Responsible for software product engineering deliverables and activities including solution architecture reviews/recommendations, design, development, testing, and automation
Track and monitor the progress of milestones and team velocity, recommend adjustments as necessary
Leverage technical expertise and Cloud based experience to ensure we are building scalable products that are highly performant and secure
Work with the engineers to create, maintain, and enhance pipelines for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) of infrastructure and application code.
Work with the engineers to utilize data science and advanced analytics to create actionable insights and recommendations for business leaders to advance Cigna s strategic objectives.
Apply best practice software engineering principles towards the development of applications, to production Alize Machine Learning models.
Focus on automation and exploring opportunities to leverage and benefit from Gen AI
Foster an engineering mindset culture that is focused on increasing business value velocity, building products of high quality that can scale, and user experiences that support end to end workflows that are rich with insights and simple to use
Leads the team in troubleshooting and problem resolution.
Stay current on technology in order to capitalize on new capabilities that can advance business
Work with US Engineering Team leads on a regular basis.
Takes accountability for the technology assets owned by the team.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

Experience in Hadoop, Spark / PySpark - 4yrs+
Experience with VBA/Tableau/R/Python - 2yrs+
Experience in Devops, Open-Source tools/technologies such as Airflow, Jenkins, Git, GitHub actions, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, Python etc and related tools & processes - 4yrs+
Experience in web development frameworks, JAVA, Angular - 4yrs +
Experience with SQL, queries, complex Troubleshooting
Experience with Cloud Tech - Any (AWS preferred)
Background in application development, including mobile technologies, web services, and back-end application infrastructure
Familiarity with agile methodology including SCRUM team leadership.
Guiding mentoring & upscaling teams
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
Strong influencing/negotiation skills.
Strong interpersonal/relationship management skills.
Strong time and project management skills.

Required Experience & Education:

13+ years total IT experience in software engineering of which 5+ years of proven experience leading/managing technical teams with a passion for the developing the talent within the team.
Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect are preferred. Strong knowledge of cloud computing concepts
Proven track record of delivering software engineering initiatives, Data Product initiatives, and cross IT/business initiatives
Demonstrated success with delivering products using modern software techniques
Applied expertise in software engineering methodologies including automation and CI/CDExposure to AWS
Coaching of team members

Software Engineering Manager