Software Developer Senior

Job Description:Software Developer Senior Job Summary:Responsible for working with business areas, project teams, and IT technical teams, as well as outsourced vendors to ensure high quality application support and delivery services. Maintains production stability and facilities. Manages resources, and mitigates risk through multiple environments. Provides code-level operational support, develops software, and coordinates maintenance and enhancement activity to support all aspects of application delivery. Focus is on new development for medium to large project work.1. Supports and performs maintenance on new or existing software products, understanding application integration points and trouble shooting production problems. 2. Participates in conceptual design. Contributes in the review of deliverables.3. Works with technical staff to understand complex software problems involving many varied factors to be interpreted and considered, frequently of moderate to high scope. 4. Participates as a highly technical expert in design, development, coding, testing, and debugging new software or making significant enhancements to existing software.5. Assists project manager in developing estimates and technology requirements.6. Resolves customer complaints with software and initiates or responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements.7. May participate in user groups and provide recommendations for standards and guidelines. Is engaged in root cause analysis as it relates to either the application or the product. Assists with sizing efforts.8. Provides direction to others by acting as a guide or mentor.9. Works closely with customers and technical and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and quality technical solutions.10. Prepares detailed specifications from which programs will be written to develop or modify large complex software applications.11. Writes documentation to describe program development, logic, coding and corrections. Assists in the development of software user manuals and/or demonstrates software. Serves as an application functionality and technical construction subject matter expert.12. Consults with business areas and IT technical resources regarding system scope, objectives, integration and solutions based on user needs.13. May assist in hiring process by conducting technical interviews.14. May assist in the development of Service Level Agreements.Required Qualifications:1. Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 4 years of related experience. If no degree, than a minimum of 8 years of related experience2. Java development (3+ year minimum), JSP, Javascript, XML, 3. Experience with App Servers/Web Servers, 4. Relational database technology (Oracle), Stored procedure development5. Demonstrated ability to develop/design programs of moderate complexity6. Demonstrated understanding of the standards and deliverables to ensure integrity of the development process.7. Demonstrated ability to influence and motivate individuals and teams8. Demonstrated ability to utilize extensive interpretation and judgment, develop new methods and procedures.Preferred Qualifications:1. Technical Certification2. Participation in user groups (ACM, IEEE)|Minimum Education Required: BachelorYears of Experience Required: At Least 3 YearsExpected Travel Time: None Company: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Location: US-MN-Saint Paul Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: IT/Software Development