Specialist, Application Developer II

100 Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 109,600 - 149,625; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits (Medical

Retirement Plans

Generous PTO

Incentive Plans

Wellness Programs

Paid Volunteer Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Horizon BCBSNJ is seeking a highly experienced technical leader to design, develop, and maintain highly complex software applications. You will lead teams, ensure adherence to Horizon standards, and mentor staff while driving SDLC and DevOps practices.

The role requires strong collaboration with internal/external stakeholders, performance tracking, and ability to manage production support and architecture discussions. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is expected.

Qualifications

• Requires expert knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban)
• Experience with an analytics tool (Power Bi, Tableau, etc.)
• Requires advanced knowledge of object-oriented languages
• Requires advanced knowledge of markup languages
• Requires knowledge of relational database management systems
• Demonstrates understanding of core business functions
• Demonstrates ability to apply structure to a loosely defined problem
• Requires strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with teams and break down complex technical information into simple language for non-technical personnel and also communicate technical information to security, architects and others.
• Requires expert proficiency in application programming and proficiency in SQL
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills
• Requires fundamental critical thinking and problem-solving skill with attention to detail
• Requires ability to quickly adapt and work in a fast-paced environment
• Requires excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to work independently without supervision while leading others
• Requires ability to handle multiple tasks while also supporting others.
• Requires experience with MS Office tools including Visio.
• Prefers experience with Jira/Confluence
• Requires ability to lead globally distributed team

Responsibilities

• Review highly complex business requirement documents/user stories and translate into technical specifications/user stories while following Horizon’s development methodology standards.
• Work from technical specifications to develop, modify and maintain highly complex software products, including unit and system testing.
• The developed products will have dependencies on other internal and external applications and will require cross functional collaboration.
• Follows, enforces, and mentors team on Horizon’s standardized code development, deployment, security protocols/standards and SDLC practices (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban).
• Acts as a leader within the team and drives DevOps best practices.
• Track metrics with quarterly reviews to pulse the efficiency of the development team.
• May run innovation projects such as hack-a-thons.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex cross functional problems and make recommendations for remediation.
• Lead production support as required, including but not limited to performing production support service requests and routine maintenance and support activities.
• Provide status updates to management on deliverables and projects.
• Leads design, code and infrastructure reviews to ensure high quality outcomes.
• Leads architecture discussions to ensure alignment to Horizon standards/patterns.
• Mentors junior staff.
• Assigns work and directs staff in the production of work product while promoting teamwork both internal and external to the organization.
• Leads and manages interactions with external vendors to drive solutions and monitor deliverables.
• Directly interacts with internal customers and manages stakeholder expectations.
• Formulates and manages system scope, objectives and cost for assigned projects.
• Perform production support or deployment/checkout for applications during off-hours as needed.

Skills

Leadership

SDLC knowledge

DevOps

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Global team leadership

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree required

12 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

8+ years of relevant work experience preferred

Tools

PowerBI

AWS

Azure

GCP

Snowflake

DataBricks

RedShift

SQL

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About the Role

Highly experienced technical leader who designs, develops, and maintains highly complex software applications with intra/interdependencies. They often lead teams and provide technical expertise to ensure projects meet business expectations while adhering to Horizon architectural standards.

What You'll Do

• Review highly complex business requirement documents/user stories and translate into technical specifications/user stories while following Horizon’s development methodology standards.
• Work from technical specifications to develop, modify and maintain highly complex software products, including unit and system testing.
• The developed products will have dependencies on other internal and external applications and will require cross functional collaboration.
• Follows, enforces, and mentors team on Horizon’s standardized code development, deployment, security protocols/standards and SDLC practices (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban).
• Acts as a leader within the team and drives DevOps best practices.
• Track metrics with quarterly reviews to pulse the efficiency of the development team.
• May run innovation projects such as hack-a-thons.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex cross functional problems and make recommendations for remediation.
• Lead production support as required, including but not limited to performing production support service requests and routine maintenance and support activities.
• Provide status updates to management on deliverables and projects.
• Leads design, code and infrastructure reviews to ensure high quality outcomes.
• Leads architecture discussions to ensure alignment to Horizon standards/patterns.
• Mentors junior staff.
• Assigns work and directs staff in the production of work product while promoting teamwork both internal and external to the organization.
• Leads and manages interactions with external vendors to drive solutions and monitor deliverables.
• Directly interacts with internal customers and manages stakeholder expectations.
• Formulates and manages system scope, objectives and cost for assigned projects.
• Perform production support or deployment/checkout for applications during off-hours as needed.

What You Bring

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED required
• Bachelor’s degree required or 12yearsofrelevant experience in lieu of degree
• 8+yearsofrelevant work experience preferred
• Experience with PowerBI highly preferred
• Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP highly preferred
• Consulting skills highly preferred
• Experience with data warehouse (Snowflake, DataBricks, RedShift).

Additional Licensing, Certifications, Registrations:

• Professional certification in area of expertise a plus

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Requires expert knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban)
• Experience with an analytics tool (Power Bi, Tableau, etc.)
• Requires advanced knowledge of object-oriented languages
• Requires advanced knowledge of markup languages
• Requires knowledge of relational database management systems
• Demonstrates understanding of core business functions
• Demonstrates ability to apply structure to a loosely defined problem
• Requires strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with teams and break down complex technical information into simple language for non-technical personnel and also communicate technical information to security, architects and others.
• Requires expert proficiency in application programming and proficiency in SQL
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills
• Requires fundamental critical thinking and problem-solving skill with attention to detail
• Requires ability to quickly adapt and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Requires excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to work independently without supervision while leading others
• Requires ability to handle multiple tasks while also supporting others.
• Requires experience with MS Office tools including Visio.
• Prefers experience with Jira/Confluence
• Requires ability to lead globally distributed team

Why Horizon?

At Horizon, you’ll do meaningful work that directly improves lives—while being supported by a mission-driven organization that values expertise, collaboration, and growth. We believe that when our people thrive, our communities do too.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $109,600 - $149,625

This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• Retirement Plans
• Generous PTO
• Incentive Plans
• Wellness Programs
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer

Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware.

Our Mission

We empower our members to achieve their best health.

Our Vision

We are New Jersey’s health solutions leader driving innovations that improve health care quality, affordability and member experience in the markets we serve.

About Us

We are the leading health insurer in New Jersey, trusted by generations of families and businesses. We are dedicated to enriching the lives and health of our members and the New Jersey communities we serve, because we live and work here too.

Equal Opportunity

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability and any other protected class as required by federal, state or local law.

Horizon will consider reasonable accommodation requests as part of the recruiting and hiring process.