Platform Solution Architect #14163 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Platform Solution Architect #14163 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Platform Solution Architect-14163

 

What you'll get to do:

Platform Solution Architects are responsible for planning and designing IT solutions that are efficient, stable, resilient, secure, and aligned with Medica’s business strategies and standards. The initial focus for this role will be to support the technical design, and development of business strategies and initiatives. Integration of solutions and information will involve in-house technologies and capabilities with external 3rd party vendors and applications.

The Platform Solution Architect assists in:

• Development and implementation of a long term infrastructure and systems architecture plan for the respective business segment at Medica
• Driving the technology direction and architectural approach based upon his/her understanding of the technical environment (possibilities as well as limits)
• Advising the IT Department as a technical expert in enterprise wide architecture. These duties include the assisting in the design/architect for all systems, the evaluation and recommendation of technical solutions, and assist in the development of strategies to migrate legacy applications
  

Key Accountabilities:

• Establish & Implement the Medica Enterprise Architecture plan
• Solution Architecture
• Operations Architect
• Staff Management

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
• 10+ years of related experience
• 4+ years experience with developing technical architecture, and vendor relationships
• 4+ years in a technical leadership position in multiple technical disciplines
• 2+ years experience as an Enterprise Architect

Specific types of experience:

• Building a business case for an investment 
• Team leadership or management 
• Enterprise Architecture including: Solution Architecture; Technical Architecture and Application Architecture 
• Enterprise Governance Models 
• Organizational Change Management

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to support diverse stakeholder groups 
• Effective communication (including Sr. Leadership levels) 
• Results-focus 
• Thought leadership 
• Relationship-building 
• Ability to influence 
• Provide thought leadership for the end-to-end architecture for systems supporting the respective Business Segment and associated operational business units 
• Building strong relationships with external business partners
   
   
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Senior Java Developer #14164 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Senior Java Developer #14164 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Senior Java Developer-14164

 

What you'll get to do:

The Senior Developer is responsible for developing and maintaining applications using a variety of technologies that support multiple lines of Business and IT initiatives. This individual may work independently or collaborate with a smaller group of developers in similar efforts. This position is responsible for technical analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment of IT solutions as needed by business or IT. The senior developer works closely with other subject matter experts to help design and build solutions for a multitude of applications, including; web, client server, batch processing, portal applications, transactions and data and data warehouse architecture.

 

Medica's Senior Java Developer is a hybrid position as compared to larger shops in the industry. It combines the role of developer, consultant, troubleshooter and strong advocate of Agile SDLC. The position requires working effectively in an Agile team environment while building robust applications to support our business. 

• Define, analyze, and review business and technical requirements.
• Develop applications in an Agile environment using Scrum methodologies.
• Develop internal and externally facing Java applications to support the needs of the business.
• Leverage industry standards and best practices for software development, including: automated integration, test driven development, reusable code, object-oriented design, software configuration management.
• Understand the environment, develop standards adopted within the team and suggest changes wherever possible.
• Lead small development efforts and mentor junior team members whenever possible.
• Facilitate code reviews, unit testing, peer reviews and partner with QA to document test criteria.
• Involved in data analysis and contribute to data design.
• Specifies and provides ownership of reusable application components or reusable application code.
• Follow policies set for governance, compliance, security, Infrastructure and change management.

• Practice and advocate development standards as defined by the SDLC, leads and management
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus or equivalent work experience considered

• Experience in Java technology: 7+ years preferred.
• Experience with JSF, Struts, Spring a plus
• Experience with Agile and Scrum SDLC.
• Proficiency in SQL and Oracle PL/SQL is preferred.
• Proficient with writing Web Services.
• Familiar with Test Driven Development, and continuous integration. 
• Strong Web Design skills a plus.
• Proficient with Software Configuration Management: versioning, tagging, and branching.  

• Experience in healthcare environment 2-5 years preferred.
• Candidates for this role are required to be very analytical, self-motivated and driven

 

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to evaluate, analyze, design and implement solutions based on technical requirements
• Ability to identify solutions to complex problems and business processes using tools and technologies to improve efficiency through automation, re-use, design patterns, and best practices
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate to a variety of audiences in both verbal and written form
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of a complex organization to meet the needs of business and IT
• Ability to deal effectively in a team environment as well as work independently with or without supervision
• Excellent oral, written, and communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills 

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Sr Support Specialist #14176 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Sr Support Specialist #14176 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Sr Support Specialist-14176

 

What you'll get to do:

 

This position is responsible for providing all direct customer support to our end-users. Candidates must have extensive knowledge of information technology desktop support (i.e. hardware and software), helpdesk process and methodologies as well as knowledge of best practices and procedures. Each candidate must have an extensive background in troubleshooting procedures and the ability to develop troubleshooting practices. Candidates must be able to communicate clearly whether written or verbal and at all times remain even tempered when dealing with an end user.

