Horizon Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Specialist, Application Developer II

Horizon Blue Cross & Blue Shield$109K — $149K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma/GED required
  • Bachelor's degree required or 12 years of relevant experience
  • 8+ years of relevant work experience preferred
  • Experience with Power BI highly preferred
  • Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP highly preferred
  • Consulting skills highly preferred
  • Experience with data warehouse (Snowflake, DataBricks, RedShift)

Responsibilities

  • Review complex business requirement documents and translate them into technical specifications
  • Develop, modify, and maintain complex software products with extensive testing
  • Enforce and mentor team on code development and SDLC practices
  • Drive DevOps best practices and track team efficiency metrics
  • Analyze and troubleshoot cross functional problems and propose solutions
  • Lead production support and routine maintenance activities
  • Provide status updates on project deliverables

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)
  • Retirement Plans
  • Generous PTO
  • Incentive Plans
  • Wellness Programs
  • Paid Volunteer Time Off
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description
About the Role

Highly experienced technical leader who designs, develops, and maintains highly complex software applications with intra/interdependencies. They often lead teams and provide technical expertise to ensure projects meet business expectations while adhering to Horizon architectural standards.

What You'll Do

  • Review highly complex business requirement documents/user stories and translate into technical specifications/user stories while following Horizon's development methodology standards.
  • Work from technical specifications to develop, modify and maintain highly complex software products, including unit and system testing. The developed products will have dependencies on other internal and external applications and will require cross functional collaboration.
  • Follows, enforces, and mentors team on Horizon's standardized code development, deployment, security protocols/standards and SDLC practices (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban).
  • Acts as a leader within the team and drives DevOps best practices. Track metrics with quarterly reviews to pulse the efficiency of the development team. May run innovation projects such as hack-a-thons.
  • Analyze and troubleshoot complex cross functional problems and make recommendations for remediation.
  • Lead production support as required, including but not limited to performing production support service requests and routine maintenance and support activities.
  • Provide status updates to management on deliverables and projects.
  • Leads design, code and infrastructure reviews to ensure high quality outcomes. Leads architecture discussions to ensure alignment to Horizon standards/patterns.
  • Mentors junior staff. Assigns work and directs staff in the production of work product while promoting teamwork both internal and external to the organization.
  • Leads and manages interactions with external vendors to drive solutions and monitor deliverables. Directly interacts with internal customers and manages stakeholder expectations.
  • Formulates and manages system scope, objectives and cost for assigned projects .
  • Perform production support or deployment/checkout for applications during off-hours as needed.


What You Bring

Education/Experience:
  • High School Diploma/GED required
  • Bachelor's degree required or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
  • 8+ years of relevant work experience preferred
  • Experience with Power BI highly preferred
  • Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP highly preferred
  • Consulting skills highly preferred
  • Experience with data warehouse (Snowflake, DataBricks, RedShift).


Additional Licensing, Certifications, Registrations:
  • Professional certification in area of expertise a plus


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Requires expert knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban)
  • Experience with an analytics tool (Power Bi, Tableau, etc.)
  • Requires advanced knowledge of object-oriented languages
  • Requires advanced knowledge of markup languages
  • Requires knowledge of relational database management systems
  • Demonstrates understanding of core business functions
  • Demonstrates ability to apply structure to a loosely defined problem
  • Requires strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with teams and break down complex technical information into simple language for non-technical personnel and also communicate technical information to security, architects and others.
  • Requires expert proficiency in application programming and proficiency in SQL
  • Requires excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Requires fundamental critical thinking and problem-solving skill with attention to detail
  • Requires ability to quickly adapt and work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Requires excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to work independently without supervision while leading others
  • Requires ability to handle multiple tasks while also supporting others.
  • Requires experience with MS Office tools including Visio.
  • Prefers experience with Jira/Confluence
  • Requires ability to lead globally distributed team


Salary Range:
$109,600 - $149,625

This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. Horizon also provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:
  • Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)
  • Retirement Plans
  • Generous PTO
  • Incentive Plans
  • Wellness Programs
  • Paid Volunteer Time Off
  • Tuition Reimbursement

About Horizon Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is a health insurance company that provides coverage to individuals and businesses in New Jersey. The company offers a variety of health plans, including HMO, PPO, and EPO plans, as well as Medicare and Medicaid plans. Horizon BCBSNJ also provides wellness programs and resources to help members manage their health. The company is committed to improving the health of the communities it serves and has partnered with local organizations to address health disparities and promote healthy living.
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