Blue Shield Of California

DevOps Analyst, Consultant

Blue Shield Of California$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience required.
  • 7+ years of relevant professional experience with deep technical abilities in specific products or technologies.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills for stakeholder influence.
  • Proficient in problem-solving and prioritizing tasks effectively.
  • Experience in collaboration with development and operations teams to optimize the product delivery lifecycle.
  • Familiarity with documentation of agile workflows and processes.
  • Experience using the Atlassian suite of products.

Responsibilities

  • Support the creation and upkeep of delivery roadmaps for platform features in Behavioral Health IT Solutions.
  • Drive operational excellence and process automation, focusing on AI and ensuring smooth technology deployments.
  • Provide analytical support for application-related issues and facilitate troubleshooting tasks.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to grasp the business domain and associated product needs.
  • Recommend efficient, cost-effective implementations while utilizing reusable features.
  • Document and communicate upstream/downstream dependencies related to development areas.
  • Create and maintain user stories, processes, and test cases that align with stakeholder needs.
  • Participate actively in agile ceremonies and represent your development areas effectively.
  • Serve as DevOps Analyst across multiple technology product platforms as required.
  • Configure and troubleshoot systems, applying best practices in security and compliance.
  • Lead system audits and implement necessary updates and patches to maintain system integrity.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment offering flexibility and in-person collaboration.
  • Office environment with a structured office presence two days a week for team members.
  • Opportunities for professional development and skill advancement in a transformative field.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Your Role

The Application Services team plays a critical role in enhancing customer and technical collaboration while delivering all application development through a Platform and Technology Product Operation Model. The DevOps Analyst, Consultant will report to the Sr Manager, IT Applications. In this role you will be the comprehensive subject matter expert in the technology products/platform feature space and apply, learn, and extend your skills beyond formal role boundaries. Having a desire to help achieve transformational healthcare improvement should serve as the inspiration behind the ideal candidate's willingness to participate across many different activities within an agile working model.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:
  • Support the creation and maintenance of delivery roadmap for platform feature set(s) or technical product for Behavioral Health IT Solutions starting with Behavioral Health Insourcing initiative, in partnership with engineering and architecture
  • Drive operational excellence, including but not limited to Incident Management, process automation leveraging AI, and ensuring smooth deployments for your technology products/platform features
  • Provide analytical support and troubleshooting for application-related issues
  • Work directly with the product stakeholders and/or technology product teams to understand the business domain
  • Recommend the most efficient and cost-effective implementation, leveraging reusable features where possible
  • Understand, document, and communicate upstream/downstream dependencies supporting assigned development areas
  • Assist in creating, refining, and maintaining user stories and associated deliverables such as process flows and test cases to meet development and stakeholder needs
  • Write acceptance criteria and ensure criteria comes to fruition during product demos
  • Actively participate in agile ceremonies (i.e., daily standup, sprint planning, retrospective, and demos), representing the needs and perspectives of your assigned development areas
  • Have the ability to serve as DevOps Analyst for more than one technology product line/platform feature team
  • Configure, develop (scripts, queries, reports), test, troubleshoot (system and application log interrogation), evaluate performance, and support (monitoring and impact remediation)
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate new features and improvements
  • Ensure security and compliance standards are met throughout the development and deployment process
  • Lead the team in regular system audits and implement necessary updates and patches


Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience
  • Requires at least 7 years of directly related professional experience and deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs, or technologies
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to influence stakeholders and technical counterparts
  • Excellent problem-solving and prioritization skills
  • Demonstrated experience in collaborating with development and operations teams to streamline the product delivery lifecycle
  • Experience documenting agile workflows and processes
  • Experience utilizing the Atlassian suite of products
  • Requires basic technical knowledge and experience including adherence to architectural design, development standards, security policies, and sustainable design practices


Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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About Blue Shield Of California

Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health plan provider that has been providing Californians with access to high-quality healthcare for over 80 years. The company offers a range of health insurance products and services to individuals, families, and employers. Blue Shield of California is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of its members and the communities it serves. The company is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
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Size
7,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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