Blue Shield of California's mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that truly serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.
To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion combines a focus on our people, processes, and systems with a deep commitment to promoting social justice and health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.
Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Great Place to Work, best place to work for LGBTQ equality, leading disability employer, one of the best companies for women to advance, Bay Area's top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world's most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we are striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in - join us!
Your Role
The Delivery Automation and Release Engineering team collaborates with both Business and IT teams to support the portfolio to product model transition by enabling Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. The Senior Automation and Tools (DevOps) Engineer will report to the Sr. Manager of SCM, Automation and Tools. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with multiple teams to be an integral part of our DevOps and DevSecOps journey.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Document knowledge and intellectual capital related to automation frameworks and automated test solutions
Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated tests to be used in middleware and GUI testing of applications/systems spanning multiple domains
Define, track, and report key performance indicators, metrics, and trends related to automation development, usage, and contribution to software quality
Troubleshoot complex problems with automation tools and automation framework setup/configuration
Communicate with stakeholders regarding automation planning, design, meeting automation requirements, and automation development activities
Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines and tooling/automation frameworks
Set up and maintain integrations among SDLC tools
Implement SDLC tooling process and explore new tools to support simplification and modernization of SDLC process
Create technical design documents and review with stakeholders
Perform root cause analysis and deliver resolution for tools and automation failures
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience
Requires 3 years' experience in Java
Ability to lead technical teams through the design and implementation of automation
Deep understanding of modern Web, SOA/Microservice and Cloud Native architecture
2+ years of experience in creating Pipeline as Code and shared libraries (Jenkins, Groovy)
1+ years of experience in implementing Cloud based DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code
1+ years of experience in rolling out container-based solutions (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience with configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef)
Ability to implement engineering best practices and techniques (Trunk Based Development, Test Pyramid, Feature Toggles, Blue-Green Deployment)
Ability to excel in a fast-paced agile development setup
Our Values
Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short
Human. We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes
Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals
Additional Information
About Company: At Blue Shield of California we are parents, leader, students, visionaries, heroes, and providers. Everyday we come together striving to fulfill our mission, to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. For more than 80 years, Blue Shield of California has been dedicated to transforming health care by making it more accessible, cost-effective, and customer-centric. We are a not-for-profit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with 6,800 employees, more than $20 billion in annual revenue and 4.3 million members. The company has contributed more than $500 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have a positive impact on California communities. Blue Shield of California is headquartered in Oakland, California with 18 additional locations including Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. We're excited to share Blue Shield of California has received awards and recognition for - LGBT diversity, quality improvement, most influential women in corporate America, Bay Area's top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world's most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we're striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in - Join us!
Physical Requirements: Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day. Please click here for further physical requirement detail.
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