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Operations App Developer, Senior

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
  • El Dorado Hills, CA
    5 days ago

    Job Description

    Your Role

    The Business Configuration Automation team creates innovative automated solutions that support both Business Configuration teams and their customers. The Senior Application Developer reports to the Senior Manager of the Business Configuration Shared Services team and plays a key role in advancing automation initiatives. In this position, you will design, develop, and enhance software applications and tools that support accurate, timely reporting and configuration activities. Your work will help improve operational efficiency, ensure reliable member enrollment processes, streamline claims processing, and contribute to the delivery of high-quality business solutions across the organization.

    Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

    Your Knowledge and Experience

    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in IT and minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
    • 4-5 years of experience in a computer-related support role required.
    • Analytical and problem-solving skills. Project management experience preferred.
    • Strong knowledge of UNIX and/or Windows Operating System and Internet technologies.
    • Proficiency with VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), PowerShell, version control systems, and Agile project and issue tracking tools required.
    • Knowledge of Oracle and/or SQL server required.
    • Experience with SQL development required.
    • Scripting PERL, BOURNE, C++.
    • Knowledge of Websphere (Administrator or Installation Level)
    • Intermediate-level knowledge of user interface design, application development, and software development methodologies, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns, required.
    • Knowledge of FileNet (Installation on both UNIX and Windows level).
    • Experience with SVN/Git and JIRA preferred.
    • Familiarity with software debugging and integration methods, including APIs, web services, SOAP, and REST, preferred.

    Hybrid

    This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

    Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

    Your Work

    In this role, you will:

    • Apply software engineering concepts, principles and processes throughout the software development lifecycle.
    • Contribute to application design and technical specification development.
    • Build user interfaces and applications based on approved designs and technical requirements.
    • Test, troubleshoot, and maintain code to ensure quality and alignment with specifications.
    • Provide guidance and knowledge sharing to less experienced team members.
    • Work across 2-3 technology platforms or application stacks.
    • Manage two to three moderately complex projects simultaneously.
    • Partner with team members to clarify objectives, priorities, and project requirements.
    • Participate in Agile development processes and ceremonies.
    • Collaborate with customers to design solutions that address business requirements and user stories.

    Your Work

    In this role, you will:

    • Apply software engineering concepts, principles and processes throughout the software development lifecycle.
    • Contribute to application design and technical specification development.
    • Build user interfaces and applications based on approved designs and technical requirements.
    • Test, troubleshoot, and maintain code to ensure quality and alignment with specifications.
    • Provide guidance and knowledge sharing to less experienced team members.
    • Work across 2-3 technology platforms or application stacks.
    • Manage two to three moderately complex projects simultaneously.
    • Partner with team members to clarify objectives, priorities, and project requirements.
    • Participate in Agile development processes and ceremonies.
    • Collaborate with customers to design solutions that address business requirements and user stories.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationEl Dorado Hills, CA
    IndustryInsurance
    Company Size2,000 to 2,499 employees
    Websitehttps://www.bcbs.com/about-us/careers

    About Company

    At the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), we provide business strategy, technical support and consulting expertise to 36 Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the nation, employing more than 1,000 of the best strategic thinkers in the industry. We are a Brand manager that sets quality control standards for the 36 independent companies that use the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Brands, and we serve as a trade association that represents these Blue companies. It is through our involvement that the Blues companies share a united vision and strategy while also benefiting from the local strength of all member companies.

    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Algorithmsunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Business Servicesunmatched
    • Business Solutionsunmatched
    • Business Supportunmatched
    • C++ Programming Languageunmatched
    • Claims Processingunmatched
    • Computer Skillsunmatched
    • Data Structuresunmatched
    • Design Patterns Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Gitunmatched
    • IBM WebSphere Application Serverunmatched
    • Internet Technologyunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)unmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
    • Multitaskingunmatched
    • Operational Improvementunmatched
    • Operational Strategyunmatched
    • Operations Managementunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Perl Programming Languageunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
    • Reporting Skillsunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)unmatched
    • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
    • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
    • Software Debuggingunmatched
    • Software Designunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM)unmatched
    • Subversionunmatched
    • Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Unix Operating Systemsunmatched
    • Unix System Administrationunmatched
    • User Interface Designunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Web Servicesunmatched
    • Windows PowerShellunmatched

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