IT Associate Developer (Junior Sys Administrator) Remote

Are you interested in joining a team of experienced healthcare experts and have the ability to shape and transform the healthcare delivery system? At our family of companies, everything we do is to help improve the lives of the nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries we serve and 700,000 health care providers who care for them. It is our goal to help create a better health experience for all consumers. Join our winning culture and help transform Medicare for the millions of people who rely on its services.

Benefits info:• Medical, dental, vision, life and supplemental insurance plans effective the first day of the month following date of hire• Short- and long-term disability benefits • 401(k) plan with company match and immediate vesting• Free telehealth benefits• Free gym memberships• Employee Incentive Plan• Employee Assistance Program• Rewards and Recognition Programs• Paid Time Off and Paid Sick Leave

SUMMARY STATEMENT:

The Associate IT Developer (Junior System Admin/Developer) is responsible for development, programming, coding of Information Technology solutions. Associate IT Developers are responsible for documenting detailed system specifications, participation in unit testing and maintenance of planned and unplanned internally developed applications, evaluation and performance testing of purchased products. Responsible for including IT Controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, as well as availability of the application and data processed or output by the application.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.
• Writes code for simple system designs.
• Writes code mostly for enhancing existing programs.
• Can read and understand system and functional requirements.
• Writes simple technical specifications for single programs.
• Reports missing elements found in system and functional requirements to other Developers, Business Analysts and Systems Analysts.
• "Scope" time, resources, etc. required to complete programming projects. Seeks review from other Developers on estimates.
• Performs unit testing and debugging. Sets test conditions based upon code specifications. Seeks review by more senior Developers.
• Supports transition of application throughout the Product Development life cycle. Document what has to be migrated.
• Researches vendor products/alternatives.
• Accountable for including IT Controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, as well as availability of the application and data processed or output by the application.
• Performs other duties as the supervisor may, from time to time, deem necessary.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years' related work experience. This includes professional experience with technical design and coding in the IT industry; experience with unit testing and release procedures.
• Basic demonstrated proficiency using versioning tools.
• Working knowledge of Information Technology fields and computer systems.
• Demonstrated organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible team player.
• Ability to manage tasks independently without close supervision and take ownership of responsibilities.
• Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance.
• Must demonstrate initiative and effective independent decision-making skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• Must have an understanding of the systems development life cycle.
• Basic proficiency programming in at least one object-oriented programming language.
• Basic proficiency using standard desktop applications such as MS Suite and flowcharting tools such as Visio.
• Basic proficiency using debugging tools

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in an IT related field
• Monitoring tools experience, like DynaTrace
• Basic scripting language experience: JavaScript, VBScript, etc.
• Experience supporting applications on servers
• Monitoring and restarting servers
• System and middleware admin experience

The Federal Government and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may require applicants to have lived in the United States for a minimum of three (3) out of the last five (5) years to be employed with the Company. These years of residence do not have to be consecutive.

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled"