Anticipated End Date:2026-11-13
Position Title:Configuration Engineer Advisor
Job Description:Configuration Engineer AdvisorLocation: This role requires associates to be in-office
3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.
Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
The
Configuration Engineer Advisor will be responsible for administering, supporting, and continuously improving enterprise engineering, configuration management, and DevSecOps platforms. The Configuration Engineer Advisor is responsible for platform availability, upgrades and patching, access and configuration management, licensing, source-code and release support, production operations, and user support across Atlassian Data Center products, GitHub, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, IBM Rational ClearQuest, and related tools. The position will also progressively support enterprise cloud environments and emerging AI platform administration capabilities.
How you will make an impact:- Administer and support enterprise engineering platforms, including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GitHub, Jenkins, JFrog/Artifactory, ClearQuest, Leapwork, and related tools.
- Manage platform configurations, projects, repositories, workflows, boards, spaces, permissions, user access, plugins, integrations, and licenses.
- Plan, coordinate, execute, and validate platform upgrades, security patches, monthly patch testing, and production changes.
- Provide operational and production support, troubleshoot platform issues, and coordinate incident and problem resolution with infrastructure, security, application, and vendor teams.
- Support source-code management, version control, branching, repository governance, change management, and release-management practices.
- Develop and maintain platform documentation, operational procedures, support runbooks, configuration standards, and knowledge-transfer materials.
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring administrative activities and improve platform reliability, supportability, and user experience.
- Support the administration and operational readiness of enterprise cloud environments, including access management, monitoring, configuration, security, and platform integrations.
- Support the future administration of enterprise AI platforms, including generative AI and agentic AI environments, platform access, configurations, integrations, monitoring, governance controls, and production support.
- Work collaboratively with other administrators to provide consistent operational coverage, cross-training, and reliable failover support for critical platforms.
- Support engineering platforms across production and non-production environments, including environment configuration, release readiness, platform validation, and issue resolution.
- Coordinate scheduled maintenance, production changes, platform upgrades, and release-support activities with application, infrastructure, database, security, and vendor teams.
- Participate in after-hours maintenance and production-support activities when required to maintain platform availability and support critical releases.
Minimum Requirements:- Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and minimum of 6 years of IT experience, including application development experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience administering enterprise Atlassian platforms, including Jira and Confluence.
- 2+ years' experience supporting source-code management, CI/CD, artifact-management, platform upgrades, patching, access administration, change management, and production support.
- This position is part of our Wellpoint Federal division which, per CMS TDL 190275, requires foreign national applicants meet the residency requirement of living in the United States at least three of the past five years.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:- Experience administering Atlassian Data Center deployments of Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket is strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting Linux-based enterprise applications, including patch validation, service management, permissions, log analysis, and troubleshooting, is preferred.
- Experience supporting IBM Rational ClearQuest and related middleware components, including WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server, is preferred.
- Experience participating in scheduled maintenance, production changes, incident response, and after-hours support activities is preferred.
- Experience administering GitHub repositories, permissions, organizations, branching strategies, integrations, and source-code governance is preferred.
- Experience supporting Jenkins, JFrog/Artifactory, ClearQuest, Leapwork, or comparable engineering platforms is preferred.
- Experience with version control, code-management practices, CI/CD pipelines, change management, and release-management processes is preferred.
- Experience administering or supporting cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or comparable enterprise cloud platforms is preferred.
- Experience administering or supporting AI/ML, generative AI, or agentic AI platforms is preferred.
- Experience with platform integrations, APIs, authentication, monitoring, logging, security controls, and vulnerability remediation is preferred.
- Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or comparable technologies is preferred.
- Experience supporting platform migrations, cloud transitions, tool consolidation, or modernization initiatives is preferred.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills are preferred.
For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $111,200 to $166,800.
Location(s): Virginia
In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.
* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Job Level:Non-Management Exempt
Workshift:Job Family:IFT > Engineering/Dev
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