contract For Hire

Job Description

Client is purchasing IBM’s Operational Decision Making Tool (ODM) and they are looking for a Project Manager/Business Analyst who has extensive experience with ODM.

This resource will be responsible for setting and implementing the tool within the client, setting up a COE, and driving value for the enterprise.

Requirements

ODM Experience (Specifically to IBM’s tool)
Experience implementing an ODM tool
PM/BA Skillset
Experience setting up a Center of Excellence
Strong Communicator
Driver

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Jr. Java Developer

Location: West Metro

Estimated Contract Length – 12 months

Type – Contract

Job Description

This person will work on the Agile team to build a proprietary product configuration application for the clients insurance products and services.

Requirements

· 3+ Year’s Experience with Java 8 or Java 11

· 3+ Year’s Experience with Spring Boot

· 3+ Year’s Experience with SQL Server or MySQL

· 3+ Year’s Experience with Microservice/API Architecture

· 1+ Year’s Experience with HTML5/CSS/JavaScript6(ES6)

· Kafka Streaming Experience Helpful But Not Required

· jQuery or Bootstrap Experience Helpful But Not Required

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.Net or Java Test Engineer

Location: West Metro

Estimated Contract Length – 12 months

Type – Contract

Job Description

This person will work on the Agile team to reconfigure a proprietary ETL application for the clients insurance products and services. The ideal candidate must be able to perform both Test and QA functions of the project.

Requirements

· 3+ Year’s Experience with Test-Driven Development or Behavior-Driven Development Testing Patterns

· 3+ Year’s Experience with App & API Performance Testing

· 3+ Year’s Experience with Cucumber/Gherkin

· 1+ Year’s Experience with SQL Server or MySQL

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.Net Engineer

Location: West Metro

Estimated Contract Length – 12 months+

Type – Contract

Job Description

This person will work on the Agile team on a propritary application for the clients insurance products and services.

Requirements

· 2+ Year’s Experience with C#

· 2+ Year’s Experience with .NET Framework and .NET Core — .NET Core or .NET Framework – not both

· 2+ Year’s Experience with SQL Server or MySQL

· 1+ Year’s Experience with Microservice/API Architecture

· 1+ Year’s Experience with HTML5/CSS/JavaScript6(ES6)

· jQuery or Bootstrap Experience Helpful

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Java Developer

Location – East Metro – Downtown

Estimated Contract Length – 5 months

Type – Contract

Job Description

Client is looking for a Java Developer to work with planning managers, architects, business analysts, quality assurance analysts and agencies to define and transform business requirements into technical design and programming specifications conforming to the system architecture. This person will provide direction in identifying appropriate technical solutions (application and system level) that meet business objectives, which include defining technical alternatives to derive the most cost-effective solutions to meet client requirements.

Requirements

· Seven (7) years of experience developing in MarkLogic

· Five (5) years of experience developing in Xquery

· Three (3) years of experience developing with Java

· Three (3) years of experience using HTML/CSS

· Three (3) years of JavaScript experience

· Three (3) years of JUnit experience

Preferred Skills

· Two (2) years of experience in development with Criminal Justice Systems

· Experience using Tomcat

· Experience using Spring

· Experience using Apache Camel

· Experience using GitLab

· Experience using XSLT

· Experience using REST

· Experience working on an agile team

· Experience using XML

· Experience using .NET

· Experience using Bootstrap and jQuery

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IT Project Manager

Hollstadt, in partnership with a number of large companies, both on the payer and provider side, is looking for an IT Project Manager who will be a key member of our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a variety of projects within our clients. We have a high volume of these roles and the work would be on the business side of our client’s business.

The IT PM serves as the organizer, facilitator, planner, problem solver, and resource manager for small to major projects. This position is responsible for managing all aspects of a project; ensuring that the appropriate phases are defined and interdepartmental deliverables are coordinated. Position ensures key stakeholders are involved, and develops recommendations based on collective input, observations and analysis.

