Software Engineer
Bcidaho

Analyze business/functional requirements and design, develop, and test web services and other software components to build out Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at Blue Cross of Idaho. Develop high quality, maintainable and high-performance software components (services, classes, database components, etc.). Participate in defining, documenting, and developing software, contribute to architecture and technical design discussions, code reviews, and technical design/specifications in collaboration with the development team.

Required Experience:

Engineer I: no specific experience required, though some dev experience is preferred

Engineer II: 2-4/+ years of design and development of enterprise level applications using .NET, C#, and/or Java and service-oriented design and development to include:

• Extensive experience with design and implementation of SOAP and RESTful services
• Experience working on Agile/Scrum development team
• Extensive experience analyzing, defining, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining complex software systems
• Supporting client needs, products, and technologies

Required Education: must meet one of the following requirements:

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  Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or closely related field of study or equivalent work experience (Two years' relevant work experience is equivalent to one year college)
  
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  International Degree equivalency
  
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  Applicable certification(s) +2 years additional experience
  
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  Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or closely related field of study + 2 years additional experience
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

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  Automated tests frameworks such as MSTest, NUnit, XUnit, or equivalent
  
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  Object Oriented principles and design
  
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  ETL Software Applications
  
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  Distributed application development
  
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  SDLC, version control, modeling and analysis, and system use cases
  
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  Relational databases, SQL, database design, database-related development (reading and writing complex SQL queries and stored procedures, etc.) - Advanced
  
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  Software integration and library module interfaces
  
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  Web Service design patterns
  
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  Use of software design principles
  
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  Use of libraries, frameworks and code reuse
  
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  Service interface and related standards like XML, SOAP, REST, WSDL, WCF, MQ, etc. - Advanced
  
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  Transfer protocols (HTTP/S, FTP, SFTP, etc.) as well as experience with publish/subscribe and request/response methodologies - Advanced
  
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  Continuous Integration (CI)
  
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  Debugging and refactoring
  

Ability to:

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  Decompose complex problems and perform root cause analysis of production incidents that results in corrections or optimizations of software and/or processes to eliminate reoccurrence of such problems
  
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  Identify and promote process improvement
  
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  Effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals, and negotiate options at management levels
  
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  Quickly identify and analyze problem areas and correlate them to known defects to optimize processes
  
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  Collaborate with other developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
  
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  Actively work to resolve technical effort challenges and facilitate knowledge transfer between team members focused on shared objectives
  
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  Ensure that a positive customer experience drives the approach to work, the quality demonstrated, and the endpoint for measuring success
  
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  Create automated unit tests as part of software development process
  
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  Create and execute integration and regression test plans based on system and validation requirements
  
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  Provide high-level and detailed software development estimates
  
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  Drive efforts to completion to meet goals and/or project timelines
  
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  Analyze and optimize already deployed applications
  
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  Work with Team Architect, Solution Architect and Enterprise Architecture team to ensure consistency with existing services and applications
  
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  Deploy the solution on a high-availability shared service production environment
  
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  Work under tight deadlines and shifting priorities
  
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  Carry out and facilitate multiple concurrent projects
  
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  Participate in on-call rotation, 24 hours a day, for supported systems
  

Preferred qualifications:

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  Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related field
  
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  Healthcare and/or health insurance industry experience
  
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  Knowledge of EDI ANSI X12 transactions
  
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  Experience with Talend Studio
  
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  Experience with Web Services Security (WS-Security)
  
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  Experience with automated build and deployment tools
  
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  Experience with SSRS reporting and SSIS processing
  
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  Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS)
  

Reasonable accommodations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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