JOB SUMMARY
This job is a strong advocate of cloud technology and engineering support necessary to drive the organization's next‑generation technologies. The senior level incumbent works to adopt, expand, maintain, and optimize cloud usage across the organization through engineering support of cloud technologies and through automation builds and related technologies. The incumbent owns support and engineering of cloud solutions and must stay current with new cloud offerings to continue to produce expected corporate results.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for one or many of the following tasks analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production monitoring and support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements and provide technical solutions that meet organizational needs.
- Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to leadership on a regular basis.
- Document technical processes and procedures, and participate in technical reviews and knowledge sharing sessions.
- Collaborate on the design and implementation of architecture to ensure solution alignment to enterprise goals and standards.
- Mentor other associate and intermediate technical engineers as needed.
- Perform technical analysis and provide insights to support decision‑making across various departments.
- Stay up‑to‑date with the latest relevant technologies and industry best practices.
- Other duties as assigned or requested.
EXPERIENCE – REQUIRED
- 5 years of experience in one or many of the following tasks analyzing, designing, coding, testing and implementing technical solutions, as well as providing general production support, meeting defined scope, target dates and budgets with minimal or no defects.
- 5 years of technical problem solving, solution implementation, team/project collaboration.
- 5 years of basic computer science concepts and principles, common operating systems, development languages/scripting.
EXPERIENCE – PREFERRED
- 7 years of experience with technology platforms, application development tools, business processes, software development life cycle used by our enterprise.
- 7 years of experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade‑offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities.
- 7 years of experience working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing technology solutions in healthcare.
- 7 years of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their respective services.
- 7 years of technical governance, quality, and technical security best practices.
- 7 years of experience translating requirements, design mockups, prototypes or user stories into technical designs.
- 7 years producing technical solutions that are fault‑tolerant, efficient, and maintainable.
SKILLS
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast‑paced environment.
- Adaptability: Ability to take on diverse tasks and projects, adapting to the evolving needs of the organization.
- Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills with a focus on detail and accuracy.
- Interest and ability to learn other technologies as needed.
- Technical Proficiency: Comfortable with a range of data tools and technologies, with a willingness to learn new skills as needed.
- Strong track record in designing, implementing, and/or supporting large‑scale technical solutions.
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Demonstrated passion for user experience and improving usability.
- Team Collaboration: A team player who can work effectively in cross‑functional environments.
- Experience and willingness to mentor junior technical engineers and help develop their skills and leadership.
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Strong scripting experience along with interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed.
- Gitlab or other versioning control tools and processes.
- Kubernetes or other Container orchestration technologies.
- Terraform, Ansible, or other automation technologies.
EDUCATION – REQUIRED
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.
EDUCATION – PREFERRED
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.
LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS – REQUIRED
LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS – PREFERRED
- GCP, AWS, Azure or other Cloud Service Certification.
- Terraform, Ansible or other, similar tool certification.
Language (Other Than English)
None
Travel Requirement
0% - 25%
PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS
- Position Type: Office- or Remote‑based
- Teaches / trains others – Occasionally
- Travel from the office to various work sites or from site‑to‑site – Rarely
- Works primarily out‑of‑the office selling products/services (sales employees) – Never
- Physical work site required – Never
- Lifting up to 10 pounds – No
- Lifting 10 to 25 pounds – Constantly
- Lifting 25 to 50 pounds – Occasionally
- Lifting >50 pounds – Rarely
Pay Range
Minimum
$94,200.00
Maximum
$151,000.00
EEO Statement
Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.