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Blue Shield of California · 17 hours ago

Application Developer, Senior

California, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Senior Application Developer to enhance customer and technical collaboration through application development. The role involves designing, developing, and deploying secure software solutions with a focus on cloud-native delivery and automation throughout the software development lifecycle.

Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, deploy, and troubleshoot user interfaces, application programs, and automation using technical specifications and design documents, with a focus on cloud-native solutions and modern frameworks

Develop the most efficient and cost-effective implementation, leveraging reusable features where possible

Drive operational excellence, including but not limited to Incident Management, delivering test and process automation leveraging AI, and ensuring smooth deployments for your technology products/platform features

Recommend and implement improvements to departmental processes to enhance agility and efficiency

Enhance the reliability, scalability, and utilization of systems and applications through continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices

Monitor and manage software configuration changes to anticipate and address data reliability and customer satisfaction issues, leveraging cloud monitoring tools and practices

Coordinate sustaining support for multiple application platforms or business processes, ensuring seamless integration and operation in a cloud environment

Be self-directed, work with limited management direction and exercise considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand user behavior and automation opportunity

Present and participate in solution reviews

Establish and promote design and development best practices

Apply significant knowledge of IT and healthcare industry trends

Qualification

Cloud-based solution deliveryCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as CodeProgramming JavaProgramming PythonTest automationMicrosoft Power PlatformScripting PowerShellScripting PythonSQL knowledgeGit version controlContainerization (Docker)Agile methodologiesSoft skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience), with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in enterprise application support and cloud-based solution delivery

Proven hands-on experience in the design, coding, integration, and deployment of applications, test automation, and automation solutions in the cloud

Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform and low code/no code application development

Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as PowerShell, Windows Shell, Linux Shell, Jython, and Python

Solid SQL knowledge and working knowledge of web services automation (RESTful API, XML, JSON)

Programming experience with Java, Groovy, Python, or C#

Experience in UI automation with Web and Windows desktop applications

Working knowledge of Git version control system

Hands-on experience with Windows and Linux server platforms

Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible to automate cloud deployments

Working knowledge of deploying and managing applications using containerization (Docker) in cloud environments like Azure, AWS, or GCP

Familiarity with Agile methodologies to support software development

Familiarity with service-oriented architecture and enterprise cloud integration, preferably with experience in Microsoft Azure

Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams, with excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate and execute technical deliverable

Strong process orientation with the ability to follow and improve procedures for critical maintenance and operational tasks

Preferred

Familiarity with market leading Robotics Process Automation tools/platforms is a plus

Desired experience with AI coding assistants, as well as AI/ML concepts and tools

Company

Blue Shield of California

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Blue Shield of California is a health insurance service provider.

Founded in 1939

San Francisco, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.blueshieldca.com

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