Application Development Advisor at Cigna in Plano, Texas

Job Description:

The objective of this position is to work with business and technical experts to implement software engineering best practices related that promotes the highest re usability across the US and Global. The individual must have superb analytical and technical skills coupled with the ability to drive project deliverables. The individual will be expected to participate in the collaborative concept definition, architectural refinement, software design and realization of products that support the strategic technology needs to support the organization. A full stack engineer is a person that has a breadth of knowledge in computer science, a problem solving mentality and a desire to learn. This personiscomfortable working with in a technical capacity across many of the sectors including core development on platform, data processing and report generation.

The Full stack will be working in a team that demands technical excellence and whose members are expected to hold each other accountable in the overall success of the output.As a Technical lead in the team, this position is expected to provide technical guidance and leadership to the sprint teams. Focus for this team is on the delivery of innovative solutions to complex problems.

Behaviors

• Drive automation pyramid and integrate with CI/CD tools for continuous validation.


• Understands when to automate and when not to.


• Drive mentality of building well architected applications for Cloud


• Drive the mentality of quality being owned by the entire team.


• Can identify code defects and work with other developers to address quality issues in product code.


• Passion for finding bottlenecks and thresholds in existing code through the use of automation tools.


• Passion for continuing education and improving code quality.

FSEs are able to articulate clear business objectives aligned to technical specifications and work in an iterative agile pattern daily. FSEs have an ownership over their work task, and are comfortable interactingwith all levels of the team and raise challenges when necessary.

Sample Delivery Responsibilities

• Core code production for back, middle and front end applications


• Operational triage of bugs, failed test cases and system failures


• Creating and optimizing infrastructure performance metrics


• Mapping user stories to detailed technical specifications


• Creating a repeatable process for rationalizing large amounts of reports


• Complete detailed peer code reviews


• Deploying & developing cloud applications end to end


• Architecting a pilot or PoC effort to bring innovation to delivery


• Working In stages of the environment lifecycle including Production


• Automation of manual data object creation and test cases


• Ask smart questions, take risks and champion new ideas.


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• 5 or more years of experience with TeraData


• 5 or more years of experience with Informatica


• 1 or more years with the Hadoop ecosystem: HDFS, Spark, Pig, Hive


• Experience with NoSQL Databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra is a plus


• Experience with Looker, Tableau is a plus


• Proficiency object oriented software: Scala or Java is a plus


• Expertise in designing technical solutions using object-oriented design concepts


• Experience in stream data, such as Kafka desired


• Proficiency working with large data stores


• Deep understanding of all things "database" - schema design, optimization, scalability, etc


• Excellent communication skills


• You are amazingly entrepreneurial


• Provide recommendations and design optimal configurations for large-scale deployments.


• Experience in SDLC, especially testing and deployment. Experience with Jenkins is a plus.


• Working knowledge of scripting languages


• Knowledge around machine learning a plus


• AWS / cloud computing (working knowledge) is a plus


• Unix-like operating system environment (proficient)


• Software version control (e.g. git working knowledge or greater)


• Track record of contributions to open source software projects.


• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.


• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.


• Must be a current contractor with Cigna, Express Scripts, or Evernorth. Evernorth is a new business within the Cigna Corporation.

About Cigna

Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. We offer an integrated suite of health services through Cigna, Express Scripts, and our affiliates including medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products. Together, with our 74,000 employees worldwide, we aspire to transform health services, making them more affordable and accessible to millions. Through our unmatched expertise, bold action, fresh ideas and an unwavering commitment to patient-centered care, we are a force of health services innovation.

When you work with Cigna, you'll enjoy meaningful career experiences that enrich people's lives while working together to make the world a healthier place. What difference will you make? To see our culture in action, search #TeamCigna on Instagram.

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.