Software Engineering Advisor - Evernorth (cigna)

Job Description

Provides advanced professional input to complex Engineering assignments/projects. Leads team to design and develop a consolidated, conformed set of enterprise entities which store all critical data across Products, Enrollments and other Benefits data. Designs, develops and implements methods, processes and systems and data mining tools. Analyzes large amounts of data stored in a data warehouse or data mart to find relationships and patterns. Supports and provides direction to team member professionals to ensure deliverables meet product health standards and timelines. Works autonomously, consulting subject matter experts in new subject areas when needed. Exercises judgment in the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of both standard and complex techniques and procedures. Utilizes in-depth professional knowledge and acumen to develop models and procedures, and monitor trends, within Information Management.

This position is with Evernorth, a new business within the Cigna Corporation.

Behaviors:

• Drive mentality of building well architected applications.
• Drive the mentality of quality being owned by the entire team.
• Drive toward automation and continuous validation.
• Identify code defects and work with other team to address quality issues in product code.
• Passion for continuing education and improving code quality
• As subject matter expert, share knowledge with team members and stakeholders to produce a strong product and develop strong alliances within Technology and business
• Articulate clear business objectives aligned to technical specifications and work in an iterative agile pattern daily.
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• Takes ownership over work tasks, and comfortable interacting with all levels of the team and raise challenges when necessary.

Sample Delivery Responsibilities:

• Core code production for back end applications and RESTful microservices
• Partner with TPO to decomp and design features for the entity products and prioritize quarterly work for the team
• Create and optimize performance and health metrics
• Map user stories to detailed technical specifications
• Mentor team members to ensure deliverables meet engineering product health standards and timelines
• Complete detailed peer code reviews
• Deploying & developing applications
• Operational triage of bugs, failed test cases and system failures
• Architecting a pilot or PoC effort to bring innovation to delivery
• Work with stakeholders for successful adoption and extension of entities
• Working in all stages of the environment lifecycle
• Automation of manual data object creation and test cases
• Ask smart questions, take risks and champion new ideas.

Requirements and Skill sets needed:

• 3+ years of experience designing technical solutions using object-oriented design concepts.
• 3+ years of experience developing in Java technologies like Core Java, J2EE, Kotlin, Core Java, JSP, Servlets, Java Beans, JDBC
• 3+ years of experience with relational and document databases like Postgres, Oracle, MongoDB, etc.
• Experience with cloud technologies like Pivotal Cloud Foundry, AWS, etc.
• 2+ years experience with Kafka
• Design and develop operational models using Swagger and integrate with application to achieve skeleton and documentation details.
• Develop micro services architecture applications using Spring Boot platform using Agile methodology with Test Driven Development TDD from scratch.
• Develop configurable applications using Kotlin.
• Develop unit test cases using JUnit powered with Mockito and Power mock.
• Write automation test scripts using cucumber citrus and integrated within Jenkins pipeline.
• Excellent communication skills 
• Software version control experience using Git
• 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 Group. 

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 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.