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job summary: Randstad is seeking a Senior Digital Product Owner for a key client in Washington, D.C. In this role, you will be the linchpin of a cross-functional team, serving as the voice of the customer to guide the development of high-impact digital products and services. You'll work closely with product management and stakeholders to define and execute the product strategy, while prioritizing and managing the product backlog. This role demands a proactive individual who can translate business needs into technical requirements, champion agile best practices, and ensure the successful delivery of solutions that align with business goals and customer needs.   location: Washington, Washington, D.C. job type: Contract salary: $70 - 80 per hour work hours: 9am to 5pm education: Bachelors   responsibilities: Act as the Voice of the Customer: Serve as the primary point of contact for the product, managing the backlog to ensure it reflects business priorities and drives maximum value. Develop Product Strategy: Create and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with overall business goals and customer needs. Translate Business Needs: Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into well-defined features, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Prioritize and Manage Backlog: Refine and prioritize features based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility to ensure the team is focused on high-priority items. Collaborate and Align: Foster strong collaboration with stakeholders, customers, and development teams to ensure everyone is aligned with the product vision. Maintain Product Roadmap: Create and maintain a product roadmap that outlines the strategic direction, key features, and timelines for product development. Define Success Metrics: Establish and track key metrics to measure product success and identify areas for continuous improvement. Champion Agile Practices: Lead and champion the adoption of agile methodologies and best practices, with a preference for Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience.  qualifications: Experience: Proven success in defining and building digital products on product teams. Methodology: Strong understanding of agile methodologies, with SAFe experience highly preferred. Soft Skills: Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between business and technical teams. Decision-Making: Demonstrated ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions. Industry Knowledge (Preferred): Experience with reservation solutions in the transportation industry. Technical Knowledge (Preferred): Familiarity with implementing SaaS and cloud solutions. Negotiation: Strong negotiation skills.  skills: Strategic Vision & Product Leadership Agile & SAFe Expertise Cross-functional Collaboration Data-Driven Decision-Making Stakeholder Management & Negotiation Requirements Analysis & Refinement Problem-Solving & Analytical Thinking Strong Communication & Facilitation Customer-Centric Mindset Product Roadmap & Metrics Definition Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

job summary: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Azure Cloud Infrastructure Lead/Manager to lead the comprehensive technology infrastructure and cloud services for our client. This is a hands-on management role where you will directly oversee critical technology ecosystems and drive strategic initiatives. This position requires a hybrid onsite schedule (2 days onsite/week) in the Columbia, MD area. This is a full time, permanent position offering standard benefits.   location: Columbia, Maryland job type: Permanent salary: $110,000 - 150,000 per year work hours: 9am to 5pm education: Bachelors   responsibilities: Strategic Leadership Develop comprehensive cloud infrastructure strategy.Create and maintain technology roadmap for Azure and cloud infrastructure.Establish and track KPIs for internal technology service delivery and external technology provider performance.Drive a continuous improvement culture.Implement ITIL framework best practices. Technology Management Hands-on administration of Microsoft 365 and Azure tenants.Manage multi-platform tools, including Microsoft, Google Suite, and Slack, as well as ticketing systems.Lead tools consolidation efforts.Oversee MSP Level 1 helpdesk and tech vendor relationships. Infrastructure & Security Own security strategy in collaboration with the CIO.Maintain security posture through fundamental practices.Comprehensive patch management across software, operating systems, firmwares, devices, and Azure environments. Service Delivery & KPI Management Develop and monitor KPI metrics for system performance, response times, service availability, vendor performance, and user satisfaction.Ensure measurable technology service quality.   qualifications: Requirements/Must-Haves 5-10 years of hands-on Microsoft infrastructure management experience.Strong background in Entra ID, Azure, and MS365.Must have a strong track record of ownership and ability to work solo under the CIO.Must be from commercial companies (government, healthcare companies less preferred).Must be in the Columbia office 2 days per week.Advanced troubleshooting skills.Microsoft Azure Administrator certification.Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator certification. Preferences/Nice-to-Haves Ideally, experience with ARM or Bicep for CI/CD.Ideally, experience with security policy creation and support.ITIL certification.  skills: 3+ years of recent team lead or manangerial experience 5+ years of hands on, technical experience with the following: Azure administrationMicrosoft 365 administrationEntra IDITIL service managementCloud security architectureKPI development and trackingMulti-platform integrationAdvanced troubleshooting Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

