Application Development Advisor - Hybrid

Must be a current contractor with Cigna Healthcare, Evernorth Health Services, or one of their subsidiaries.

The objective of this position is to work with business and technical experts to implement quality software engineering solutions and best practices. The individual must have superb analytical and technical skills. The individual will be expected to participate in the collaborative architectural refinement, software design and realization of products that support the strategic technology needs to support the organization. A full stackengineer is a person that has a breadth of knowledge in computer science, a problem solving mentality and a desire to learn. This person is comfortable working within a technical capacity across many of the sectors including core development on platform, data processing and report generation. The FSE 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. Focus for this team is on the delivery of innovative solutions to complex problems.

Behaviors

• Demonstrate mentality of building well architected applications for Cloud.
• Demonstrate 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.
• Contribute to automation pyramid and integrate with CI/CD tools for continuous validation.
• Passion for continuing education and improving code quality.
• Able to articulate clear business objectives aligned to technical specifications and work in an iterative agile pattern daily.

Responsibilities

• Core code development for back, middle and front end applications
• Operational triage of bugs, failed test cases and system failures
• Lead the team with technical support and guidance as needed
• Perform code review and make recommendations for optimizing code performance
• Mapping user stories to detailed technical specifications
• Deploying & developing cloud applications end to end
• Contributing to 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

Requirements and Skill sets needed:

• 5+ years of software development experience in Core Java
• Experience in AWS services including AWS Step function, Lambda(using Python), AWS Glue, SNS, SQS, Eventbridge
• Experience in Java 8 features such as Lambda Expressions, functional programing
• Experience in Java frameworks such as Spring Boot, RESTful API services
• Experience with Terraform, experience with setting up CI/CD pipelines is a plus
• Experience with NoSQL Databases such as MongoDB
• Experience with containers such as Open Shift/ Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience with Kafka
• Experience with JUnit, end to end testing. Having done TDD based application development is a plus
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in SDLC, including testing and deployment
• Working knowledge of scripting languages
• 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 Healthcare, Evernorth Health Services, or one of their subsidiaries.

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 Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. 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: [email protected] for support. Do not email [email protected] 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.