Job Description

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.

These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serving as a core member of an engineering team that designs and develops software applications
• Writing code and unit tests, working on API specs, automation, and conducting code reviews and testing
• Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and delivering continuous improvement
• Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues
• Participates in the Agile team build activities
• Contributes to the design of the application typically focused on specific automation or integration activities
• Identifies reusable components and implement accordingly
• Participates in the compilation of the User Stories as required by project
• Interfaces with the LBA/BA to address the configuration associated with the User Stories
• Works with all groups to help insure best possible design for a solution
• Configures Pega solution including integrations between systems and development of automated activities
• Serves as a testing resource for the implementation team in the unit testing and integration testing of application functionality and re-testing of reported issues from unit and user-acceptance testing
• Management and support of the various environment
• System performance tuning
• Specialization techniques, Reporting, Routing (Skills based), Rule Resolution/Inheritance/Circumstancing, Class Design, Locking, Persistence, Authentication, Agents, Functions/Java API, Services, Connectors
• Assists in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to BAs, SSAs, LSAs, Pega Client Support
• Identifies and proposes PRPC enhancements from trends in requirements
• Identifies Framework enhancements or modifications made at client sites in order to meet project functional requirements or to meet ongoing compliance need
• Analyzes and investigates
• Provides explanations, interpretations and information to others on topics within area of expertise
• Uses pertinent data and facts to identify and solve a range of problems within area of expertise
• Investigates non-standard requests and problems, with some assistance from others
• Works exclusively within a specific knowledge area
• Prioritizes and organizes own work to meet deadlines
• This is Pega Dev position in OM Team. Primarily work in Production Support and Innovation items with Shift Timings - 3:30pm to 1:00am
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Pega knowledge (including certification): minimum CSSA with 5+ years of experience or LSA with 2+ years of experience or CSA with 7+ years of experience. Ability to work on Pega 7.x and higher version
• 9+ years of experience working on software development projects
• Team leadership and team management experience
• Experience prototyping and performance tuning applications deployed across multiple operating systems, languages and computing platforms
• Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
• Experience with JAVA and related technologies, including relational databases
• Good understanding / hands-on experience with Admin Studio and AES to troubleshoot the system
• Strong oral and written communications
• Familiarity with agile methodologies (i.e., Scrum)
• Familiarity with Pega Health Care Frameworks
• Familiarity with Pega Robotics
• Familiarity with hosting Pega applications on OpenShift platforms
• Development using Pega Express
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners
• Expertise in objected oriented analysis and design across a variety of platforms
• Working knowledge of the following PRPC design and implementation topics: Work Object Relationships
• Working knowledge of PRPC architecture including the following: J2EE architecture, PRPC Multi-node architecture, PRPC Caching, Session Management, Ajax in PRPC, Tracer, DB trace
• Ability to build sub-components of application solutions
• Understanding of the supporting tools available to Architects such as the Pega PDN. Working knowledge of how to search for documentation on different topics and open a Pega support ticket
• Clear understanding of Pega's Frameworks and their offerings
• Understanding of container technologies: OpenShift, Docker, etc.
• Demonstrates an understanding of both the business process(es) and the technical application of the Framework(s) worked on

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Pega RULES Process Commander System or other Business Process Management (BPM) system
• Ability to organize and facilitate discussions with 5+ people (all levels)
• Ability to lead small team (2 - 4) of on and offshore developers

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)