job summary: The Senior Business & Quality Assurance Analyst will work as part of Technologies' Business Analysis & Quality Assurance team (BAQA) supporting Corporate and Investments projects, including but not limited to Finance, HR, Legal, Investments/Real Estate and IT Operations. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing Business Analysis, which includes participating in project teams to gather and understand business requirements and work with vendors, developers and end users to capture and create system capabilities that support business needs. This position requires strong analytical and communication skills, the ability to influence stakeholders, and a proactive approach to identifying improvement opportunities across both business processes and technology solutions. In addition, we are looking for someone who can perform the function of Quality Assurance by testing the developed software to ensure it performs as required. This person will be part of a highly successful team that strives to assure products are reliable, delivered on time, and meet growing business demand.   location: Silver Spring, Maryland job type: Contract salary: $49.51 - 57.69 per hour work hours: 9am to 5pm education: Bachelors   responsibilities: Engage with key business users, PMO, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify problems, analyze current system functions, and understand end-to-end business processes, data flows, and requirements.Effectively communicate technical and non-technical materials to the business units across multiple levels of management.Analyze the underlying business needs that drive change requests and influence stakeholders toward effective, value-driven solutions.Lead and facilitate interviews, workshops, and group sessions to gather business requirements for large/complex initiatives involving multiple integrated IT systems.Translate business needs into functional system requirements, use cases, and workflow diagrams using tools such as Microsoft Visio.Design and maintain essential documentation including requirement traceability matrices, business/functional requirement documents, change requests, user guides, and training materials.Conduct in-depth data analysis, mapping, and documentation-including business rules, data dictionaries, and system functionality-supporting implementation, conversion, and integration efforts.Evaluate process and technology improvement opportunities, performing feasibility analysis and recommending efficient solutions.Collaborate with IT teams to define and validate technical solutions, assess the downstream impact of system changes, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture.Assist project managers with estimating level of effort, planning activities, and facilitating user acceptance testing (UAT).Ensure adherence to IT project lifecycle methodology and contribute to design reviews and quality assurance activities.Perform comprehensive quality assurance and testing activities across enterprise systems, applications, and infrastructure projects.Develop, document, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on functional and technical requirements.Conduct various types of testing-including smoke, functional, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) and assist in test automation efforts.Continuously assess system design, performance, and usability to identify improvement opportunities and propose enhancements.Validate database functionality, verify queries and stored procedures, and ensure cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.Write clear bug reports, collaborate with developers and project managers to resolve issues, and review test documentation for accuracy and completeness.Support QA activities on processes to ensure adherence to quality standards and business needs, and partner with project managers to plan and facilitate UAT with stakeholders.Track requirements and QA activities using application lifecycle and work management tools .Manage small technical projects, de  qualifications: The successful candidate will have at least 5+ years of Business Analysis experience and at least 3 years of Quality Assurance experience.. Excellent written & oral communication, analytical and problem-solving skills are a must. Be naturally flexible, adaptable, proactive, & collaborative with an agile, people-oriented, innovative and customer-centric mindset Testing experience of varying types of IT projects and a strong understanding of systems development life cycle and QA practices are essential to the position along with experience planning test strategies. Must be able to create and execute complex test plans and test scripts. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, (including Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel and Word), Power BI, CRM systems, and Azure DevOps a plus. Bachelor's in computer science, Computer Information System, or other related field is required. IT Certifications (Agile, Six Sigma, ITIL, PMI, etc.) are a plus..While the position offers a hybrid work arrangement, that candidate may be required at times to be called into on-site meetings with potentially short notice.   skills: - Communication & Collaboration: ? Ability to effectively communicate both technical and non-technical information across all management levels. ? Strong collaboration skills to work with business users, PMO, IT, and cross-functional teams. ? Facilitation skills for leading interviews, workshops, and group sessions to gather requirements. - Business & Process Analysis: ? In-depth understanding and analysis of end-to-end business processes, data flows, and requirements. ? Ability to identify underlying business needs that drive change requests. ? Evaluation of process and technology improvement opportunities, including feasibility analysis and solution recommendation. - Technical & Functional Design: ? Translating business needs into functional system requirements, use cases, and workflow diagrams. ? Experience defining and validating technical solutions, assessing downstream impact, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture. - Documentation & Training: ? Designing and maintaining essential documentation (e.g., requirement traceability matrices, functional specs, user guides, training materials). - Data Analysis & Governance: ? Conducting in-depth data analysis, mapping, and documentation (e.g., business rules, data dictionaries, system functionality). ? Understanding of data quality and governance principles. - Project Support: ? Assisting project managers with effort estimation and planning activities. ? Facilitating User Acceptance Testing (UAT). This role demands a blend of strong communication, analytical rigor, and an understanding of both business operations and IT systems. It's about being the critical link that ensures technology solutions truly solve business problems and deliver value. Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility). This posting is open for thirty (30) days.