Instructional Designer

Job Summary:

MicroHealth is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Instructional Designer to join our team support our client and team in Vienna, VA. The Instructional Designer will support program and project managers and their respective teams in implementing organizational processes and best practices. The role involves performing process and product evaluations (audits) to ensure compliance with DMI and project-established policies, processes, procedures, and applicable standards, including ISO, CMMI-DEV, CMMI-SVC, ITIL, and PMBoK. The candidate must have hands-on experience with these frameworks and be capable of providing training to employees.

**This is a remote position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Framework Implementation & Training:
  • Directly involved in implementing frameworks such as ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 9001:2008, CMMI-DEV/CMMI-SVC Level 3, and ITIL.
  • Conduct training on the above frameworks for DMI employees.
• Process and Product Evaluation:
  • Perform evaluations to ensure compliance with organizational policies and standards.
  • Evaluate software development and service performance against process documentation, project schedules, and quality standards.
• Quality Assurance & Auditing:
  • Conduct various QA activities including scheduling, checklist development, report writing, and facilitating root cause/lessons learned analysis.
  • Present findings through internal and external presentations.
• Non-Compliance Management:
  • Analyze and report on findings of non-compliance, providing recommendations for improvement.
  • Track and escalate unresolved issues and ensure the closure of corrective and preventative action plans.
• Metrics Collection & Reporting:
  • Collect, analyze, and report metrics to the project manager/team and Corporate QA.
  • Maintain the company’s process assets library, including all process definitions, templates, and document samples.
• Corporate QA Initiatives:
  • Support Corporate QA initiatives such as CMMI Level 3 assessments and ISO re-certifications.
  • Participate as a SCAMPI Team Member during SCAMPI B/A maturity level assessments and serve as an ISO Internal Auditor.
• Customer Interface:
  • Interface with external and internal customers to ensure quality work products are delivered on projects.
  • Provide training on CMMI, ISO, ITIL frameworks, and project management best practices.
• Technical & Administrative Support:
  • Apply technical standards, principles, and theories to solve problems of moderate scope and complexity.
  • Utilize hands-on experience or understanding of software development, support desk, and maintenance/operation projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s degree with 0-2 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience with ISO, CMMI, and ITIL frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to perform QA and auditing tasks.
• Experience with training employees on technical standards and frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to work under general supervision and deliver solutions to technical challenges.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience as a project team member in software development, support desk, or maintenance/operation projects.
• Familiarity with process improvement methodologies and tools.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee may lift or move objects up to 5 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

MicroHealth will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] with your request and contact information.