Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is looking to improve the health of its members by driving innovations that enhance the quality, affordability, and member experience of healthcare. This role is crucial in managing and overseeing technology teams to ensure the successful development, maintenance, and operation of application systems that support these business goals.
Requirements
- 5 years - Experience with information technology concepts, application development and/or enterprise system maintenance methodology, terminology, and standards required
- 5 years – Systems maintenance and/or programming experience required
- 3 years - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language and/or one enterprise system in use at Horizon BCBS
- Preferred candidates will bring strong technical skills in Microsoft .NET and Java, a deep understanding of Object-Oriented programming concepts, and the ability to mentor and guide a development team
Responsibilities
- Accountable for the technical aspects of the applications they support along with day-to-day operations ensuring system availability and performance as aligned to Horizon SLAs.
- Oversees and ensures software engineering discipline (Agile/Waterfall) within the team.
- Oversees the design, development, and deployment of scalable and resilient applications that support a product focused on achieving distinct business outcomes.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance, code reviews, and oversight to maintain high coding standards
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration, where needed, to integrate applications and ensure seamless data flow
- Manages, mentors, and provides daily oversight of the various application developers, business systems analysts, testers, and scrum masters in the units for which they are responsible.
- Manages technical risks, dependencies, and ensuring timely resolution of critical issues.
Other
- Manages, mentors, and provides daily oversight of the various application developers, business systems analysts, testers, and scrum masters in the units for which they are responsible.
- Manages relations, day to day expectations, time reporting accuracy, and adherence to contract SLAs of vendor partners within the team.
- Provides staff management oversight including hiring, promoting, or making recommendations for staff. Conducts performance reviews and assessments, manages performance, engages in skills assessment, and promotes professional development of staff.
- Must be willing to adjust schedule to plan and perform maintenance and upgrades outside of business hours and be part of an on-call rotation.
- Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware
