Cloud Engineer

bcbst; Chattanooga (TN); Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. is hiring a Cloud Engineer for our Analytics and Reporting team.

You will support and enhance Transparency in Coverage while working on cloud, data, and AI initiatives across the company, primarily in Google Cloud Platform, CI/CD, and agile delivery. Ideal candidates will have hands-on cloud engineering experience, DevOps practices, and familiarity with GCP, cloud automation, IaC, deployment pipelines, and agile environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required.
• 1 year of IT concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards required.
• 3 years of systems and programming experience required.
• 1 year expert working knowledge of at least one programming language used at BCBST.

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.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coding skills

Analytical thinking

Organization

IT skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

We are hiring a Cloud Engineer on our Analytics and Reporting team at BCBST!

In this role, you'll support and enhance our Transparency in Coverage processes while working on a variety of cloud, data, and AI initiatives across the company. You'll be part of a team that helps other teams build and operate solutions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), automate development and deployment processes, and enable modern analytics and AI workloads. The work is highly collaborative and offers exposure to cloud engineering, DevOps, data platforms, and emerging AI technologies.

To be successful in this role, in addition to the core job requirements, you'll bring hands-on cloud engineering experience, a strong understanding of DevOps practices, and experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines. You will be a strong candidate if you have experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), cloud automation, infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and Agile delivery environments. Experience serving in a Scrum Master or project coordination role is a plus, as this position works closely with multiple teams to deliver cloud, data, and AI solutions.

Note:

• This is a remote, work-from-home position, but the final round of interviews will take place on-site in our Chattanooga, TN office.
• Sponsorship is not available for this role.

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.
• 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.

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
• 3 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
• 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

Number of Openings Available

1

Worker Type

Employee

Company

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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