Application Development Advisor- Hybrid

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. in Charlotte, NC seeks an Application Development Advisor to serve as a key technical expert in the design, development, and implementation of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) solutions across multiple enterprise projects.

Hybrid work schedule. You will ensure data integrity, scalability, and performance, act as a subject matter expert in ETL design, and translate complex business requirements into efficient pipelines using IBM DataStage, Reltio, Kafka, and SQL.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any field with 5 years of experience (3–4 year degrees accepted).
• Experience in healthcare domain and developing ETL solutions using IBM DataStage.
• Master data management using Reltio; Apache Kafka; Amazon S3; IBM DataStage Designer.
• Writing complex SQL queries and using relational databases (Teradata, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server); APIs, JSON, XML.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data integrity, scalability, and performance through robust architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Act as a subject matter expert in ETL design and development, providing guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyze complex business requirements and translate them into efficient ETL architecture, workflows, and data transformation rules.
• Create ETL mapping, design, and product support documents.
• Review and validate design specifications and code deliverables from development teams to ensure compliance with standards.
• Lead data analysis and metadata management initiatives to support accurate and consistent data usage.
• Define and enforce ETL standards, processes, and best practices, leveraging expertise in normalized and de-normalized data structures.
• Develop and optimize data extraction, transformation, and loading processes within parallel processing frameworks.
• Write and maintain advanced SQL scripts for data manipulation and validation.
• Schedule the ETL jobs using ESP, testing and deployment in Production.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and methodologies for ETL deployments.
• Perform comprehensive application test planning, execution, and defect resolution.
• Execute data mapping activities, including source-to-target mapping and conversions to multiple output formats.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure seamless integration of ETL solutions with enterprise systems.

Skills

Healthcare domain

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IBM DataStage

Reltio

Apache Kafka

Amazon S3

Teradata Studio

Toad for Oracle

Toad for IBM DB2

Postman

WinSCP

Putty

UltraEdit

NotePad++

Teradata

SQL Server

JSON

XML

Job description

Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. seeks an Application Development Advisor for the Charlotte, NC location to serve as a key technical expert and trusted advisor in the design, development, and implementation of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) solutions across multiple enterprise projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data integrity, scalability, and performance through robust architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Act as a subject matter expert in ETL design and development, providing guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyze complex business requirements and translate them into efficient ETL architecture, workflows, and data transformation rules.
• Create ETL mapping, design, and product support documents.
• Review and validate design specifications and code deliverables from development teams to ensure compliance with standards.
• Lead data analysis and metadata management initiatives to support accurate and consistent data usage.
• Define and enforce ETL standards, processes, and best practices, leveraging expertise in normalized and de-normalized data structures.
• Develop and optimize data extraction, transformation, and loading processes within parallel processing frameworks.
• Write and maintain advanced SQL scripts for data manipulation and validation.
• Schedule the ETL jobs using ESP, testing and deployment in Production.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and methodologies for ETL deployments.
• Perform comprehensive application test planning, execution, and defect resolution.
• Execute data mapping activities, including source-to-target mapping and conversions to multiple output formats.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure seamless integration of ETL solutions with enterprise systems.

Hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any field and 5 years of experience. Will accept a 3 or 4 year degree.
• Must have experience with: healthcare domain; developing ETL solutions using IBM DataStage;
• Master data management using Reltio; Apache Kafka; Amazon S3; IBM DataStage Designer;
• Writing complex SQL queries to develop and test the ETL requirements;
• Using relational databases for source and target migration including Teradata, Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server; Kafka Topic; APIs; JSON; XML;
• Using CA WA Workstation to create, manage, and schedule ESPs;
• Using SQL editors such as Teradata Studio, Toad for Oracle, and Toad for IBM DB2; Postman; WinSCP; Putty; UltraEdit; and NotePad++;
• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.