What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Developer, Consultant position at Blue Shield of CA?
Your Role
Blue Shield of California is looking for a developer to join our IT Application Services team. The candidate will be the subject matter expert for the Health Data Strategy business service. This individual will build/develop integrations for various platforms including the Epic Payer platform and serve as the expert developer responsible for assuring real-time solutions built within the portfolio are highly secure and robust. This includes effective communication & influence of IT, business, and vendor partners to provide solutions that optimize cost, quality, security, and fit for purpose.
Your Work:
In this role, you will:
- Design and develop user interfaces, and application programs using technical specifications and design documents.
- Recommend improvements to the SDLC and other departmental processes.
- Improve the reliability and utilization of systems and applications.
- Monitor software configuration changes to anticipate and address the impact of data reliability and customer satisfaction issues.
- Coordinate sustaining support for 1-2 application platforms or business processes.
- As a technical resource responsible for establishing trusted relationships with business partners, internal IT organizations, other IT portfolio leaders, and Vendor partners.
- Effectively communicate approach, value, risk, alternatives, and status of goal progress with executive & senior management, business sponsors, and product managers
- Be experienced with relevant software development tools, industry protocols, troubleshooting & support procedures, monitoring & quality controls, and communication/documentation software.
- Be self-directed, work with limited management direction and exercise considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment.
- Apply significant knowledge of IT and healthcare industry trends.
Your Knowledge and Experience
- 7 years of hands-on design, coding, integration, and deployment experience in Cloud-based applications.
- SQL/PL-SQL knowledge
- API Integrations with Java and other tools
- Strong technical acumen & deep working knowledge of Agile Methods, Service Architecture, and enterprise Cloud Integration
- Strong ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships with key stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create, translate, and execute technical deliverables.
- Healthcare experience
- Strong Unix skills using the command-line prompt, including navigating directory structures and file manipulation.
- Understanding of operating system concepts such as user and group ownership and file permissions, file system/volume group configuration, etc.
- Knowledge of a command shell (Korn, POSIX, Bourn, or C), plus languages and utilities such as awk, sed, and Perl
- Ability to create, understand, and follow processes to ensure the successful execution of critical maintenance procedures.
- Preferred experience setting up components in Microsoft Azure, working knowledge of Epic software, and virtualization platforms such as Citrix.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create, translate, and execute technical deliverables.
Your Knowledge and Experience
- 7 years of hands-on design, coding, integration, and deployment experience in Cloud-based applications.
- SQL/PL-SQL knowledge
- API Integrations with Java and other tools
- Strong technical acumen & deep working knowledge of Agile Methods, Service Architecture, and enterprise Cloud Integration
- Strong ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships with key stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create, translate, and execute technical deliverables.
- Healthcare experience
- Strong Unix skills using the command-line prompt, including navigating directory structures and file manipulation.
- Understanding of operating system concepts such as user and group ownership and file permissions, file system/volume group configuration, etc.
- Knowledge of a command shell (Korn, POSIX, Bourn, or C), plus languages and utilities such as awk, sed, and Perl
- Ability to create, understand, and follow processes to ensure successful execution of critical maintenance procedures.
- Preferred experience setting up components in Microsoft Azure, working knowledge of Epic software, virtualization platform such as Citrix.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create, translate, and execute technical deliverables.
Pay Range: The Pay range is 118800.00 to 178200.00 for California.
Note:
Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.
