Sr. Software Engineer (bcbst)

Job Description

Provides application design, analysis, programming, testing and documentation for the development, integration, enhancement, and maintenance of information systems solutions.

Job Description:

Job 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.
• Develops and implements program/system test plans. Devises data verification methods and standard system procedures.
• Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
• May conduct research on software and hardware products to justify recommendations and support management in budgeting and purchasing efforts.
• Acts as expert technical resource to development staff in all phases of the development and implementation process.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested.

Experience

• 1 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards required
• 5 years - Systems and programming experience required
• 1 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language in use at BCBST.

Skills\Certifications

• 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
• Top level technical experience in one or more specialized areas of applications systems analysis and programming
• 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

Job Specific Requirements: 

• Mentorship of junior level developers
• Ability to oversee projects to completion on time.
• Production Oncall support is critical to the team and must support and resolve the issues within the SLAs.
• Good understand and experience working with C# and .Net
• Ability to work with business units to gather requirements, build system specifications, interpret and translate to technical solution.
• Ability to work with both external Vendors and Internal teams and resolve the issues timely.
• 3 years of experience using T-SQL with emphasis on data analysis, SQL tuning and stored procedures.
• 3 years of experience with data mapping, database testing, analyzing results and reporting.
• Able to work independently and also in the team setting.
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  Experience with PowerShell scripting and VBscript is a plus.
• Experience with test driven development is a plus.
• HIPPA standards experience PREFERRED.
• Claims processing knowledge PREFERRED
• Health care experience with Facets, Medicare, Medicaid Knowledge is a PLUS.

Preferred Skills:

Number of Openings Available:

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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BCBST is an Equal Opportunity employer (EEO), and all employees and applicants will be entitled to equal employment opportunities when employment decisions are made. BCBST will take affirmative action to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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