Software Engineering Senior Advisor - Express Scripts - Hybrid

Candidates must be local to the Morris Plains NJ office.

We are looking for exceptional software engineers/developers in our Home Delivery organization. The Software Engineering Senior Advisor is responsible for the delivery of a business need end-to-end starting from understanding the requirements to deploying the software into production. This role requires you to be fluent in some of the critical technologies with proficiency in others and have a hunger to learn on the job and add value to the business. Critical attributes of being a senior engineer, among others, is ownership & accountability. The candidate needs to be proficient in UI technologies (React JS).

In addition to Delivery, the candidate should have an automation first and continuous improvement mindset. He/She should drive the adoption of CI/CD tools and support the improvement of the tools sets/processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform software development and maintenance of company standard UI workflows using ReactJS, Redux, NodeJS.

• Implementing test suites to test the developed functionalities based on test scenarios proposed by Product Owner using Test Automation Frameworks like Jest, Jasmine, Cucumber, etc. to ensure code quality and performance.

• Working in an AGILE environment with bi-weekly sprints and provided work updates in daily SCRUM calls, maintaining industry level best practices for software development using wide varieties of latest technologies and frameworks.

• Participating in software/hardware configuration, releases, and installation tasks.

• Participate in technical planning and requirements gathering phases including design, code, test, troubleshoot and document engineering software applications.

• Demonstrating the ability to adapt and work with team members of various experience level.

• Experience in working with REST APIs (Micro Services) as per the internal business requirements.

• Research on new technologies and document them in timely manner to enhance API processing performance, test driven development (including code coverage of 95%), behavior driven development where automation is done using Junit/Cucumber.

• Maintain proper logging to monitor the request/response time and TPS of the application, closely monitor the daily transactions history using industry standard monitoring tools.

• Deploy the code into the PCF and OpenShift platforms through Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment methodology (Jenkins) after each successful implementation of new feature.

• Participate in code reviews after each successful push in the repo, suggest if any changes required to maintain the cleaner and concise code.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Take ownership and accountability of the application/tasks.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.

• Strong influencing/negotiation skills.

• Have a passion to learn and a desire to simplify.

• Strong interpersonal/relationship management skills.

• Strong time and project management skills.

• Proficiency with most of the following technologies- React JS framework, Redux.

• Familiarity with agile methodology including SCRUM team leadership.

• Familiarity with modern delivery practices such as continuous integration, behavior/test driven development, and specification by example.

Required Experience & Education:

• 4+ years of experience in JavaScript frameworks, esp. React JS

• Proficient in PCF/OpenShift/Cloud deployments

• Experience with tuning high-volume applications

• Experience with caching products

• Experience with working in Agile environment

• Proficient in Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipeline

• Strong in testing frameworks like Cucumber, Mockito

• College degree (Bachelor+) in related technical/business areas or equivalent work experience.

Desired Experience:

• Exposure to OpenShift, PCF and AWS

• Healthcare experience including PBM business model.

• Coaching of new/junior team members

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.