Data Developer Salary in Detroit, MI

Departmental Summary: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is currently seeking an Application Developer III for our Detroit location. This individual will be responsible for contributing towards the development, maintenance, and support of BCBSM SmartBot (Virtual Assistant) applications. Resource should also guide and lead the other developers as needed basis to ensure code quality and development standards are met. Departmental Requirements: Strong knowledge developing web applications using J2EE, Multi thread programming, Data structure, Junit and Mockito Experience working with Spring Boot, MicroServices, LOG4j, Spring security, JWT token, Single Sign On (SSO) integration with SAML, Routers and filters using zuul proxy Experience in Angular, Ionic or any responsive frameworks. Experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, JQuery, HTML5, CSS Experience working with tools like Git, Maven, gradle Expertise developing enterprise-level web applications and RESTful APIs using MicroServices, with demonstrable production-scale experience Demonstrate strong design and programming skills using JSON, Web Services, XML in Unix and Windows environments Experience with Build Automation, Continuous Integration and Test Automation (npm, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins) Understanding of Integrated Development Environments like Visual Studio Code, Eclipse and InteliJ Strong knowledge with Oracle, Mongo DB databases Proven competence in analyzing business needs and working with cross functional (technical & non technical) teams Proven experience working in various application lifecycle stages such as transitioning, sustaining, maintaining of applications Participate in SCRUM activities such as stand-up, code review, backlog grooming, product demo, and sprint retrospective Passion to stay on top of the latest happenings in the tech world and an attitude to discuss and bring those into play Strong collaboration and communication skills within distributed project teams Excellent written and verbal communication skills Departmental Preferences: Follow project management processes and standards for agile product delivery Follow best practices and coding standards Strong problem solving and analytical skills Understanding on the Conversational AI technologies leverage such as Google Dialog Flow, RASA. LEX etc Understanding and working knowledge on the Cloud Platform -Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) Work with Data scientist team members for all analytics and NLU data modelling requirements. Responsibilities: Work closely with clients, business analysts and team members on small to large, complex projects to understand the business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions that align with business and IT strategies and are in compliance with the organization's architectural standards. Provide support in the full systems life cycle for multiple applications to ensure application software is delivered on time and within budget. Code applications using a disciplined development process. Integrate solutions with other applications and platforms outside the framework. Create data extracts and reports from system based on requirements. Develop, execute, and document unit test plans. Support and/or execute all testing efforts across the life cycle. Assist in the deployment of new modules, upgrades and fixes to the production environment. Make modules production-ready by moving them to libraries, completing forms and version control documents, following procedures, etc. Validate deployment. Assist in production support and monitoring using the tools installed on the servers such as Dynatrace, Splunk etc. Troubleshoot existing information systems to identify errors or deficiencies and develops solutions. Provide ongoing maintenance of applications. Evaluate existing applications and platforms and provides recommendations for improving application performance by conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications. Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results. Assist in the development of user guides and training documentation for systems. Participate in project planning processes, as needed. Identify better sources of data feeds and interfaces with architects to ensure their feasibility with corporate data warehouse, when needed. Identify technical requirements, as needed. Create technical design specifications and assist in sizing technical requirements, as needed. Adhere to standards and procedures, check for compliance. Review modules for quality assurance. Evaluate new application packages and tools and perform research on best practices and provide recommendations for solutions, as needed. Prepare and present formal training to IT staff, as needed. Provide technical coaching and mentoring to less-experienced team members. Other duties may be assigned. "Qualifications" EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree in related field preferred. Five+ years of advanced programming techniques and application design required. Experience in systems design and have a solid understanding of development, database development, testing, and integration methodologies required. Project management experience is required. OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Analytical and systems thinking. Accuracy and attention to detail. Written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently, or within a team environment. Other related skills and/or abilities may be required to perform this job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other grounds, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

