Job Description

Software Engineering Advisor
Position Overview
The job profile for this position is Software Engineering Advisor, which is a Band 4 Contributor Career Track Role.
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our success. We are looking for an experienced engineer to work within our Mainframe PBM Technology organization who has experience with Mainframe CICS, COBOL, JCL, DB2,VSAM Teradata. This role provides counsel and advice to top management on significant Engineering matters, often requiring coordination between several PBM teams. In this role you will support the full software lifecycle of design, development, testing, and support for technical delivery. This role requires working with both onsite (Scrum Master, Product, QA and Developers) and offshore QA team members in properly defining testable scenarios based on requirements/acceptance criteria.
Be hands-on in the design and development of robust solutions to hard problems, while considering scale, security, reliability, and cost
Support other product delivery partners in the successful build, test, and release of solutions
Be part of a fast-moving team, working with the latest tools and open-source technologies
Work on a development team using agile methodologies.
Understand the Business and the Application Architecture End to End
Solve problems by crafting software solutions using maintainable and modular code.
Participate & potentially lead daily team standup meetings where you'll give and receive updates on the current backlog and challenges.
Participate in code reviews. Ensure Code Quality and Deliverables
Provide Impact analysis for new requirements or changes. Responsible for low level design with the team
May lead or manage sizable projects
Provides thought leadership and technical expertise across the PBM technology organization
This role will act in a senior manner, potentially leading scrum teams, being held accountable for projects and mentoring junior team members.
Qualifications
Required Skills:

• Requires strong knowledge of the following technology skill sets - Mainframe COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Teradata

• Requires strong knowledge of distributed technologies knowledge like AWS, Java, Python.

• Experience designing and developing process-based solutions or BPM (business process management)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.

• Strong influencing/negotiation skills.

• Strong interpersonal/relationship skills.

• Strong time and project management skills.

• Familiarity with agile methodology including SCRUM team leadership.

• Familiarity with modern delivery practices such as continuous integration, behavior/test driven development, and specification by example.

Required Experience & Education:

• 14+ years of experience in developing mainframe batch and online applications, utilizing Cobol/DB2/CICS/JCL/VSAM

• Bachelor degree in Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Technology Management, or related field of study.

Desired Experience:

• PBM Healthcare experience.

• Coaching of team members

Location & Hours of Work
Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate
Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WAH)
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

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