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Summary

The Software Engineer III works with team to provide complex software programming for new software, production support and maintenance for existing software, as well as ad-hoc support of key departmental initiatives which drive business functions. The Software Engineer III receives general instructions on new projects and works autonomously to complete deliverables.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Gains a thorough understanding of functional requirements for new software requests. 

• Works with Business Systems Analysts to understand and clarify software requirements and translate into working software.

• Designs, develops and performs testing of software to meet functional requirements.

• Practices good software engineering techniques and standards to reduce coding errors and ensures robustness and efficiency of work products.

• Partners with software team in the development of the software engineering processes.

• Works to identify and resolves technical or product problems.

• Participates in software project meetings and provides status reports.

• Translates technical designs into working software.

• Maintains existing applications by enhancing software and troubleshooting issues.

• Collaborates with team members and partners with others as needed to ensure successful completion of assigned software development tasks.

• Participates in code reviews and incorporates recommendations. 

• Applies software engineering and Object Oriented Design principles in creating UML diagrams and technical design documents for software components. 

• Partners with team members and technical project lead to ensure component design fits in with the overall solution.

• Adopts new techniques and technologies.

• Initiates attendance at job related training to keep skills current; maintains current understanding of the industry’s best practices.

• Assists with mentoring and training of less experienced IT staff members.

Supervisory Responsibilities        

No supervisory responsibilities

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Education and/or Experience

BS/BA and 6+ years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, and 2 years of SME in respective areas

Computer Skills

• Solid understanding of UI patterns and experience with BootstrapPHP, CSS3, HTML5, JQuery, jQWidgets, JResponsiveResponsive Web Design (RWD), JSON, AJAX

• Prior experience with front-end prototyping tool like Axure

• Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries and work with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle)

• Experience developing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end automated tests to ensure code quality

• Experience with remote terminal applications and protocols like ssh and putty as well as ssh key auth, single sign on, one time password 2FA, passphrase protected key files, VPN.

• Basic network understanding in regard to client to server communications, packets, DNS, load balancers, network segmentation, tagging and control.

• FTP familiarity – FTPS & SFTP

• Familiarity with HIPAA, HiTrust, SOC1/2, and automated code review tools.

• Experience leveraging AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) to accelerate development, problem-solving, code review

• Knowledge of accessibility requirements and experience developing interfaces that comply to ADA/508/WCAG2.0

• Experience using GIT— , GitHub, and BitBucket—  Source Code Management tooltools

• Experience with Maven— Build Automation tool

• Familiarity with CI tools like Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, CheckMarx

• Experience with Eclipse, Netbeans or IntelliJ IDE

• Working experience with UNIXRedHat Linux environments  and shell scripting

• Experience with integrating web application’s front-end with back-end web services

• Solid understanding of SDLC and prior experience working in Agile Scrum teams

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None required

Other Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on project teams and/or matrix-managed teams.

• Ability to appropriately schedule and prioritize multiple projects to ensure timely and effective delivery of IT solutions.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with emphasis on translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Results oriented and ability to juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines.

• Familiarity with PBM business model (plans, programs, and practices) as well as pharmaceutical practices (nomenclature, medications) helpful.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Language Skills    

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. 

Competencies To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Composure

Decision Quality

Organizational Agility

Problem Solving

Customer Focus

Drive for Results

Peer Relations

Time Management

Dealing with Ambiguity

Learning on the Fly

Political Savvy

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Ability to maintain clear near visual acuity at approximately 20 inches or less (i.e., “close vision”) to accurately read fine print, view computer screens, and handle small objects. Requires adequate color vision and depth perception to support safety and precision in detail-oriented tasks.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position may regularly be exposed to or encounter moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, risk of electrical shock or vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

Work Location

This position works from a remote location. Must provide adequate support to internal clients; be available for regular interactions and coordination of work with other employees, colleagues, clients, or vendors; as well as be available to facilitate effective decisions through collaboration with stakeholders.

Working Hours

This is an exempt level position requiring the incumbent to work the hours required to fully accomplish job responsibilities and meet deadlines for work deliverables. The individual must have the flexibility to work beyond traditional hours and be able to work nights, weekends or on holidays as required. Work hours may be changed from time to time to meet the needs of the business. Typical core business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Travel

This position requires no travel; however, attendance may be required at various local conferences and meetings.

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Wellness Programs

• Paid Time Off / Company Paid Holidays

• Incentive Compensation

• 401K with Company match

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Referral Bonus