Lead Applications Programmer

To change the future of health care in California, Blue Shield needs people who believe in the possibilities and are willing to work to make them real. Is this you?

Career-minded, self-starting, and highly motivated tech-lead level SCM engineer. An individual will be part of Configuration and Release Management group to support geographically dispersed development teams across multiple environments and various software technologies.

The ideal candidate is a Subject Matter Expert with Software Build and Release Management methodologies, hands-on experience creating and managing the various development and build platforms, and deployment strategies. He/she is detail-oriented, organized and focused with ability to prioritize his/her workload and lead other team members.

Responsibilities
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Serve as subject matter expert to create automated software build processes in support of ongoing deployment, maintenance and development software efforts on company-wide basis.

Support release efforts, guided by governing Policies and Procedures in effect.

Provide day-to-day operational and maintenance support to oversee tools, repositories and utilities currently deployed or upgrade the same to the next commercially available version(s) in the least disruptive manner.

Design and develop installation utilities for Windows and Web-based applications. Maintain build environments and build history

Provide administrative and technical support not limited to installation of software patches, trouble-shoot problems, attend to performance tuning; provide software configuration, perform failure analysis, architecture and migrations.

Responsible for development and maintenance of code branching in support of software development efforts.

Configure and sustain monitoring tools. Implement the Tools (SCM, Automated Testing, and Automated Metrics) across the enterprise.

Develop and support backup and recovery strategies for the SCM system.

Skills
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5+ years general SCM experience with at least 3 years experience with ANT build scripts, development/integration experience in J2EE environment.

Experience with Oracle, Unix, NT, and Java/J2EE, WAS, MS-IIS.

Experience with creation and maintaining automated build tools

Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle, SCM practices along with Software Build and Release Management methodologies.

Mature hands-on experience with enterprise level systems for large organizations, preferably in insurance industry.

Strong ability to successfully manage concurrent deliverables on time and with quality within fast-paced environment and under deadlines.

Substantial experience to support parallel development environments in support of multi project development and interdependencies

Experience in tuning and managing SCM suite of products to operate optimally and efficiently with minimal downtime.

High degree of professionalism to address and resolve end-user issues.

Experience in providing follow-up to customer base in timely and quality manner.

BS/BA in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Bachelor's degree and seven years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Familiarity with network communications technology.

Comprehensive knowledge of English Language Programming or current generation programming languages.

Knowledge of operating systems and systems hardware maintenance; familiarity with network communications technology.