What the right person will enjoy:

Exciting and cutting-edge projects
Pay for every hour you work
Competitive benefits, including 401k and continuous professional development
Tenure- our average contract is 11 months long, and our average consultant has worked with us for 22 months

Apply today if your background includes:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
5+ years of demonstrated operations experience in either; healthcare, program management or business analysis.
3+ years of experience of driving process improvement
Ability to deliver executive presentations
Flexible team player
Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, MS Project)

Key Responsibilities:

Develops and maintains project documentation, charters, work plans, and deliverables utilizing standard project management methodology and tools
Identifies the project scope, goals, and critical success factors in consultation with business partners within the department
Plans, tracks and schedules project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
Communicates project milestones and deliverables with appropriate team members and stakeholders
Provides operational assistance and/or leadership for project work
Provides consultation regarding project issues and difficulties
Promotes effective team collaboration among team, sponsors, stakeholders and end users to meet project goals and objectives
Provides internal solutions to issues; Seeks to deeply understand problems; Evaluates problems (critiques next steps, challenges to examine alternatives) Uses internal sources to vet the solution; Contributes to the project and its direction
Performs other special projects or work, as assigned.
Escalates issues and barriers to management to address possible solutions.
Specific project management accountabilities include:

Fostering communication and cooperation between all people involved in the project
Keeping projects on schedule
Organizing and facilitating the tasks of the assigned project
Executing on tasks in support of project work for the clinical teams
Present project status and results to department and division leaders
Problem solving for issues that may interfere with project objectives
Developing recommendations and implementation plans, seeking approval from sponsors and business partners as needed to keep projects moving forward
Hollstadt Consulting is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, sexual orientation, age, disability or protected veteran status.

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Process Analyst

Project Overview: Working to identify, evaluate, track and implement process improvement efforts. These are focused business process changes across the Provider and / or other verticals designed to streamline and increase client’s ability to deliver projects, programs or services faster. This work may also include developing and maintaining business process flows to identify gaps and opportunities.

POSITION SUMMARY: (Why this role exists)

The Principal Process Analyst leads business process re-engineering improvements across single

or multiple lines of business in support of the organization’s strategic plan.

ACCOUNTABILITIES: (The primary functions, scope and responsibilities of the role)

Process Improvement and Redesign:

 Identifies and documents stakeholder requirements (e.g. interviews and artifact review)

and pain points.

 Leads teams to critically examine, rethink, redesign and drive sustainable performance

improvement, including increased efficiency, speed, scalability and cost effectiveness.

 Identifies, prioritizes and executes on process reengineering to ensure standardization

and consistency as well as simplification and efficiency.

 Clearly defines the business case, validates the opportunity, scope and executes timely

while ensuring sustainability.

 Develops metrics and collects those metrics to measure operational efficiency, develop

innovative solutions, and recommend and facilitate quality improvement efforts.

Job Description

The role may require access to Personal Medical Information protected by multiple security and privacy

regulations. Personnel are required to control this data in a manner outlined in the Client’s Information

 Leads key initiatives, applying sound project management, change management and

process design principals.

 Works with Organizational Change Partner to assist business lines and project team in

developing business readiness plans that include communication plans, training plans and

implementation plans.

Stakeholder and Communication Management:

 Creation and presentation of executive briefings summarizing BPR activities, findings, and

solutions.

 Works effectively with business sponsors, subject matter experts, vendors and other key

stakeholders to develop the improvement or redesign objectives and ensure

agreement/adoption of project objectives/deliverables by affected constituencies.

 Manages and motivates large cross-functional and matrixed project teams.

 Provides proactive project communication to project sponsor and key stakeholders.

 Provides regular status reporting on plan progress as defined by organization standards.

 Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: (Minimum qualifications needed for this position including

education, experience, certification, knowledge and/or physical requirements as needed)

Knowledge of:

 Creation of documentation that describes process maps, including inputs, outputs,

purpose, description, systems, tools, etc.

 Demonstrated capability in standard office and project management applications – i.e.

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project.

 Two years of experience with industry-standard project management methodologies and

tools.

Ability to:

 Work in a complex, high-speed environment in search of desirable results under

conditions of uncertainty and change.

 Work in cross-functional and matrixed organizations.

Education and/or Experience:

 Bachelor’s degree, preferably in finance, business or IT. However, upon evaluation,

equivalent related experience and/or education may be substituted for the degree.

