Software Engineering Senior Advisor- Hybrid

Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. seeks a Software Engineering Senior Advisor for the St. Louis, MO location to architect and implement efficient, reusable, and reliable microservices.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business users to understand usability needs and create storyboards and wireframes.
• Integrate new functionalities using advanced Cloud tools, ensuring compatibility with legacy systems.
• Document and apply best practices to maintain product quality and uphold the brand.
• Translate user stories and application requirements into functional software.
• Plan and estimate development efforts.
• Conduct unit testing using appropriate frameworks to ensure bug-free releases.
• Perform peer code reviews and enforce coding standards through manual and automated checks.
• Identify and implement process improvements and code optimizations.
• Debug and verify logs to resolve issues and enhance application performance.
• Address bottlenecks and bugs to ensure optimal application responsiveness.
• Collaborate with system analysts and team members to gather functional requirements.
• Work with QA teams to resolve defects across environments.
• Ensure seamless integration with legacy systems, meeting all compliance and interface specifications.
• Analyze business requirements and assess architectural impacts.
• Maintain project properties aligned with client infrastructure.
• Design solutions for coding, system level, and troubleshooting challenges.
• Prepare documentation and stage code for cloud deployment.
• Configure cloud environments based on business goals, under guidance from Principal Engineers.
• Deploy applications across environments using Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)/ OpenShift/ AWS.
• Hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or related field and 3 years of experience in any systems analysis role.
• Will accept a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience.
• Must have experience with: API Design principles and different architectural styles including REST and GraphQL;
• Creating data sync, data validation tools, rules stations/libraries, and API services using Java, Kotlin, & Groovy;
• SQL Databases including DB-2, Postgres, & Oracle;
• NoSQL Databases including MongoDB;
• Supporting and enhancing in-house applications using Spring Boot & Spring Cloud; Authentication protocols including OAuth and OKTA in application development;
• AWS Cloud; OpenShift Cloud; Messaging and streaming including building real-time data pipelines using Apache Kafka, Flink, & Spark Streaming;
• Git for code collaboration, version tracking, & monitoring;
• Creating monitoring alerts in Splunk; Dynatrace Dashboards for Application Monitoring;
• API testing tools including Postman, Bruno, JMeter, Mockito, SOAP UI, & Cucumber Testing;
• Jenkins for automated testing and automated deployment of CI/CD pipelines; and working in Agile methodology using Jira, Rally, and Confluence.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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