Staff Software Development Engineer

CVS Health•Work At Home-Illinois, IL

7d•$130,295 - $260,590•Onsite

About The Position

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. As a Staff Software Development Engineer at CVS Health, you will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and deployment of critical integrated system releases. This position is essential for ensuring the delivery of business value and that production applications remain stable with excellent performance and optimal scalability. This position will work in an Agile scrum team environment, in close collaboration with business partners, product owners, architecture and other IT partners. As part of the Aetna Health Member Domain, you will drive the design and delivery of solutions that redefine the healthcare member enrollment experience. You will lead initiatives that enhance member outcomes and deliver measurable value, while overseeing a global team (onshore and offshore) responsible for successful execution of critical client implementations. In this role, you will actively engage with legacy systems and play a key part in their transition to modern, emerging technology platforms.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in Mainframe development and support, utilizing one of the following technologies: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, MQ, Xpeditor, Endevor or similar source control application
3+ years of experience with large-scale offshore vendor support arrangements
Bachelor’s degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Nice To Haves

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage changing priorities
Ability to multitask effectively, prioritizing business impact and urgency
Experience with IDMS
Experience with CoolGen
Experience with mainframe modernization/transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

Develop mainframe applications according to customer specifications and requirements
Participate in requirements gathering and design sessions
Work as part of a team to ensure solutions are designed to fully function in an integrated application suite
Design and develop solutions that enable applications to perform optimally, and which can scale to meet future business needs
Perform thorough unit and integration testing, and support QA testing and deployment activities
Monitor systems to ensure that they are functioning properly
Analyze and optimize applications; troubleshoot and resolve any issues
Create and maintain documentation related to mainframe applications