Software Engineer

We are hiring a Software Engineer on our Enrollment Processing team at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee!

In this role, you will develop and support critical enrollment applications that process Marketplace and Medicare enrollment data before it moves into our core enrollment system. You’ll work heavily with C#, .NET, SQL Server, and batch processing to stage and validate enrollment data, helping ensure it is as accurate as possible before being processed. You’ll also contribute to modernization efforts as the team rewrites legacy AIX and COBOL processes onto a modernized platform. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on software engineering and production support with modernization work on systems that are essential to enrollment operations.

Ideal candidates for the role will bring:

• Software engineering experience with C#, .NET, and SQL Server
• Experience developing, troubleshooting, and supporting batch-oriented applications and processes
• Experience with SQL and database development 
• Full-stack .NET development experience
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose application and data issues
• Experience supporting production applications and working through time-sensitive operational issues
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers and business partners while independently owning technical work

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare industry experience, particularly with enrollment, eligibility, or government programs
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar development lifecycle tools
• Experience modernizing or migrating legacy applications and processes
• Familiarity with AIX and COBOL environments

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.
• Sponsorship is not available in 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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