Senior Applications Engineer - Java and Mainframe

How’s this for a challenge? Help us transform health care and change the way consumers engage with technology. Pretty ambitious? Yes. But it also pretty much guarantees that you won’t be bored. Ever. Because here, at Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, you’ll have the opportunity to achieve great things while you showcase your passion and technical expertise as an Applications Developer. You’ll work alongside some of the most engaged and brilliant people in our business; people who bring compassion, energy and focus to their work every day.

Primary Responsibilities

Analyze, develop technical solutions and code to meet business requirements
Implements coding practices consistent with defined conventions
Provides valuable insights in development code reviews
Performs unit and comprehensive testing for overall quality assurance of functional and technical quality of deliverables
Tracks the project status and communicates status to scrum team as appropriate
Actively participates in all sprint meetings (Planning, Grooming, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review and Retrospectives)
Assists in developing standardized work processes, tools, and methodologies that improve quality and profitability
Self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and in a team environment
Providing accurate and timely estimates for technical tasks

Know this. We operate a complex, matrixed environment that requires you to work through ambiguity and build relationships across technology teams and the business. You’ll need to act as an effective mentor and role model to other developers as well as earn credibility with business and technology leaders within a demanding deadline-driven environment.

Required Qualifications:

5 or more years of development experience
2 or more years of experience with COBOL, CICS, IBM mainframe OR Java development
Strong analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail
Must be able to collaborate and well with other teams
Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience
Healthcare industry experience and exposure to EDI and HIPAA transactions
Experience with the Agile methodology
JAVA experience
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science
CMS, Medicare or Medicaid experience
Development experience on a claims adjudication platform
Experience working in a virtual team environment
Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies

If you’re the kind of thinker and leader who wants to bring your contribution to a new level every day, bring yourself over to Optum. You’ll discover an opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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