Application Developer, Consultant

Your Role

Blue Shield of California is seeking a consultant-level Application Developer to join our IT Application Services team. The candidate will be a subject matter expert within a technical discipline, contributing to various product teams under the Claims Product Family. They will leverage deep technical knowledge and experience to build and develop cloud-based, real-time, and batch integrations. Additionally, the candidate will ensure solutions within the portfolio are secure and robust, define and enforce standards, lead technical training, and act as a specialist developer. This role requires effective communication and collaboration with IT, business, and vendor partners to provide cost-effective, high-quality, secure, and purpose-fit solutions.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Be a technical champion in their domain, and advocate for the optimization of cloud-based Operations Portfolio solutions needed to support Blue Shield’s growth and financial goals
• Will serve as IT specialist, for specific technical disciplines, in cross-organizational initiatives that serve to drive scale (growth), cost optimization, quality, and end-user experience
• Serve as technical consultant for major initiatives impacting the Operations portfolio – establishing trusted relationship with internal IT organization, IT portfolio leadership, and technical teams
• Create new solutions and designs, and work on development activities to solve complex problems with an understanding of interrelationships across product, solution, and multi-functional teams
• Provide technical leadership in establishing a competency center that educates other IT professionals on service and cloud-based design and development practices
• Effectively communicate approach, value, risk, alternatives, and status of goal progress with IT management, and product managers
• Be experienced with relevant software development tools, industry protocols, troubleshooting and support procedures, monitoring & quality controls, and communication/documentation software
• Be self-directed and work with limited management direction
• Apply significant knowledge of IT and healthcare industry trends

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires 3+ years of hands-on design, coding, integration, and deployment experience in Cloud-based applications
• Requires strong technical acumen & deep working knowledge of Agile Methods, Service Architecture, and enterprise Cloud Integration
• Requires the ability to work directly with Business Stakeholders using excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience in an Agile Methodology environment with ability to mentor development team members
• Must be independent and highly competent in developing custom business solutions and applications using the following: Azure cloud administration, configuration, development, architecture; API/Microservices; API Management/Gateway patterns; API Security/OAUTH/SAML; SQL/NOSQL Databases; Mulesoft or similar integrations; Azure DevOps – including CI/CD Pipelines
• Preferred experience in the following:
  • Designing and building APIs using Java or C#
  • Cloud Solution/Architecture Experiences – serverless, Kubernetes, Cloud Security patterns, Cloud Solution Architecture patterns, Cloud networking
  • Expertise in cloud security best practices and their implementation within Azure environment
  • Implementing and managing containerized applications using Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, with security considerations in mind
  • Strong knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python)
  • Healthcare data standards – FHIR/EDI
  • Facets (Benefits, plan/product, eligibility, membership, claims)
  • Git (Bitbucket), Jira, Jenkins, Service Marketplace, Tidal, Informatica, Unix, other scripting
• Ability to communicate and build alignment on concepts from ideation to execution
• Ability to influence, collaborate, and build relationships with key stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams
• Ability to assess potential opportunities, risks, and issues, and make recommendations to resolve or course-correct as necessary
• Ability to effectively manage meetings and work regularly with a variety of stakeholders
• Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create, translate, and execute technical deliverables
• Healthcare experience in claims processing & payments is preferred (Facets, FHIR)
• Experience collaborating with external vendors & distributed on/offshore teams