Platform Engineer (Remote Eligible role)
Company: Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Location: Garland
Posted on: January 16, 2023
Job Description:
Company Description
Why Wellmark: We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy
holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we've built our
reputation on over 80 years' worth of trust. We are not motivated
by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends,
family, and neighbors-our members. If you're passionate about
joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to
provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to
sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!
Why Wellmark Technology? Wellmark is building innovative, modern
solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving
organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering
our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to
enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the
future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to
transform how we work.
More about our unique benefit offerings here.
More about working at Wellmark here.
Job Description
About the Career: Lead technical design efforts in collaboration
with Solution Architects, for highly integrated/complex application
platforms; optimizing security, information leverage and system
performance/availability and ensuring solutions developed adhere
and align to the architecture standards. Serve as a subject matter
expert and resource for development and project teams in the
execution of deliverables. Work cross-functionally with business
stakeholders and Solution Architects in technical planning and
system delivery. Consults and provides input on business process
improvements. Provides guidance for IT policies, procedures, tools,
security and infrastructure. Researches and recommends new emerging
technologies, techniques and tools that will add value to the
organization.
Our Ideal Candidate: You look forward to continually being
challenged with problems that are in need of a creative solution.
You feel effective when you can provide clear, succinct,
communication whether you are speaking with a technical or non
technical stakeholder. You have a knack for finding opportunities
for automation through solutions that are elegant, scalable, and
repeatable. You excel at collaboration and strive to work across
functional areas to solve problems and create optimal solutions.
Effective communication and the ability to articulate business
value of technical investments will be one of your strengths. While
you may not have experience in the health insurance industry, you
are looking forward to learning Wellmark as a business and better
understanding how your role impacts the members we serve.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree or direct and applicable work experience
- Minimum 7 years of experience to include any combination of the
following:
- Development Experience
- Providing innovative solutions to complex issues
- Minimum 4 years of experience in IT infrastructure,
architecture design, operations
- Proven ability to adapt when experiencing major changes in work
tasks or work environment.
- Informal leadership experience typically gained through leading
projects.
- Demonstrated experience coaching/mentoring others by providing
guidance and feedback to help an employee or groups of employees
strengthen their knowledge and skills to accomplish a task or solve
a problem
- Proven experience with designing technical architecture and
keeping abreast of existing and emerging technologies.
- Experiencing consulting with stakeholders to understand needs
with the intention of providing advice and counsel. Also
interacting appropriately with others to guide individuals or
groups to accomplish work, reach consensus or take action.
- Demonstrated experience in problem solving/troubleshooting
skills (conceptual, technical, IT) - Breaks down problems and
identifies all of their facets, including hidden or tricky aspects,
to find root-cause of problems. Generates a range of solutions and
courses of action with benefits, costs, and risks associated with
each. Probes appropriate sources for answers, and thinks 'outside
the box' to find options. Tests proposed solutions against the
reality of likely effects before going forward.
- Demonstrated communication skills: verbal and written -
Articulate; Communicates information/concepts clearly and concisely
to individuals or groups; delivers presentations suited to the
characteristics and needs of the stakeholders/audience. Clearly and
concisely conveys written information orally or in writing to
individuals or groups to ensure that they understand the
information and the message. Listens and responds appropriately to
others.
Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience working within an Agile/SAFe Agile team
environment
- Leadership typically gained through a combination of project
and informal leadership that demonstrates competencies
- Experience partnering with global staffing vendors to deliver
projects
Additional Information
- Lead the technical designs for highly integrated complex
application platforms to optimize security, information leverage
and re-use, integration, performance, and availability and ensure
solutions developed adhere and aligns to the architecture
standards. Fulfill service level agreements and ensure solutions
remains current with industry best practices, technologies and with
Wellmark's standards.
- Consult with Solution Architects and project teams in the
creation & documentation of design deliverables for application
platforms. Collaborate with Solution and Lead Architects to design
and implement effective technology solutions, while using
innovative business and technology processes to identify and
implement improvement initiatives, eliminate redundancies and
maximizes re-use of applications.
- May oversee and lead planning, developing and estimating of
technical solutions. When appropriate, collaborate and work with
other technical teams to better provide subject matter expertise
and insights.
- Collaborate with Lead Architect for assigned domain, business
systems analyst and other stakeholders to provide insight/
direction regarding process improvements.
- Consults with business stakeholders regarding subject matter
knowledge related to technical planning in order to ensure
architectures are developed in alignment with business
expectations.
- Oversee, review and provide technical guidance on the design
efforts of Wellmark's supported solutions; including but not
limited to the evaluation of vendors during the selection process,
integrating with new vendors, design, implementation and
administration.
- Will adhere and are held accountable for the support and
influence of Wellmark's architecture governance standards and
technical standards. Provide design specifications to governing
boards for proper approvals. Provides guidance for regarding IT
policies, security and infrastructure.
- Will provide training and mentorship of others regarding
technical design and solution implementation; including review and
quality assurance.
- Build strong relationships and business acumen with the
business to ensure technical designs are aligned with business
needs. Provide exceptional customer service and solutions.
- Develops and applies industry best practice technology, design
and methodology approaches to design platform specific technical
designs. Researches and recommends new emerging technologies,
techniques and tools that will add value to the organization.
- Other duties as assigned.
Remote Eligible: You will have the flexibility to work where you
are most productive. This position is eligible to work fully
remote. Depending on your location, you may still have the option
to come into a Wellmark office if you wish to. Your leader may ask
you to come into the office occasionally for specific meetings or
other 'moments that matter' as well.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire,
train and promote individuals in all job classifications without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran
status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any
other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability
at any stage of the employment application process should contact
us at careers@wellmark.com
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