Onboard Erik

[dianagriffin]

Welcome, Erik! We are excited to have you on the team!

This ticket exists to lay out some logistical to-do's alongside areas of focus for getting up to speed on the VRO team and our work.

To be done for you - @dianagriffin

• [x] Invite to DSVA, Lighthouse Slack spaces
  • [x] Add to slack groups (@vro-team, @vro-eng)
• [x] Introduce in #benefits-onboarding channel (to kick off OCTO onboarding steps) and #benefits-vro team channel
• [x] Add to recurring team meeting invites
• [x] Invite to the VA ABD Team Calendar in Google
• [x] Invite to the OCTO Benefits Delivery Team room in the VA Mural Workspace (as a guest)
• [x] Add to VA Github Org (form here)
  • [x] Add to OCTO-VRO GitHub team to have access to VRO's GitHub repos
  • [x] Add to VA-ABD-RRD GitHub team to have access to VRO's LHDI deployment environments

Pending VA email assignment

• [x] Add to the VA ABD Sharepoint site as a Member (pending getting a VA email assigned)
• [x] Request an Okta account (https://jira.devops.va.gov/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/group/252?groupId=252)
  • Request template: Name is a new member of the OCTO Benefits VRO team. Requesting an Okta account be created for First Last (include VA email) with the following applications assigned:
    • VA Jira
    • VA Confluence
    • lighthousedi-va-datadog with Standard Role assigned

To do - Erik

• [x] Join relevant slack channels -- you don't have to join ALL these channels; start with the #benefits-vro- and #benefits-cft- and you can expand from there as you get more involved in the work. Feel free to ask the team in #benefits-vro if you're wondering about whether to join a particular channel.
  • [x] Most relevant channels for you: #benefits-vro (our team channel for coordination across the VRO team), #benefits-vro-engineering (engineering-specific collaboration for the VRO team), #benefits-vro-support (primary channel for collaboration with VRO partner teams building on the platform), #benefits-cft (cross-team collaboration channel for the 3 teams in the Claims Fast-Tracking Crew)
• [x] Join recurring team meetings -- they should be on your calendar!
• [x] ~Watch "The Way We Work" presentation recording~ Attend new team session scheduled in mid-October
• [ ] Go through Benefits Portfolio onboarding materials and onboarding buddy meetings (see #benefits-onboarding channel in Slack; you'll be tagged there with your onboarding buddy assignments and materials to review)
• [x] Set up a 1:1 meet & greet with our VA Product Owner, Premal Shah! -- See Premal's slack profile for a calendar URL where you can find available times
• [ ] Set up a 1:1 meet & greet with OCTO engineering lead Cory Sohrakoff! See his slack profile for a calendar URL where you can find available times
• [x] Review the VRO Engineering Onboarding doc (and help us improve it by pointing out what's missing our out-of-date, and adding to it with other useful info you come across!)
• [x] Review the materials on this wiki page for walkthroughs of the code
• [ ] Watch this demo from the Lighthouse Delivery Infrastructure (LHDI) team on the SecRel pipeline and SD Elements
• [ ] Use our daily scrum meeting to find opportunities to pair with other engineers on the team and start getting familiar with our current work
• [x] When you get a VA email address, add it to your Github account & let Diana know so she can add you to Sharepoint and Okta

[dianagriffin]

Requested Okta account: https://jira.devops.va.gov/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/DOTSD-34243

[nelsestu]

I received my va.gov email address: erik.nelsestuen@va.gov I've validated my sharepoint access and still need to figure out Okta access.