COBOL Software Engineer

Description

Service Benefit Plan Administrative Services Corp (SBPASC) Care first BCBS
Job Description Immediate job opening for a Mainframe / COBOL oriented Software Engineer to work on our clients health insurance enrollment delivery systems that is used by federal employees to enroll and manage their healthcare benefits. The software is also utilized by benefits administrators and management professionals both internally and Blue Cross / Blue Shield personnel.
Within this role you will be part of a matrixes team of software development professionals providing application development expertise to facilitate the ontime delivery of projects and major release upgrades for highly complex, mission critical systems. Expected engineering tasks and deliverables include Performs and sometimes leads the detailed analysis, technical design, coding, code review and testing of new applications and/or enhancements of existing applications. Assists manager or Scrum Master in all development activities, Supports other administrative and team building tasks as necessary. Provide estimates of work, assist with resource/time allocations, properly follow project life cycle, develop and document technical designs, support testing cycles and support software implementations. Meet with clients and other members of the project team to identify or clarify requirements to better achieve desired outcomes. Recommend technical solutions to project team and/or offer alternative solutions when appropriate. Facilitates communication between all key IT groups and the client community through meeting participation. Required Skills
To be considered the Software Engineer has a background, knowledge and experience that clearly demonstrates the following Practical background Health Insurance industry OR Healthcare Payer systems. Knowledge of enrollments systems a plus. 8 + years of IBM Mainframe Software Engineering experience with knowledge and abililities that include (1) COBOL and DB2 development (2) JAVA applications running under AIX/Linux
(3) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) knowledge and experience with web services is strongly preferred, but not required Position reports to the Manager, Enrollment Delivery and will coordinate assignments with Project and Program Management and the associated Scrum teams