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Software Engineering Advisor

Cigna

Hybrid
Plano, TX
Full-time
Senior
Staff
3+ yrs
Salary not listedPosted 3w ago

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Job description

Cigna is hiring a Software Engineering Advisor — a full-time, based in Plano, TX role. Apply directly on Cigna's careers page below.

Software Engineering Advisor- Hybrid

Location: Plano, TX

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. seeks a Software Engineering Advisor for the Plano, TX location to resolve complex technical development issues and ensure that quality is maintained by following development patterns and standards.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare deployment and post-deployment plans to support the conversion and deployment of software solutions.

• Interact with architects, technical project managers, and developers to certify that solutions meet requirements and customer needs.

• Improve coding quality and reliability by implementing good standards and best practices.

• Participate in the collaborative concept definition, software design, and realization of software products to support the strategic technology needs of the organization.

• Work within a technical capacity across the Data and Analytics sectors, including core development on platform, data processing, and report generation.

• Deliver innovative solutions to complex problems and provide expert content on complex engineering assignments and projects.

• Develop rest web services using Java and Spring Boot to connect native mobile applications to backend systems.

• Coordinate with frontend and backend application teams to design solutions for the business requirements using Java and J2EE technologies and understand business needs driving products and capabilities of backend systems.

• Participate in Agile scrum meeting and retrospective meetings.

• Provide status updates to top management.

• Perform peer review of team members’ user stories and approve the code changes to ensure that the best coding practices are maintained.

• Provide production support for clients, monitor application health, and provide solutions to production incidents.

• Hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5 years of experience in any software development role.

• Will accept a Master’s degree and 3 years of experience.

• Must have experience with: gathering requirements from business users and preparing RUD (Requirement Understanding Document);

• Performing impact analysis on the new business requirements to find out the systems that could potentially be affected by proposed change(s) and designing effective software solutions;

• Preparing and submitting high-level estimates and detailed level estimates for new requirements;

• Developing software solutions for system enhancements using Java and J2EE technologies;

• Performing unit testing and integration testing;

• Conducting peer review sessions with team members to review code;

• Performing application support and maintenance activities;

• Provide root cause analysis (RCA) and provide fix and deployment support for production issues;

• Spring; Struts; JavaScript; CSS; Servlets; JSP; Web services; Jenkins; GitHub; SonarQube; SQL; IBM DB2; IBM RAD for WebSphere; Eclipse; WinSCP; DbVisualizer; Putty; ; Serena Dimensions; and Unix.


If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email seeyourself@thecignagroup.com for assistance. Please note that this email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

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Frequently asked questions

What skills are required for Software Engineering Advisor at Cigna?

The required skills for Software Engineering Advisor at Cigna include: Java, Spring Boot, J2EE, SQL, JavaScript, CSS, Jenkins, GitHub, Unix, Agile, Spring.

What is the seniority level for Software Engineering Advisor at Cigna?

Software Engineering Advisor at Cigna is a Senior / Staff level position.

How do I apply for Software Engineering Advisor at Cigna?

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