Senior Architect Advisor (Sr Contributor) at Cigna in Bloomfield, Connecticut

Job Description:

Position Summary

After continued success and investment, Cigna, a leading Health Services company, is looking for exceptional Software Engineers to join our Technology organization.

The role involves working with business and technical experts to implement Performance Tuning, performance scenario definition and best practices related that promotes the highest reusability across Cigna globally.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a business need end-to-end starting from understanding the requirements to deploying the software into production.

The focus for this team is on the delivery of innovative solutions to complex problems, with the unique opportunity to:

• Tackle private and public cloud application deployments that must satisfy data privacy rules and best practices around the industry


• Use cutting edge technology in the AWS cloud environment with global/enterprise scope


• Work in a collaborative environment with people around the globe

About You:

You are a "driver," not a "passenger" on your team, demonstrating a passion for solving hard technical problems, and propelling delivery forward. The harder the problem, the better you stand out; you rise to a challenge.

You have a breadth of knowledge in computer science, a problem solving mentality and a desire to learn. You have cloud engineering experience that includes core development on platform, data processing, and application development.

You yearn to be part of a team recognized for technical excellence, and technology leadership, and collaborate to ensure the success of a global cloud platform.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Assists in the managing of the entire Source Code and Database Build / Deploy processes for Clinical Core Systems.


• Assists in managing and maintaining the 100+ development and testing environments.


• Responsible for automating and supporting the build and deployment processes to all environments -Development to Production.


• Coordinates building of new environments across multiple technical groups within Cigna including Architecture, Infrastructure, Web Products, WebSeal and Middleware.


• Facilitates the creation and maintenance of Security review documents.


• Works with application developers, architects, business and quality analysts to understand the business and technical deployment and environment needs.


• Assists in maturing the DevOps processing (Build and Deploy, Incident and Problem, Test Environment Management).


• Builds and manages strategic relationships across different support areas within Cigna.


• Build and deploy process for both On-Prem and Cloud applications.

Experience Required:

• Experience with Containerized solutions such as Openshift, EKS and ECS.


• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.


• Experience working in a Build/Release capacity within a Java App environment - RHEL & Windows OS.


• Extensive experience working with Linux and Red Hat servers (installing, configuring and customizing).


• Needs to be self-motivated and hungry to learn our tools and processes. Not afraid to make a mistake and learn from it.


• Must have good communication skills. Must be able to articulate and work with Developers, QA, network team, web-admin team, server admin team and other external team.


• Requires excellent planning and consulting skills, analytical ability and logical thinking.


• Needs to have a strong customer focus.


• Has the ability to work as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment.

Experience Desired:

• AWS cloud experience with some of the core services - S3, SQS, SNS, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Step Functions, ECS, EKS, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager, EC2, IAM, VPC, ROUTE 53, KMS, API GATEWAY.


• Core code production for AWS Infrastructure using Terraform.


• Deploying and developing AWS cloud applications and services end to end.


• Sr. level knowledge of Openshift, Docker Containers, GIT, Jenkins, Artifactory, uDeploy, Sonar, Confluence, JIRA.


• Solid experience with one or more scripting language: Shell, Python and/or Perl


• Knowledge of automation concepts, Ansible, PowerShell


• Must have knowledge of "container technology", Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes


• Experience with one or more source code repositories such as GIT


• Experience with Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins, Cloudbees, etc.)


• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and change control processes


• Experience working in a DevOps, Agile and/or Scrum team


• Experience in JBOSS application servers (JWS, EAP)


• Strong attention to details with ability to multi-task on several projects and overcome challenges


• Working knowledge of SCM (software configuration management) best practices


• Carrying out the standard order of activities (OOA) required to ensure that all environments are setup and appropriately controlled.


• Strong analytical, technical documentation skills.


• Good understanding of SSL certs, keystores is a plus


• Strong "Process Improvement" mentality


• Proven track record of delivering the end-to-end infrastructure.


• Must have 4-6 years of diverse hands-on application development, infrastructure and support experience.

Education and Training Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline and 4-6 years of solid, diverse work

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 133,200 - 222,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group .

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.