 Seven or more years of progressive leadership experience, preferably with a combination

of project management and leading in business process reengineering (BPR) activities

using process improvement methodologies, including BPR, Lean Six Sigma, or CPI.

 Three or more years of experience in project management leading operational and

technology initiatives with demonstrated

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: (Additional qualifications that may make a person even more

effective in the role, but are not required for consideration)

 Six Sigma Black Belt.

 PMP Certification.

Hollstadt Consulting is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, sexual orientation, age, disability or protected veteran status.

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Quality Assurance Analyst

Hollstadt, in partnership with our large client base is looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst who will be a key member of our team.

The position will be responsible for creating test cases from business requirements, test execution and data management, providing statistical reporting and analysis and defect management activities. We develop in an agile environment and this position will need to be able to test multiple applications, potentially even within the same Program Increment. Ability and desire to learn new systems quickly is required. This position will be required to follow QA standards and processes already in place while providing feedback for continuous improvements.

What the right person will enjoy:

Exciting and cutting-edge projects
Pay for every hour you work
Competitive benefits, including 401k and continuous professional development
Tenure; our average contract is 13 months long, and our average consultant has worked with us for 22 months

Apply today if your background includes:

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, preferred
Software Development Life Cycle
Proficiency in using formal and informal QA tools

Key Responsibilities:

Plan and conduct system, regression and integration testing for client systems.
Create, verify and close defects based on defect management process
Willing to accept direction and training from other team members, yet independent enough to complete all tasks on time
Knowledge of software quality assurance methodologies and application of those methodologies
Ability to work with external vendor
Ability to write simple to complex SQL to find appropriate test data, and for validation of test results
Ability to work in shared QA environments
Initiative to learn new applications
Experience in Agile methodology
Excellent communication skills
Experience with TFS and MTM, along with Office products
Strong team player skills. Adept at working in a smaller organizations with fewer resources and less structure
Possess nimble, creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and customer mindsets
Ability to deal with users at all levels, including management and business experts in a professional manner

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Program Manager

Hollstadt, in partnership with several of our clients, is looking for a Program Manager who will be a key member of our team. The role of the Program Manager position is to provide direction and leadership to project managers and/or team members for complex programs up to $50 Million Dollars across multiple cross functional work streams. The Program Manager ensures multiple concurrent IT projects are delivered on-time, on-budget, and produce committed business results. The Program Manager acts as a change agent for IT, serves as a formal mentor to Project Leaders, and provides program / project management methodology fundamentals and expertise.

What the right person will enjoy:

Exciting and cutting-edge projects
Pay for every hour you work
Competitive benefits, including 401k and continuous professional development
Tenure; our average contract is 11 months long, and our average consultant has worked with us for 22 months

Apply today if your background includes:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
7+ years demonstrated project management experience
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients
Possess IT and formal program/project management knowledge as well as ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines based on logical work breakdown structures aligned to critical path
Manage program interdependencies, milestones, and critical path
Ability to build and maintain cohesive motivated teams
Ability to coach and develop subordinates and/or peers; empowering team members with the authority to accomplish project tasks efficiently and with minimal direction
Strong strategic planning skills
Excellent written, oral communication, planning, and organizational skills
Strong track record managing business and IT Projects
Strong meeting facilitation and negotiation skills
Strong consulting and customer service skills
Recognizes and rewards desirable individual and team performance
Establish good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Take responsibility for actions, projects, and people.
Take initiative, act with confidence, and work under own direction.
Focus on customer needs and satisfaction.
Set high standards for quality to monitor and maintain quality and productivity.
Gather comprehensive information to support decision making.
Encourage an organizational learning approach (e.g., learn from successes and failures and seek staff and customer feedback).
Adapt to changing circumstances and interpersonal style to suit different people or situations.
Key industry certifications such as CAPM, PMP, PgM, etc., preferred

Key Responsibilities:

