The Florida Blue IT team develops and manages next
generation solutions, systems and assets that support this mission. Working in
a collaborative, creative and fun environment, we offer technology
professionals a wide range of opportunities to utilize and further develop
their skills while helping people live healthier lives.
Job Summary:
Principal IT Developers are responsible for development, programming, coding of
the most complex and business critical Information Technology solutions.
Provides leadership and consultative guidance on projects with extensive size,
scope and risk. Serves the company as an advisor on best practices and as an
information technology strategy driver by implementing principles, models,
designs, standards and guidelines. Principal IT Developers are responsible for
documenting detailed system specifications, participation in unit testing and
maintenance of planned and unplanned internally developed applications,
evaluation and performance testing of purchased products. Principal IT
Developers are responsible for including IT Controls to protect the
confidentiality, integrity, as well as availability of the application and data
processed or output by the application. Principal IT Developers lead efforts,
oversee work results, providing formal training and serve as a technical
resource for other Developers.
Essential Functions:
- Drives
enterprise-wide technology strategy implementation based on leading-edge
industry standards, best practices and comprehensive understanding of
business operations - Write
and review code for the most complex system designs and provides
consultative guidance on project with extensive size, scope and risk.
Write programs that span platforms. Code to and/or create Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) - Write
detailed technical specifications for entire systems (made up of several
subsystems). Identify integration points. Review technical specs created
by other developers. Ensure sufficient quality and compliance to
architectural standards - Report
missing elements found in system and functional requirements and explain
impacts on subsystem to team members - Scope
time, resources, etc. required to complete programming projects. Seek
review from other Developers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts or
Project Managers on estimates. Incorporate other Developers scope
information into own scope document (for integration points) - Assist
in reviewing vendor products. Provide SME input on compliance of products
to architectural standards and impacts to IT environment - Perform
unit testing and debugging. Set test conditions based upon code
specifications. Able to debug most program errors (simple to complex). May
seek assistance from vendors to debug complex errors - Support
transition of application throughout the Product Development life cycle.
Document what has to be migrated. Document what has to be migrated/file
properties - Work
on integration issues and determines the integration approach. Coordinate
with other areas for integration architecture solutions - Assist
technical team with defining configuration for installing products. May
consult on database setup. May load database for testing, especially if
there are multiple tables - Review
vendor research and gap analyses. Narrows down vendor choices and makes
final recommendation to technical team and client - Act
as a technical mentor and lead other team members - Continually
works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience
Preferred:
- 12+
years related work experience in IT development/programming/coding professional
work experience - Expert
level experience in Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle with JSON, XML, Partitioning,
Materialized views, Dynamic SQL, Bulk Collect, Bulk Bind and Collections,
Mongo DB, PowerBuilder with PFC, JAVA
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Related
Bachelor’s degree required IT related field or equivalent work experience - 8+
years IT related work experience in development/programming/coding. - Demonstrated
proficiencies in emerging technologies - Expert
level experience and understanding with unit testing, release procedures,
coding design and documentation protocol as well as change management
procedures - Expert
level proficiency using versioning tools - Expert
level proficiency programming in multiple object-oriented programming
languages - Expert
level proficiency using debugging tools - High
critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present and
communicate solutions that are consistent with business objectives and
strategy - Experience
mentoring and/or leading other development staff - Exceptional
leadership skills demonstrated through project or technical leadership
experience
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected
Veteran/Disabled.
We are interested in every qualified applicant who is
eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to
sponsor VISAs.