Summary This position serves as Without Compensation Research Assistant within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden. Please note, there is not pay associated with this position. Responsibilities Major Duties: Develop programming specifications and design, write, test, validate, and maintain custom software applications. Support a wide range of research-related data collection and data analysis activities through software development. Create and maintain standardized documentation for software programs, including evaluations, modifications, and system enhancements. Apply relational database principles and software development methodologies within a health services research environment. Analyze and resolve unusual, nov...