Build & Deployment Engineer II

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MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. is looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

Why join MedImpact? Because our success is dependent on you; innovative professionals with top notch skills who thrive on opportunity, high performance, and teamwork. We look for individuals who want to work on a team that cares about making a difference in the value of healthcare.

At MedImpact, we deliver leading edge pharmaceutical and technology related solutions that dramatically improve the value of health care. We provide superior outcomes to those we serve through innovative products, systems, and services that provide transparency and promote choice in decision making. Our vision is to set the standard in providing solutions that optimize satisfaction, service, cost, and quality in the healthcare industry. We are the premier Pharmacy Benefits Management solution!

Working within Information Technology and reporting to the Manager, IT Reliability Engineering, Build and Deployment Engineer II is responsible for researching, recommending and implementing enhancements to software delivery processes and infrastructure with a strong emphasis on Kubernetes based container orchestration. Build and Deployment Engineer II is responsible for closely collaborating with the IT Development and IT Operations teams to design and implement modern CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and scalable deployment automation to on-prem, systems and public cloud.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Applies Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and GitOps principles to design, develop, and maintain software build and deployment automation pipelines.
• Designs, deploys, and maintains on-premises Kubernetes and associated workloads, including Helm charts, Operators, and custom resource definitionsBuilds and maintains containerized application delivery pipelines using Docker and Kubernetes-native tooling (Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD)
• Assumes accountability and responsibility for maintaining CI/CD infrastructure and developer tooling, including Jenkins/GitLab CI, source control (Git), artifact management (Artifactory/Nexus), and configuration management (Ansible, Terraform).
• Researches and communicates CI-CD improvements/enhancements.Implements Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Helm to provision and manage on-premises virtual machines, bare-metal servers, and Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Integrates observability, logging, and monitor/alert (e.g.,Prometheus, Grafana, victoriametrics, splunk, vmagent) into build and deployment pipelines for on-premises Kubernetes, cloud and virtualized environments.
• Research and communicates CI/CD, container orchestration, and platform engineering improvements/enhancements.
• Implements DevSecOps practices, including automated security scanning, image vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement (e.g, Trivy, Checkmarx, Sonarqube, Semgrep, Jfrog)
• Supports API lifecycle management and automation using API gateway/management platforms such as Gravitee, including API deployment pipelines, policy configuration, and developer portal integration.
• Makes recommendations to IT management for the adoption of (1) new technology (2) industry’s best practices, and (3) streamlining processes.
• Effectively communicates and presents designs in group settings.
• Adopts new techniques and technologies to further improve software delivery efficiency.
• Practices good software engineering techniques and standards to reduce coding errors and ensures robustness and efficiency of work products.
• Provides documentation, training, and mentoring to IT staff members on CI-CD processes and tools.
• Takes the initiative to attend job related trainings, user-groups and/or conferences, and then proactively suggest improvements to existing processes and tools.
• Takes initiative to share knowledge with other IT staff members.

Supervisory Responsibilities        

No supervisory responsibilities

Client Responsibilities

This is an internal and external client facing position that requires excellent customer service skills and interpersonal communication skills (listening/verbal/written). One must be able to; manage difficult or emotional client situations; Respond promptly to client needs; Solicit client feedback to improve service; Respond to requests for service and assistance from clients; Meet commitments to clients.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

BS/BA and 8+ years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, and 4 years of SME in respective areas

Computer Skills

• Excellent bash, python and/or groovy scripting skills
• Excellent understanding of software build and deployment automation frameworks.
• Multiyear, hands-on experience with industry standard CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GIT, Artifactory, Ansible, ArgoCD, KubernetesStrong, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes in both AKS and private cloud, including cluster administration, workload scheduling, networking (CNI), storage (CSI), RBAC, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Kubernetes packaging and deployment tools such as Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps tools (ArgoCD,Flux)
• Excellent understanding of software build and deployment automation frameworks and CI/CD pipeline design.Multiyear, hands-on experience with industry-standard CI/CD and DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Git, Artifactory/Nexus, and Ansible
• Solid UNIX command line and Windows OS experience.
• Excellent understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Multiyear experience and excellent working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Microsoft Project Management (or similar software).
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None required.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Proven ability to train and mentor less experienced staff.

• Ability to appropriately schedule and prioritize multiple projects to ensure timely and effective delivery of IT solutions.

• Good written and verbal communications skills with emphasis on translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Ability to work on a team and foster productive relationships with peers, management, and external clients

• Results oriented and ability to juggle multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines

• Familiarity with PBM business model (plans, programs, and practices) as well as pharmaceutical practices (nomenclature, medications) helpful.

• Ability to work beyond standard business hours as needed.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. 

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations. 

Language Skills    

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.    

Competencies To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Composure

Decision Quality

Organizational Agility

Problem Solving

Customer Focus

Drive for Results

Peer Relations

Time Management

Dealing with Ambiguity

Learning on the Fly

Political Savvy

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Ability to maintain clear near visual acuity at approximately 20 inches or less (i.e., “close vision”) to accurately read fine print, view computer screens, and handle small objects. Requires adequate color vision and depth perception to support safety and precision in detail-oriented tasks.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position may regularly be exposed to or encounter moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, risk of electrical shock or vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

Work Location

This position must work on-site at the San Diego Headquarters for purposes of providing adequate support to internal clients; being available for face-to-face interactions and coordination of work with other employees, colleagues, clients, or vendors; as well as for facilitation of quick and effective decisions through collaboration with stakeholders. Remote work is not an option for these purposes.

Working Hours

This is an exempt level position requiring the incumbent to work the hours required to fully accomplish job responsibilities and meet deadlines for work deliverables. The individual must have the flexibility to work beyond traditional hours and be able to work nights, weekends or on holidays as required. Work hours may be changed from time to time to meet the needs of the business. Typical core business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Travel

This position requires domestic travel of up to 10% of the time.

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Wellness Programs

• Paid Time Off / Company Paid Holidays

• Incentive Compensation

• 401K with Company match

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Referral Bonus

To explore all that MedImpact has to offer, and the greatness you can bring to our teams, please submit your resume to www.medimpact.com/careers

MedImpact, is a privately-held pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) headquartered in San Diego, California. Our solutions and services positively influence healthcare outcomes and expenditures, improving the position of our clients in the market. MedImpact offers high-value solutions to payers, providers and consumers of healthcare in the U.S. and foreign markets.

To perform this job successfully, the successful candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.