Staff Software Development Engineer

About the position

As a Staff Software Development Engineer at CVS Health, you will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and deployment of critical integrated system releases. This position is essential for ensuring the delivery of business value and that production applications remain stable with excellent performance and optimal scalability. This position will work in an Agile scrum team environment, in close collaboration with business partners, product owners, architecture and other IT partners.

Responsibilities

• Develop mainframe applications according to customer specifications and requirements
• Participate in requirements gathering and design sessions
• Work as part of a team to ensure solutions are designed to fully function in an integrated application suite
• Design and develop solutions that enable applications to perform optimally, and which can scale to meet future business needs
• Perform thorough unit and integration testing, and support QA testing and deployment activities
• Monitor systems to ensure that they are functioning properly
• Analyze and optimize applications; troubleshoot and resolve any issues
• Create and maintain documentation related to mainframe applications

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Mainframe development and support, utilizing one of the following technologies: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, MQ, Xpeditor, Endevor or similar source control application
• 3+ years of experience with large-scale offshore vendor support arrangements

Nice-to-haves

• Healthcare experience in one or more of these areas: Claim Adjudication, Claim Payment/Banking, Electronic Funds Transfer, Network and Provider data management; Network Contracting & Pricing, Member eligibility/enrollment, Customer Billing, Accounts Receivable, Customer Banking, Commissions, Broker Support and Compensation, Customer Case Installation and Customer data management
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage changing priorities
• Ability to multitask effectively, prioritizing business impact and urgency
• Experience with IDMS
• Experience with CoolGen
• Experience with mainframe modernization/transformation initiatives

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options
• 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility