Human Resources Information Systems Specialist

Responsibilities

OBXtek is seeking two Remote Human Resources Information Systems Specialists to support agency-wide Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) for both Civil Service and Foreign Service human capital programs.

The primary focus of this position is the ongoing maintenance and transition readiness of the Agency’s HRIS portfolio. This includes ensuring system reliability, supporting system sustainment activities, and preparing systems and associated data for transition. The role requires strong capability in data extraction, validation, and analysis to support operational needs, reporting requirements, and transition planning and execution.

The incumbent serves as a technical point of contact for assigned functional areas and works closely with subject matter experts to ensure data integrity, develop and execute data extracts, and analyze data flows. The position also supports transition execution activities, including preparing and validating data for migration, assisting with system decommissioning tasks, supporting cutover activities, and helping ensure continuity of operations throughout the transition process.

In addition,the position is responsible for developing, maintaining, and organizing system documentation and knowledge management resources. This includes documenting system configurations, data structures, business processes, and standard operating procedures to support sustainment, facilitate knowledge transfer, and ensure continuity during and after transition.

Key Responsibilities:

Human Resources System Support and Administration 60%

• Applies Human Resources principles, concepts, methods, and practices to support and administer agency-wide HRIS services for both Civil Service and Foreign Service programs. Ensures the stability, reliability, and ongoing operation of HR systems within the Agency’s HRIS portfolio.
• Provides technical expertise to support system sustainment. Identifies and resolves system issues, including data discrepancies, processing errors, and system performance concerns.
• Performs complex data extraction, querying, validation, and analysis to support reporting requirements, audits, and transition activities. Develops and maintains repeatable data extraction processes and ensures data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across systems.
• Produces recurring and ad hoc reports and statistical analyses from HRIS platforms. Conducts data quality assessments and reconciliation activities to identify and resolve inconsistencies across systems.
• Serves as a system administrator for assigned systems, including managing user access, configuring system tables, and supporting security-related activities.
• Supports review, testing, and implementation activities related to system changes, patches, and updates required to maintain system operations. Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure minimal disruption to business processes.
• Coordinates and resolves user issues and requests, providing timely and effective customer support. Communicates system updates, outages, and issues to stakeholders.
• Develops, maintains, and delivers user guidance and training materials to support effective system use.
• Develops, maintains, and organizes comprehensive system documentation and knowledge management resources, including standard operating procedures, data dictionaries, system configurations, interfaces, and transition artifacts (e.g., runbooks, data extraction guides, system inventories). Ensures documentation is current, complete, and supports sustainment, transition readiness, and effective knowledge transfer.
• Serves as a liaison with internal and external stakeholders, including HR offices, payroll, CIO organizations, and system vendors.

Human Resources Information Systems Transition Planning and Execution 40%

• Supports execution of HRIS transition activities, including data migration, system decommissioning, and cutover planning.
• Prepares, extracts, transforms, and validates data for migration to target systems.
• Performs data mapping and supports reconciliation between legacy and target systems.
• Assists with development and execution of transition plans, timelines, and milestones.
• Ensures compliance with federal records management requirements and policies during data archiving and system decommissioning..
• Coordinates with stakeholders (HR, CIO, vendors) to support transition execution and issue resolution.
• Supports testing activities related to data migration and system transition (e.g., UAT, parallel testing).
• Monitors transition activities to ensure continuity of operations and escalates risks or issues as needed.
• Contributes to the identification and mitigation of risks related to data integrity, system performance, and transition timelines.
• Develops and maintains transition-related documentation, including data extraction procedures, mapping documents, runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials to support post-transition operations.
• Develops or supports metrics and status reporting related to system sustainment and transition progress.

Candidates must have no prior work experience with/for USAID

Qualifications

Have or be able to obtain a Public Trust

Education

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Human Resource Informatics, Computer Information Systems or a related field is required.

Previous Work Experience:

• Personnel shall possess at least 4 years of experience with using National Finance Center (NFC) applications; such as NFC Mainframe, EPIC, Insight, SALL, Reporting Center.
• Three to five years of HR Information System specialist experience, ideally in the federal sector.
• Project management experience a plus.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent customer service and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, HR data, and federal HR systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analysis, extraction, and validation using HRIS tools and reporting platforms.
• Familiarity with data migration concepts, including data mapping, transformation, and reconciliation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Previous exposure to project-related activities through active participation in system-related projects.
• Ability to document systems, processes, and data structures clearly and comprehensively for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with HRConnect or other PeopleSoft systems, USA Staffing, and eOPF preferred.
• Experience with Google Sheets and Docs preferred.
• Experience using case management tools (e.g., ServiceNow) to manage and respond to user inquiries preferred.
• Experience with Tableau preferred.

Security Clearance

Company Information

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia and founded in 2009, OBXtek is a fast-growing leader in the government contracting field. Our mission is Our People…Our Reputation. Our people are trained professionals who enhance our customers’ knowledge and innovation using technology, collaboration, and education.

We offer a robust suite of benefits including comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, matching 401K, paid time off, tuition reimbursement plans and much more.

As a government contractor, OBXtek pairs lessons learned across disciplines with industry standard quality practices such as CMMC Level 2, CMMI-Dev Level III, ITIL, 6Sigma, PMI, and ISO. Our rapid growth has been recognized by INC500, the Washington Business Journal, and Washington Technology magazine.

OBXtek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.