Engineer Lead Sr, FDE

Elevance Health (Anthem); Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health in Atlanta seeks a senior Engineer Lead for Forward Deployment Group to drive end-to-end development and production readiness of enterprise platforms. You will define CI/CD, cloud patterns, observability, and security practices, partnering with Infrastructure, Security, and Cloud teams to remove blockers.

You will mentor teams, lead major projects, and ensure reliable, scalable solutions across multiple databases and technologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements: BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field with 9+ years of experience in multidimensional platforms and business/technical applications.
• Preferred: cloud platforms, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containers/Kubernetes, SRE, observability, DevSecOps, and distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring teams, leading large projects, and operating enterprise services at scale.
• Strong production engineering and troubleshooting background.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development and maintenance for large, enterprise-scale platforms.
• Define CI/CD, cloud environments, observability, DevSecOps, reliability, and release patterns.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, AI Platform, and CGS teams to remove blockers.
• Create reusable deployment, monitoring, and production-readiness standards.
• Maintain relationships with customers to gather requirements and review designs.
• Lead cross-team initiatives with Web/Marketing to expand product presence.
• Anticipate technology changes and keep company tech ahead of the curve.
• Own change management, technical specs, design reviews, and end-to-end impact reviews.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Kubernetes

SRE

Observability

DevSecOps

Distributed systems

Production engineering

Mentoring

Project leadership

Troubleshooting

Education

BA/BS degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Job description

Anticipated End Date: 2026-09-12

Position Title: Engineer Lead Sr, FDE

Job Description:

JR204471 Engineer Lead Sr, FDE

Platform and Production Engineering, Forward Deployment Group (FDG)

The Engineer Lead Sr, FDE is responsible for leading end-to-end application system development and maintenance for large, complex, enterprise-wide technology platforms.

LOCATION: Hybrid 2: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

How you will make an impact:

• Lead the transition of FDG solutions from working prototype to secure, reliable, production-ready services.
• Define CI/CD, cloud environments, observability, DevSecOps, reliability, and release engineering patterns.
• Work with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, AI Platform, and CGS teams to remove production blockers.
• Create reusable deployment, monitoring, and production-readiness standards that can be used across FDG missions.
• Maintains active relationships with customers to determine business requirements, leads requirements-gathering meetings, and reviews designs with the business.
• Leads efforts with Web and Marketing teams to increase the presence of web products.
• Anticipates broad technical changes and ensures company technology stays ahead of the curve.
• Prioritizes projects and makes trade-offs for enterprise system changes based on broader business needs.
• Understands the architecture for major areas of the business and can articulate scaling and reliability limits.
• Owns the change request process and coordinates with other teams as necessary.
• Develops and owns the final list of enhancements.
• Defines application scope and objectives and oversees the preparation of technical and/or functional specifications.
• Performs technical design and code reviews.
• Ensures unit and system testing are completed according to requirements and implementation plans.
• Leads delivery of application technology solutions and data/information planning efforts.
• May participate in developing multi-year technology strategies for critical areas of the business across multiple systems.
• Partners with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify the long-term technical direction of the technology infrastructure.
• Creates architecture and anticipates future technology needs.
• Leads internal conversations on the direction of major technology areas and drives cross-team consensus and adoption.
• Coordinates and manages on-call support and owns the system monitoring process.
• Reviews initiatives for end-to-end impact and coordination.
• Participates in enterprise solution reviews and decision-making.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field of study and a minimum of 9 years of experience, including experience with multidimensional platforms and business and technical applications; or any combination of education and experience that would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:

• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and containers/Kubernetes strongly preferred.
• Experience with SRE, observability, DevSecOps, performance, and distributed systems strongly preferred.
• Strong production engineering and troubleshooting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience operating enterprise services at scale strongly preferred.
• Experience mentoring others and driving teams to achieve results strongly preferred.
• Experience leading multiple and/or large-scale projects strongly preferred.
• Experience providing troubleshooting and production support strongly preferred.
• Experience working across multiple databases and/or programming languages strongly preferred.

Job Level:

Non-Manager Exempt NAIM Access

Workshift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:

IFT > Engineering/Dev

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and