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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring an experienced Software Engineer for ourBlueCard ITS Applications Team! In this role, you will support the critical systems that enable claims communication and processing between BlueCross BlueShield plans across the country. You will play a key role in the team's modernization efforts, helping migrate applications and integrations from legacy on-premises and mainframe environments to cloud solutions while supporting a mix of C#, Java, and enterprise integration technologies.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring strong application development experience, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for modernizing complex enterprise systems.

Ideal candidates for the role will bring:

• Strong experience with C# or Java, with some exposure to the other language preferred

• Experience with SQL-based databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, or other relational databases

• Strong understanding of data structures and data formats including XML and JSON

• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MQ Series or other enterprise messaging platforms

• Experience modernizing or migrating legacy applications to cloud-based solutions

• Prior health insurance experience

• Experience working within an Agile Scrum environment and with Azure DevOps.

Note:

• This is a remote, work-from-home position, but the final round of interviews will take place on-site in our Chattanooga, TN office.

• This role supports core Eastern Time business hours (8am-5pm ET)

• An on-call rotation is required approximately once every five weeks.

• Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Job Responsibilities

• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems.
• Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results.
• Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts.
• May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts or manage phases of medium to large efforts.
• Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments.
• Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
• Regularly provides guidance and training to less-experienced analysts/programmers.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested.

Experience

• 1 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards required
• 3 years - Systems and programming experience required
• 1 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language in use at BCBST.

Skills\Certifications

• Proven skill with information technology in use at BCBST is required
• Proven analysis, design, and coding skills, and demonstrated success in leading large and complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and translate technical and/or or complex concepts into information meaningful to project team members and/or business personnel.
• Be organized, reliable, and able to manage multiple tasks with exceptional work ethic.
• Leadership skills
• Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers

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