- On-call rotation is required for this role, starting about 6 months into the position.
- Sponsorship is unavailable for this role.
- While this is a remote, work from home position, the final round of interviews will take place onsite in our Chattanooga, TN offices.
Job Responsibilities
- Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research to design, develop, modify, or integrate moderately complex information systems.
- Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results.
- Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts.
- Must be competent to work on most phases of applications systems analysis, and must maintain technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, etc.
- Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
- Provides services to multiple project teams or management staff, provides guidance to less-experienced programmers, and may conduct presentations to provide end users with knowledge to maximize their use of developed systems.
- May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts.
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Job Qualifications
Education
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested.
Experience
A minimum of 2 years of programming experience is required. However, a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data and Analytics, Information Technology, or a related technical field can substitute for this experience requirement.
- 1 year of professional or academic working knowledge of at least one programming language in use at BCBST.
Skills\Certifications
- Proven skill with information technology in use at BCBST is required
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Number of Openings Available
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BCBST's EEO Policies/Notices
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of 2 years of programming experience
- 1 year of professional or academic knowledge of at least one programming language
What We Do
As Tennessee's largest health plan, we've been helping Tennesseans find their own unique paths to good health for more than 70 years. More than that, we're your neighbors and friends – fellow Tennesseans with deep roots of caring tradition, a focused approach to physical, financial and community good health for today, and a bright outlook for an even healthier tomorrow. Our mission is simple: peace of mind through better health. We're an independent, not-for-profit, locally governed health plan company – meaning we live and work alongside our Tennessee business customers and plan members. Our 6,000 employees across the state have built our strong reputation for integrity, excellent service and community leadership. But we are also part of the BlueCross BlueShield Association, a nationwide association of health care plans. Because of this, our plan members have access to the same quality health benefits while traveling or living out of state that they have while in Tennessee. © 2018 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc., an Independent Licensee of the BlueCross BlueShield Association.
