Health Care Service Corporation

Sr Director Application Reliability Engineering & Support

Health Care Service Corporation$121K — $225K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 12 years of IT experience or related discipline degree and 16 years of technical experience
  • 5 years of management or leadership experience
  • Strong cross-functional execution ability
  • Influential communication skills
  • Customer service orientation
  • Metrics-driven decision-making
  • Proactive problem resolution and escalation
  • Solid analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Familiarity with 3rd party solutions and technologies
  • Knowledge of Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Experience with application/server operations and configuration
  • Understanding of cloud computing technologies (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS)
  • Proficient in code versioning and agile development methodologies
  • ITIL or Service Management knowledge
  • Experience in various programming and web technologies including mobile platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Lead operational excellence in AMS Incident and Problem Management processes
  • Develop proactive monitoring and analytics capabilities
  • Review maintenance performance metrics and operational trends
  • Drive root-cause remediation to improve system stability
  • Ensure effective escalation procedures for service delivery
  • Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement leveraging operational insights
  • Accountable for end-to-end resolution of high-severity incidents.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • 401(k) savings plan and pension plan
  • Paid time off and paid parental leave
  • Disability and supplemental life insurance
  • Employee assistance programs and paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement and other incentives
  • Robust total rewards package designed for employee support.
Full Job Description
Job Summary


This position is responsible for leading the operational excellence, governance, and continuous improvement of AMS Incident and Problem Management processes. The role develops and oversees proactive monitoring, analytics, and performance management capabilities designed to identify, prevent, and mitigate production issues before they impact business operations.

Working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors, this leader reviews and analyzes maintenance performance metrics, operational trends, and service-level performance to identify risks, drive root-cause remediation, and improve overall system stability. The position provides strategic oversight of Incident and Problem Management activities, ensuring effective processes, controls, and escalation procedures are in place to support reliable service delivery.

A key responsibility of the role is driving a culture of continuous improvement by leveraging operational insights, performance data, and industry best practices to enhance service quality, reduce recurring incidents, and strengthen platform resilience. The position also maintains accountability for the end-to-end resolution of Severity 1 and Severity 2 incidents, as well as any critical issues escalated by vendors, ensuring timely communication, coordinated response efforts, and successful restoration of services.

Through strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision-making, this role helps ensure the stability, performance, and continuous optimization of AMS-supported applications and services while minimizing business disruption and operational risk.

Required Job Qualifications:

* Bachelor degree and 12 years of Information Technology experience OR related discipline degree and 16 years of technical experience

* 5 years of management or leadership experience
* Ability to drive cross-functional execution.
* Ability to influence.
* Customer service oriented.
* Performance and/or metrics-driven decision making.
* Proactively addresses problems and escalates appropriately.
* Problem solving and/or analytical thinking.
* Continuous improvement.
* Knowledge of required technologies (3rd party solutions).
* Knowledge of problem management and/or RCA.
* Experience in application and server operations.
* Experience in application configuration.
* Experience in cloud computing / SaaS / IaaS / PaaS technologies.
* Experience in code versioning / code merge.
* Experience in iterative / Agile / Scrum development tools.
* Experience in ITIL / Service Management.
* Knowledge of system architecture and application portfolio
* Experience in mobile technologies (not limited to - Phonegap / iOS / Android / Java / HTML5); OS technologies; traditional app technology (not limited to - C+, COBOL, Perl, SAP, etc); web technologies (not limited to - HTML/CSS/Java/ASP.Net/PHP/Ruby/C#).

*Overseeing the annual budget and allocating resources for various projects and operational needs.

*Translating needs and initiatives into compelling business cases.

*Conducting cost-benefit analyses to justify investments and ensure ROI.



Preferred Job Qualifications:
* Bachelor Degree in Computer Science and/or Information Technology.
* Consultative problem solving and/or consulting.


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Pay Transparency Statement:

At Health Care Service Corporation, you will be part of an organization committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees to support their life outside of work. From health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, pension plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, plus other incentives, we offer a robust total rewards package for employees.  Learn more about our benefit offerings by visiting .

The compensation offered will vary depending on your job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience. This role aligns with an annual incentive bonus plansubject to the terms and the conditions of the plan.

Base Pay Range
$121,200.00 - $225,200.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

About Health Care Service Corporation

Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) is the largest customer-owned health insurer in the United States. HCSC offers a wide variety of health insurance products and related services, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. HCSC's headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more about Health Care Service Corporation
Size
24,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1936

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