SeKON is looking for a Cerner Implementation Lead to join our talented and innovative team supporting the Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS) and its program offices in Arlington, VA. The mission lifecycle of DHMS is to competitively acquire, test, deliver, and successfully transition to a state-of-the-market electronic health record (EHR) system. In partnership with the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Services, and industry, DHMS is developing a deployment and sustainment strategy to optimize the delivery of a modernized EHR with minimal disruption to the military health care community.
With over 20 years of experience, SeKON specializes in providing large-scale health IT programs in support of federal government customers including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense Health Agency (DHA), and National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our vision “To be the premier management and technology consulting firm providing solutions that improve quality of life and work”.
The Cerner Implementation Lead reports to the Program Office Lead.
“JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Acts as key participant in coordinating all aspects of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) release lifecycle including network/ system environment set-up, test and releases/deployment activities of a Commercial of the Shelf (COTs) product line.
- Manage timely resolution of critical and/or complex technical problems within multiple IT platforms and network enclaves.
- Coordinate with other engineering professionals to provide Enterprise Service technical implementation support in a broad area of technology such as compute and storage (Cloud/Private/Hybrid), virtualization, directory services, enterprise management, cyber, and network routing for multiple client configurations in preparation for Go Live events…”
“REQUIRED SKILLS:
- 5+ years of specialized Systems Engineering for Department of Defense IT systems
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, or a related field preferred
- Certifications in one or more of the following industry competencies; Cisco CCNA, Microsoft MCSE (Solution Engineer), ISC2 SSCP OR combination of COMPTIA Network +, Security +, A+
- Certifications in one or more of the following AWS competencies (Associate/Professional/Specialty); Solution Architect, DevOPs, Cloud Practitioner, Security, Network
- 5+ years’ demonstrated experience in certification(s) field…”