Directs the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and close of an entire project and/or all projects within specified program.
Ability to contribute and champion usage of structured project management methodology (to include Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, Iterative, etc.).
Broad knowledge of application and / or infrastructure development life cycle (SDLC) and other technical management concept, processes, and methodologies.
Lead and direct project managers within specified program to achieve desired deliverable creation outcomes.
Analyze, manage, and report program performance – financial reporting, resource allocation, task delegation and stakeholder management.
Analyze multiple types and sources of information to generate insight on program performance.
Demonstrate financial awareness to control costs and think in terms of profit, loss, and added value.
Help Stakeholders, IT Portfolio Teams, Business Partners and Business Users understand their roles and responsibilities within the project.
Develops and executes an overall program schedule, including tasks, duration, dependencies, and resource assignments.
Controls and tracks changes to scope, time, cost, quality, issues, and risk.
Leads completion of program objective, such as procurement, quality planning, service level agreements, and customer training.
Directs and delegates work effort; Requests the needed resources for a program and gets them oriented to work on the project.
Ensures product deliverables’ quality, such as functional specifications, logical and physical data design, solution design and detailed design, test plans, and completed solution.
Manages vendor relationships according to contract terms and conditions.
Makes value-oriented decisions to achieve strategic business results; Ability to be flexible, make quick decisions and seamlessly navigate risks and ambiguity while effectively navigating a dynamic project environment.
Evaluates risks, assess possible outcomes and solutions/solves problems.

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Senior Healthcare Analyst

1. Proven experience in driving out Benefits & Claims requirements for Health Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Chiropractic, Rx)
3. Provider Experience -proven experience in driving out requirements with Health Plan vendors and strategic clients
2. Agile experience

Skills Required: Yrs.» Agile 2-4 Yrs» Business Analyst 4-6 Yrs» Business Requirements 4-6 Yrs» Healthcare 4-6 Yrs» SDLC 4-6 Yrs» Visio 1-2 Yrs

Client is seeking 1 Business Analyst with Health Plan experience specific to Provider (credentialing and demographics) Data feeds and files. Claims platform background would be helpful as well.

All candidates submitted must have the following:
• Agile experience
• Health Plan and Provider related experience

PRODUCT TEAM REQUIREMENTS:

• Healthcare background with knowledge of Provider; leadership ability to lead meetings and engage a wide array of individuals across all lines of business and Product Teams, strong project management
skills with a proven ability to manage a complex projects and move them to defined outcomes.
• Excellent communicator written and oral
• Understanding of preparation of requirements usable by config
• Engage a team in defining requirements
• Meets and/or exceeds time commitments/delivery within a Sprint environment
• They must be confident and competent
• Ability to present and engage with leadership

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Client is undertaking a key strategic initiative to implement new business processes and systems for one of its business segments. Agile is the primary methodology to be used to govern
program deliverables internally & with vendor partners.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
The Business Analyst position is a critical position within the program. The Business Analyst is responsible for participating in Product Team sprints in collaboration with the Product Owner, Business SMEs
and other team members using the defined program Solution Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) Framework which is Agile based. The Business Analyst will work hands-on daily
with the Product Team to deliver each iteration on-time and with the expected functionality.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
• Manage Expectations with the product owner/business;
• Translate requirements; Document requirements in a backlog; Create User Stories and other supporting information; Maintain artifacts in standard tools (e.g. VersionOne &
SharePoint)
• Manage priorities based on business value; Understand and complete Product Team assigned sprint tasks; Address Issues and mitigate risks;
• Analyze the relationship between business requirements and technical constraints; Elaborate on Epics, Themes and Features; Collaborate with technical teams to propose and identify solution.
• Participate in all scrum ceremonies
• Act as the ‘voice of the customer
• Review Sprint Reports; Understand the metrics and the implications (i.e. Work Completed, Work Remaining, Burn Down, Velocity, etc…).

