Design Engineer

Description

Job Description Helping make highquality health care for Californians easy, accessible and affordable is a great calling. Knowing that your company has contributed over 125 million back into California communities and will continue to do so is flat out uplifting. Join the hardest working, notforprofit health plan in California and be part of the solution. Design Engineer provides oversight and technical leadership in designing and implementing integrated infrastructure solutions. Design engineers influence the creation of business solutions through the alignment of infrastructure roadmaps and standards/patterns with the application roadmaps. The Design Engineer will work closely with other Design engineers, IT application and operations teams, and business owners to create an environment for the deployment of Test, QA, Performance test, Staging and production environments. The Design engineer is accountable for the projectlevel infrastructure design and deployment plans, including but not limited to operating system, integration, and data warehouse technologiesResponsibilities Collaborate with other Design engineers, business partners, and platform architects to translate business strategy and requirements into system requirements and technical solutionsDevelop technical diagrams and plans and build specification documents for IT infrastructure build teams Promote and enable reuse of services, repeatable architecture patterns, master data, and existing integration patterns.Significant contributor to the definition and implementation of the Enterprise Architecture/Engineering standards and policies. Define a solutions strategy and solution design that supports the short, medium and longterm infrastructure and business objectives across more than one domain line. Develop customized solutions that address specific needs, and successful management and/or delivery of engagements.Facilitate decision making, keeping the clients best interests in mind (addressing vendor biases and striving for costeffective solution for the client).Works with peers outside immediate organization to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and/or develops new solutions, yet works independently to drive technical problems to a solution.Develops reusable solutions and workarounds that are innovative and demonstrate a deep technical knowledge of the affected products, processes, and the customer environment.Provide technical leadership regarding architectural/engineering needs such as framework and tools selection.Participate in proofofconcept and prototyping efforts with other project teams in both a design and engineering capacity. Collects, analyzes, and documents results; produces summaries and recommendations.Analyze infrastructure systems performance, collect information, and prepare summary reportsMust be able to clearly articulate solution alternatives and tradeoffs, and develop sound recommendation for endtoend infrastructure technology solutions.Knowledge and Skills Required 10+ years experience in server operating systems including RedHat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, Solaris, and Windows ServerSolid experience with 3 more of the following IBM WebSphere Application Server, Enterprise Service Bus, MQ, and IBM DataPower, EDI, SalesForce, Informatica, and batch processing in the Healthcare vertical3+ years experience with and strong understanding of server infrastructure technologies including VMware server virtualization, HP/IBM server hardware, and storage and networking technologies related to server infrastructureExtensive experience with designing, implementing, deploying and supporting enterpriselevel solutions, including OnPremise, OffPremise and Cloudbased solutionsExperience with DB2, Oracle, and SQL database technologiesStrong ability to analyze, consolidate and communicate complex technical topics to all levels of staff (including but not limited to IT executives, business/technical managers, developers and system administrators) in verbal and written formDemonstrated experience in designing complex business critical software solutionStrong ability to build partnerships, influence others and earn the respect of technical personnel across application and infrastructure teamsBehavioral and interpersonal Maintains effectiveness in varying environments and with different tasks, responsibilities, and people.Excellent communications skills, both verbally and in writing. Opinions are well structured and well justified.Uses tact and sensitive to treating others with respect.Actively listens, hears and understands what is said as well as not said, and comprehends the meaning and intent.Deals effectively and professionally with pressure (real or perceived) and capably performs and meets requirements while managing and prioritizing work in stressful situations. Poise and resiliency are key.Works effectively with teams or work groups outside his/her formal line of authority to accomplish technical, functional, or organizational goals.Ability to make intelligent decisions, even with incomplete information.Ability to understand the business context of customers requestsSolid problem solving skillsMust Have Attributes Excellent communication skills; able to speak and write clearly in EnglishDemonstrate poise and clarity of thought in pressure situations Selfstarter / selfmotivated individual who requires minimal oversight to be productive. Demonstrates ability to proactively look for answers without being told how to handle a challengeAn individual who thrives in a demanding environment that imposes new challenges frequentlyAn analytical, datadriven approach to problem solving and organizational development