Software Engineering Senior Advisor

Position Overview

Compliance Technology Department seeks an individual with

10+ years of solid, diverse work experience in IT specifically in application development/software engineering or similar roles including

3+ years for experience leveraging public cloud for application development

to drive the development of simple, modern, and composable cloud-first solutions across an extensive portfolio of integrated business products.  This role is directly responsible for working within a team of developers to deliver integration solutions in support of portfolio initiatives.  The ideal candidate should possess a full-stack engineering mindset with a passion for excelling in all areas of the software delivery life cycle such as analysis, design, development, automated testing, DevOps, etc.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the analysis, design, development, unit testing, and implementation of integration solutions consistent with architectural direction and established patterns with limited oversight

• Contribute towards proof of concepts for integration patterns and software tools/technologies related to application or process development

• Plan and implement procedures focused on operational efficiency and automation through DevOps capabilities

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to other team members on standard practices such as resiliency, observability, scalability, security, cost optimization and more.

• Maintain a solid and collaborative relationship with delivery partners and business stakeholders

• Complete work following Agile development methodology and concepts

• Participate in all agile ceremonies effectively

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline strongly preferred

• Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect are preferred. Strong knowledge of public cloud computing concepts (AWS preferred)

• Typically, 10+ years of solid, diverse work experience in IT specifically in application development/software engineering or similar roles.

• 3+ years for experience leveraging public cloud for application development.

• Prior working experience in healthcare domain is preferred.

Experience

• Engineer must be a highly motivated, well-rounded team player and self-starter that works best in a collaborative, dynamic and agile environment with limited oversight.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential as this position will interface with remote scrum teams, business owners, enterprise architects, security, infrastructure, and consumers

• Familiar with advanced concepts and hands-on experience in many of the following areas to be a successful contributor on the team:

  • Expertise in API development, Microservices design

  • Strong Expertise with AWS Cloud development services such as API Gateway, S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, ECS Faregate, EKS, Event Bridge, EC2, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, RDS, IAM, SecretManager,  Alarms, Rout53, CloudFront, S3 static website, ALB/ELB.

  • Experience in RESTful APIs and SOAP services using message formats such as JSON and XML

  • Experience in integration technologies such as Kafka

  • Strong application development experience in two or more programming languages: Python, Scala, NodeJS, Java.

  • Experience in RDBMS and NoSQL databases such as SQL Server, Teradata, DynamoDB

  • Experience in DataBricks application development using PySpark, Live Tables and Job orchestration using Apacha Airflow

  • Experience in Healthcare Applications such as Facet, QNXT is plus

  • Hands-on experience developing applications on AWS and/or Openshift

  • Automation Skills using Infrastructure as Code

  • Knowledge of application security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms

  • Experience with GitHub, Jenkins or GitHub actions or equivalent.

  • Experience with terraform IAC or similar

  • Experience with Security Concepts (e.g. encryption, Identity, OAUTH, etc.).

  • CI - CD understanding

• Familiarity with creating benchmark tests, designing for scalability and performance, and designing/integrating large-scale systems

• Familiarity with building cloud native applications, knowledge on cloud tools such Kubernetes and Docker containers

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.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 123,400 - 205,600 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.

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 require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

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.