Department Preferences Strong data and technical analytical skills including the ability to problem solve complex data and technical related issues. Ability to root cause application related issues that are data or technical driven. Strong experience in working with Excel, PowerPoint, and a CRM platform. Previous experience working in Salesforce Marketing Cloud is preferred. Responsible for the overall success of the team delivering upon the intended business value of capabilities. Ensures alignment between the team's backlog and the overall product roadmap to meet customer's needs. Aid in the definition around vision, goals and objectives while also contributing to the refinement of the Product Roadmap and the features within the Product Backlog. Act as customer or stakeholder proxy for the team and is empowered to make critical decisions regarding functionality and priority. Serve as a subject matter expert or key resource for the business as it pertains to the application development teams. Possess overall decision-making responsibility for the team as it pertains to scope of work for the team. Focus on team activities to ensure successful delivery of the right features at the right time aligned with the Product strategy. Manage the team backlog, negotiating priorities with stakeholders, defines acceptance criteria for work efforts, ensures alignment across the team, accepts completion of work adhering to quality standards and fitness for use. Coordinate with other Product Owners to ensure alignment of team dependencies. Communicates story details and priorities to ensure the team aligns and agrees on a final iteration plan Accept user stories by establishing acceptance criteria and ensuring a level of quality, focusing primarily on fitness for use. Understand the scope of technical dependencies and requirements by collaborating with IT to assist with decision-making, sequencing, and solutions. QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in related field required. A minimum of five (5) years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or related role required. Experience in healthcare industry with payers, third party administrators, benefit consultants, healthcare IT, or insurance (healthcare or P&C) preferred. Must have demonstrated the ability to manage multiple products &/or scrum teams. Experience with SCRUM and/or Scaled Agile development methodologies. Expertise in defining and prioritizing business requirements and validating product capabilities. Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills. Excellent communication skills to engage an organization of multiple specialties. Ability to manage competing priorities and understand the downstream implications of shifting priorities. Ability to facilitate the completion of work in a matrix environment. Ability to analyze information and to evaluate the implications of a course of action or solution. Ability to interpret and apply common sense understanding to carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative style. Demonstrated ability to use sound judgment and discretion regarding confidential information Relationship management skills. A demonstrated track record of working with minimal supervision, being a self-starter, and working with others in a team environment. A demonstrated track record of consistently meeting and/or exceeding performance expectations. Strong implementation, problem solving, and analytical skills. Excellent project and time management skills.

The purpose of this role is primarily for the design and development of systems for delivering Genomic Evaluation and data management platforms to commercial customers. Overall, the role is intended to assure systems are specified, designed, developed, and delivered to meet standards and requirements for high quality and optimal customer experience. A key concept behind this role is that in this Genetics Operations environment, developers should have a thorough understanding of business processes and their associated requirements, in addition to expert development skills. This is a small team of highly motivated professionals, and the team size does not allow for a specialization of pure development that is decoupled from the concerns of business analysis. Thus this role has an "analyst" component, which is essential to identifying or refining business requirements and translating them into technical solutions.In addition to code development, this role will be expected to contribute to the system/component specification, design, and quality testing. Key activities include contributing to or authoring business and user requirements, system design, business process design technical documentation, and business and user documentation, and test script development.The primary responsibility for this role will be in design and development. The role will be expected to innovate by finding creative approaches to automation of workflows, user interfaces, and back end computing. Expertise in developing solutions capable of processing very large data sets efficiently is essential. Currently the most relevant development stack is Python, Java, C++ and R used for new development, along with back-end system running on a Linux platform, with development in C++, Python, and Bash. Database skills, including fluency in developing efficient SQL, stored procedure development, and performance troubleshooting and tuning are essential. MS-SQL is the most prevalent RDBMS in this space, but Postgres skills are also desirable. The environment is evolving towards Java, Python, and Postgres in a cloud-based (both AWS and Azure) environment. Both Windows and Linux operating systems are in use. Deliver solutions according to agreed project timelines, taking the initiative to drive the outcomes requested by the business and ITS management.The individual in this role will follow the Zoetis software development lifecycle , working collaboratively with other developers, analysts, and business professionals. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, analysis, and documentation skills, with an ability to begin with a high level requirement and through progressive refinement, to define and deliver a solution. Effective and verbal and written communication skills are essential for collaboration with business stakeholders and technical team members, using business or technical language as appropriate to each audience.This role also has a support component. Provide support for and be able to execute genetic evaluation systems to support the translation of genomic, phenotypic, and pedigree data into consolidated outcomes for Zoetis customers. The person in this role may also be expected to take on other productions support assignments, especially for hypercare after production deployments. Work and coordinate with the genetic evaluation and technical teams in resolving issues that may impact delivery of results and execution of the pipeline. That can derivate optimizations or new tools additions of existing pipelines.Development - 50%Business Analysis - 25%Support - 25%Education • Bachelor's degree, ideally in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Science• 4+ years relevant software development experience, ideally with Laboratory, Life Sciences, and/or Customer Service applications, using Java , C++, scripting using Python,R and Linux development.• 2+ years experience collecting, analyzing, and documenting requirements• Strong experience required in Java, Python ,C++ and R skills.• AWS and instances deployment is a priority• Proven ability to translate business requirements into solutions that map to technology capabilities.• Solid verbal and written communication skills with the ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms• Strong analytical problem-solving skills• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively and collaboratively on cross-functional project teams or individually, as needed• Proven success in delivering computing solutions• Ability to transform data in files or databases• Ability to take direction and to complete tasks with minimal direction• Ability to prioritize issues and drive progress in ambiguous situations• Create and maintain system development lifecycle documentationTechnical• Python, Java and C++• Statistical software R.• Unix / Linux system development is essential.• Amazon AWS Services• Git• Genetics and/or bioinformatics• Both Windows and Linux operating system expertise• Experience in multiple SDLC methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.• Expert in the use of JIRA and Confluence to support SDLC, especially testing and defect tracking• Mathematical/Statistical backgroundFull timeRegularColleagueAny unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at [email protected] to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of "@zoetis.com". In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.