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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield · 1 day ago

Lead Systems Engineer (Remote)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$113K/yr - $225K/yr

8+ years exp

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to configure and maintain Middleware environments, primarily focusing on WebSphere Application Server and Tomcat. The role involves supporting critical business applications, managing infrastructure, and collaborating with technical teams to ensure a scalable and highly available environment.

Health CareNon ProfitService Industry

No H1B

Responsibilities

Scope Data: The Middleware Services team is responsible for software components supporting five thousand internal business clients, four million members, and sixty thousand providers across 24 CareFirst locations

Responsible for support of infrastructure used for business mission critical applications including Claims Processing, Enrollment, Financial, and Corporate websites and 250+ other applications

Assists application developers and other clients with environment creation, application deployments, identification and resolution of problems related to supported middleware technologies. Will help provide 24x7 on-call schedule to provide off-hour support

Will be responsible for installation, configuration, and optimization of Kubernetes environments in both AKS and AWS(TKGI), along with Nginx ingress, Istio, and other K8S components as needed

Design, build, implement, migrate, and maintain WAS and Tomcat environments from on premise to Azure

Support Facets Integrated and Standalone Pricer configurations and troubleshooting across multiple middleware platforms

Establish and enforce best practices for WAS and Tomcat including deployment patterns, sizing, etc. to maintain a highly available environment

Cross platform troubleshooting between middleware platforms

Patch and upgrade middleware systems and connected components on a consistent basis

Implement best practice monitoring and alerting in new and existing environments

Review alerts and dashboards for accuracy and effectiveness

Integrate with various DevOps tools, including Azure DevOps to establish an appropriate environment lifecycle pattern

Create and support ongoing Infrastructure as Code efforts to be able to recreate or upgrade an environment on demand

Will be responsible for cross training team members on new technologies and designs

Familiarity with Dynatrace and Splunk

Design supporting tools for deployments, monitoring, reporting, and other supporting features as needed

Familiar with Agile Methodology

Familiarity with TIBCO, Pega, Axway ST, or other Middleware technologies a bonus

Middleware Cloud Administration Experience with Kubernetes on AKS

Support integration between K8S and the legacy technologies

Provide support for related K8S components, including Istio, Nginx ingress, and fluentbit

Will be expected to lead upgrading and migration efforts

Expected to maintain timeline and milestone requirements

Coordinate internally and across multiple teams to ensure work is completed

Qualification

WebSphere Application ServerKubernetesCloud PlatformsDevOps ToolsMiddleware TechnologiesProject ManagementTroubleshootingAgile MethodologyPythonJavaCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience

8 years proven success overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software systems and applications

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to multi-task effectively, supporting multiple products, running projects, and troubleshooting seamlessly

Understanding of how the middleware technologies interact with and rely on the operating systems and other supporting infrastructure such as databases, storage, network, and firewalls

Strong troubleshooting, project management, and effective communication skills to collaborate with other technical teams, clients, and vendors on complex application and infrastructure designs across multiple internal and external tiers

Experience with Middleware WebSphere Application Server and Liberty, TIBCO Business Works and Business Connect, Apache, IBM MQ, Active MQ, Tomcat

Familiarity with Facets configurations and troubleshooting, including installation and operations of pricing and broadcasting

Experience with Cloud Platforms Kubernetes, Nginx, Istio, AKS, TKGI, Azure, and AWS

Experience with DevOps Azure DevOps, Jira, Jira Align, Subversion, GIT, Ansible, Jenkins, VS Code, Bitbucket

Programming skills in Python, Java, YAML, JSON