Software Engineer

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee • Chattanooga, TN

5d • Remote

About The Position

As part of our EDI Operations & Engineering team, you’ll help design, automate, and support critical systems that power healthcare data exchange across multiple platforms. This isn’t a traditional operations role — you’ll engineer solutions that ensure our applications, data, and integrations remain reliable, scalable, and secure. As a Software engineer, you’ll work across on-premises environments, OpenShift, and the cloud, helping to modernize our infrastructure while maintaining smooth day-to-day operations. This role combines system administration, scripting, healthcare data expertise, and DevOps automation — ideal for someone who enjoys building efficient systems and solving complex problems in a fast-paced healthcare setting.

Requirements

• FHIR and Healthcare Data: Solid understanding of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard and experience working with healthcare data.
• SQL Server Expertise: Advanced skills in SQL Server, including proficiency in stored procedures, query optimization, views, user-defined functions, and indexing.
• Scripting Skills: Hands-on experience with scripting languages, such as PowerShell and AIX Korn shell.
• Ansible Automation: Experience with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including CI/CD integration, writing playbooks, managing vaults, and configuration management.
• Cloud and DevOps: Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, DevOps practices, and API technologies including REST, SOAP, and Web Services.
• Windows Server 2022: Experience working with Windows Server 2022 is required.
• Java Technologies: Good understanding of Java and related technologies.
• On-Call Rotation: Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation as part of the role.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required.
• 1 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards required
• 3 years - Systems and programming experience required
• 1 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language in use at BCBST.
• Proven skill with information technology in use at BCBST is required
• Proven analysis, design, and coding skills, and demonstrated success in leading large and complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and translate technical and/or or complex concepts into information meaningful to project team members and/or business personnel.
• Be organized, reliable, and able to manage multiple tasks with exceptional work ethic.
• Leadership skills
• Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers

Responsibilities

• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems.
• Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results.
• Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts.
• May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts or manage phases of medium to large efforts.
• Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments.
• Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
• Regularly provides guidance and training to less-experienced analysts/programmers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees