Job Description

ABOUT EVERNORTH:Evernorthxe2x84xa0 exists to elevate health for all, because we believe health is the starting point for human potential and progress. As champions for affordable, predictable and simple health care,
we solve the problems others dont, wont or cant.Our innovation hub in India will allow us to work with the right talent, expand our global footprint, improve our competitive stance, and better deliver on our promises to stakeholders. We are passionate about making healthcare better by delivering world-class solutions that make a real difference.We are always looking upward. And that starts with finding the right talent to help us get there.Software Engineering Lead AnalystPosition OverviewThe job profile for this position is Software Engineering Lead Analyst, which is a Band 3 Contributor Career Track Role.Excited to grow your career?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 exceptional software engineers/developers in our PBM Plus Technology Organization. In this role, you will identify the tasks and responsibilities of developing distributive applications, utilizing COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM. Candidate must be team oriented and have interpersonal skills, as the existing team values productive collaboration to enable high output and good business value. This role requires making well-thought-out decisions on complex or ambiguous issues and effectively communicates to individuals at all levels of the technical and business communities. The Software Engineering Lead Analyst must develop a strong affiliation with the requirements, technology solution and operational readiness organizations, including the ability to use, share, contribute and influence the appropriate artifacts, approach and best practices used to build enterprise-scale solutions.Responsibilities

• Support, maintain and participate in the development of state-of-the-art software technology platforms utilizing technologies such as COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM and JCL for Cigna Health Services / Evernorth Technology.
• Provide expertise, tools, and assistance to operations, development, and support teams for critical production issues and maintenance
• Troubleshoot production issues, diagnose the problem, and implement a solution - First line of defense in finding the root cause
• Work cross-functionally with the support team, development team and business team to efficiently address customer issues.
• Active member of high-performance software development and support team in an agile environment.

QualificationsRequired Skills:

• Technical Acumen: Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies, mainframe source code management strategies, DevOps, automation, and best practices. Ability to translate non-functional requirements such as availability, flexibility, stability, ease of maintenance.
• Experience with software deployment and maintenance activities.
• Design, develop and deploy code in a complex IBM Mainframe environment.
• Experience using: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, Z/OS 390, Endeavor, Expediter, SPUFI, and File Manager/File Aid.
• Experience with performing testing developed software applications and end-to-end regression testing.
• Experience with working in agile teams and understood the concepts of iterative delivery, fail-early & fail-fast, continued improvements.
• Communication Skills: Good communication skills to interact with team members and customers.
• Experience of using Jira, confluence, SharePoint.
• Experience in software development phases including design, configuration, testing, debugging, implementation, and support of large-scale, business centric and process-based applications
• Proven experience working with diverse teams of technical architects, business users and IT areas on all phases of the software development life cycle.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Structured, methodical approach to systems development and troubleshooting
• Ability to ramp up fast on a system architecture
• 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 interpersonal/relationship management 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.
• Desire to work in application support space
• Passion for learning and desire to explore all areas of IT

Required Experience & Education:

• 6-8 years in an application development role or as a quality engineer
• Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited university or a minimum of three (3) years of experience in software development in lieu of the bachelors degree education requirement

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)

Equal Opportunity StatementEvernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.About Evernorth Health ServicesEvernorth 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.