Job Description

This role will support Distribution and the Small Group, Mid-Size, and Exchange market segments. We are seeking a highly collaborative individual with Lean, Agile, and Extreme Programming (XP) experience. You will lead technical design efforts in collaboration with Solution Architects for highly integrated complex application platforms; optimizing security, system performance, and availability while ensuring solutions developed adhere to architecture standards. Serve as a subject matter expert and resource for the agile teams in the execution of deliverables. Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders and Solution Architects in technical planning and system delivery. Consult and provide input on business process improvements. Provide guidance for IT policies, procedures, tools, security, and infrastructure. You will research and recommend new emerging technologies, techniques, and tools that will add value to the organization.

Qualifications

Preferred:

• MEAN Stack Development Experience
• XP Experience
• Proficiency with test-driven development (TDD)
• Experience working within SAFe/ Agile delivery model.
• Leadership typically gained through a combination of project and informal leadership that demonstrates competencies.
• Delivery experience partnering with global staffing vendors.

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or direct and applicable work experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience to include any combination of the following:
• Development Experience: (Ex: Angular, NodeJS, TypeScript, C#, SQL)
• Providing innovative solutions to complex issues
• Minimum 4 years of experience in IT infrastructure, architecture design, operations
• Proven ability to adapt when experiencing major changes in work tasks or work environment.
• Informal leadership experience typically gained through leading projects.
• Demonstrated experience coaching/mentoring others by providing guidance and feedback to help an employee or groups of employees strengthen their knowledge and skills to accomplish a task or solve a problem
• Proven experience with designing technical architecture and keeping abreast of existing and emerging technologies.
• Experiencing consulting with stakeholders to understand needs with the intention of providing advice and counsel. Also interacting appropriately with others to guide individuals or groups to accomplish work, reach consensus or act.
• Demonstrated experience in problem solving/troubleshooting skills (conceptual, technical, IT) - Breaks down problems and identifies all their facets, including hidden or tricky aspects, to find root-cause of problems. Generates a range of solutions and courses of action with benefits, costs, and risks associated with each. Probes appropriate sources for answers and thinks ‘outside the box’ to find options. Tests proposed solutions against the reality of likely effects before going forward.
• Demonstrated communication skills: verbal and written - Articulate; Communicates information/concepts clearly and concisely to individuals or groups; delivers presentations suited to the characteristics and needs of the stakeholders/audience. Clearly and concisely conveys written information orally or in writing to individuals or groups to ensure that they understand the information and the message. Listens and responds appropriately to others.

Additional Information

a. Lead the technical designs for highly integrated complex application platforms to optimize security, information leverage and re-use, integration, performance, and availability and ensure solutions developed adhere and aligns to the architecture standards. Fulfill service level agreements and ensure solutions remain current with industry best practices, technologies and with Wellmark’s standards.

b. Consult with Solution Architects and project teams in the creation & documentation of design deliverables for application platforms. Collaborate with Solution and Lead Architects to design and implement effective technology solutions, while using innovative business and technology processes to identify and implement improvement initiatives, eliminate redundancies and maximizes re-use of applications.

c. May oversee and lead planning, developing and estimating of technical solutions. When appropriate, collaborate and work with other technical teams to better provide subject matter expertise and insights.

d. Collaborate with Lead Architect for assigned domain, business systems analyst and other stakeholders to provide insight/ direction regarding process improvements.

e. Consults with business stakeholders regarding subject matter knowledge related to technical planning to ensure architectures are developed in alignment with business expectations.

f. Oversee, review and provide technical guidance on the design efforts of Wellmark’s supported solutions; including but not limited to the evaluation of vendors during the selection process, integrating with new vendors, design, implementation and administration.

g. Will adhere and are held accountable for the support and influence of Wellmark’s architecture governance standards and technical standards. Provide design specifications to governing boards for proper approvals. Provides guidance regarding IT policies, security and infrastructure.

h. Will provide training and mentorship of others regarding technical design and solution implementation; including review and quality assurance.

i. Build strong relationships and business acumen with the business to ensure technical designs are aligned with business needs. Provide exceptional customer service and solutions.

j. Develops and applies industry best practice technology, design and methodology approaches to design platform specific technical designs. Research and recommend new emerging technologies, techniques and tools that will add value to the organization.

k. Other duties as assigned

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Eligible: You will have the flexibility to work where you are most productive. This position is eligible to work fully remote. Depending on your location, you may still have the option to come into a Wellmark office if you wish to. Your leader may ask you to come into the office occasionally for specific meetings or other ‘moments that matter’ as well.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us atcareers@wellmark.com