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Healthcare Industry Knowledge: Required
• 6+ Years of Project Delivery Experience; At Least 2 Years Agile Experience Preferred
• Excellent Communication & Collaboration Skills (e.g. User Story Development, Elicitation, and more.) Required
• Strong Technical background in various technologies including Web, Thick Client, Tibco, ETL, Data Management and more: Preferred
• VersionOne or equivalent Agile Requirements Management tool: Preferred
• MS Office including PowerPoint, Visio & Excel: Preferred

SKILLS:
• Proven experience in driving out Benefits & Claims requirements for Health Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Chiropractic, Rx)
• Proven experience in driving out requirements with Health Plan vendors and strategic clients
• Proven experience creating Swimlanes, Standard Operating Procedures, Control Plans
• Robust analytical skills- ability to ask the right questions
• Self starter
• Organized
• Consultative/Outward Client Facing experience
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, ambiguous environment

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Infrastructure Project Manager

Hollstadt, in partnership with several of our clients, is looking for an Infrastructure Project Manager who will be a key member of our team. The role of the Project Manager position is to provide direction and leadership to team members for complex programs up to $50 Million Dollars across multiple cross functional work streams. The PM ensures multiple concurrent IT projects are delivered on-time, on-budget, and produce committed business results.

Qualifications:

6 + years of experience required
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or a related field
5-8 years of project management and related experience
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
Proven ability to solve problems creatively
Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
Excellent analytical skills
Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline

Additional Details:

The Project Manager defines job requirements for project planning, scheduling, monitoring, reporting, and implementing project and/or interrelated programs activities.
The job progression identifies responsibilities ranging from providing support for small to medium projects to development of strategic or tactical operational plans.
The projects in scope for ‘application’ role family are any development, support, and maintenance of existing applications or new development work.
The projects in scope for ‘infrastructure’ role family are ongoing maintenance and upgrade / migration of infrastructure assets.
Leads project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting activities for small to medium projects. -Facilitates needs assessment and the development of recommended project control solutions to be used for planning, scheduling, and tracking projects through integration of various PM tools.
Determines, monitors, and reviews all project economics to include costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risks.
Plans, schedules, monitors, and reports on activities related to the project.
Controls project requirements, scope, and change management issues.
Establishes appropriate metrics for measuring key project criteria.
Manages changes in operational plan.
Develops project control and reporting procedures and manages changes in operational plan.
Undertakes status review meetings among project team members and clients.
Typically manages a project with a team size of approximately 7 FTEs.
Determines client requirements and translates requirements into operational plans. -Identifies and assembles the appropriate blend of resources to meet project needs and requirements; manages sub-contractors.
Creates communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged key stakeholders.
Typically manages a project with a team size of around 15 FTE’s
Plans, directs, and coordinates cross-functional team activities to manage and implement project and/or interrelated projects from contract/proposal initiation to final operational stage.
Leads the project team(s) in determining client requirements and translating requirements into operational plans.
Ensures adherence to legally binding requirements and client’s long-term goals.
Facilitates status review meetings among project team members and clients.
Facilitates the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged among key stakeholders.
Identifies and recommends contingency measures.
Typically manages a project with multiple streams having a team size of approximately 50 -80 FTEs

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Scrum Master

Hollstadt, in partnership with our large client base is looking for a Scrum Master who will be a key member of our team. In this role you will be responsible for performing the responsibilities of a Scrum Master at our clients.

What the right person will enjoy:

• Exciting and cutting-edge projects
• Pay for every hour you work
• Competitive benefits, including 401k and continuous professional development
• Tenure; our average contract is 11 months long, and our average consultant has worked with us for 22 months

Apply today if your background includes:
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, preferred
• Scrum Master certification (CSM or similar), preferred
• Demonstrated Scrum Master Experience
• Project Management experience/strong understanding of PM skills
• Ability to function wearing both SM and PM hat
• Agile
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrated experience managing project financials, Issues and Risks
• Proficiency in using Agile tools such as Jira

Key Responsibilities:
• Facilitates team meetings, including daily scrum meetings, Iteration Planning, and Iteration Retrospective, among others. Meetings could be recurring or ad hoc, with business and IT partners. This role will field questions, manage issues and risks, set and execute plans and document progress.
• Managing communication down and up
• Supports estimating. Guides the team in establishing normalized estimating and helps the team estimate Features and Capabilities.
• Primary responsibility to help the self-organizing, self-managing scrum team achieve its goals. This is accomplished primarily by teaching and coaching, and proactively identifying and eliminating impediments while facilitating the work flow.

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