 

Successful candidates work closely and communicate with a variety of business units and must have in-depth and hands on experience. Candidates should have proven experience in the following areas:

• Rebuild and installs new or re-deployed computer hardware or software
• Recognize network client or connectivity issues and escalate to appropriate support personnel
• Provide user training in the course of resolving trouble-tickets (when necessary)
• Assist with packaging and testing software applications for central distribution to end users
• Document technical issues for end users and internal IS staff
• Assist with coordinating daily work tasks for technician team
• Provide feedback to management on training needs
• Participate on project teams and assist with the development of project plans and documentation
• Communicate and implement project related technical activities
• Act as point of escalation for desktop technical issues
• Participate in the evaluation of new products
• Support the installation of new releases and upgrades for key business applications
• Achieve full compliance with Medica's business policies
• Advanced Desktop technical training and experience
    

Qualifications:

• Associates Degree or equivalent work experience considered
• 5+ years of related experience

 

Specific types of experience:

• Microsoft Products (Windows NT/2000/XP, Office 2003)
• Helpdesk management Tools (i.e., Remedy)
• Hardware (IBM, HP, PDA’s) Printers, Laptops, Desktops and Peripherals
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in supporting and troubleshooting in a multi-application environment
• Antivirus and Malware products
• Understanding of Local Area Network (LAN) terminology and basic troubleshooting

 

Skills and Abilities:

• Written and verbal communication skills 
• Project Management
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent soft skills (i.e. collaboration, influence, communication, etc)
• Demonstrate the aptitude for using helpdesk management tools, and have the ability to manage helpdesk requests
• Extensive understanding and the ability to perform basic end-user and application administration and support
• Extensive understanding of how to monitor and perform removal of viruses and spyware
• Demonstrate an understanding and the ability to perform end-user and application administration 

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Senior Application Developer #14183 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Senior Application Developer #14183 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Senior Application Developer-14183

 

POSITION DUTIES: Medica Health Plans seeks a Senior Application Developer at its Minnetonka, MN office to be responsible for comprehending and analyzing business requirements, creating technical and design documents, both independently and in close collaboration with senior development staff to meet business and IT requirements, and translating requirements into Functional and Technical specifications.  The specific duties and responsibilities are:

·        Ensure technical specifications meet business requirements and desired outcomes for all development activity, while mitigating security, vulnerable and risk measures;

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise across technology stack (Presentation, Business logic, Application Integration, and Data tiers);
• Provide technical direction to the project and junior developers where delegation occurs;
• Research, propose and implement development best practices;
• Propose and justify changes and enhancements to existing IT technology and conduct code reviews for completed work;
• Create robust applications and services through unit testing (including the use of mock testing meets all security standards and eliminates any vulnerability appropriately;
• Support QA testing life-cycle including root cause analysis and resolution;
• Advocate and help with advanced testing needs such as stress testing, load testing, encryption schemes, security, etc.
• Assist in the deployment of applications to QA and Production environments based on release schedules;
• Collaborate with senior members of the project team to create Deployment Plans, Deployment Scripts, Code Merges, and Source Control configuration;
• Evolve deployment processes and tools to keep abreast with industry best practices;
• Develop relationships within and outside of Medica IT, Business and partners that will prove to be effective in providing necessary data and metadata for customers;
• Partner effectively with Data Architects, Business Analysts, ETL developers, PMO and other IT groups; and
• Support and maintain Service Level Agreements established by Medica IT to meet maintenance contracts for all software systems and services. This includes fixing production defects and providing Level 3 support to the service desk.

 

REQUIREMENTS:   The position requires a Master’s degree, or a foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field plus 3 years of experience in the information technology field using TIBCO Integration Tools (including TIBCO BusinessWorks, TIBCO HAWK, TIBCO Administrator, Adapter, General Interface, EMS and Rendevous), JAVA programming (J2EE), SQL, and SOA implementation using Webservices framework.  (We also accept a Bachelor’s degree, or a foreign equivalent degree, in the fields noted above, plus 5 years of the experience noted above.)

 

Please apply through http://careers.medica.com and search the job title of Senior Application Developer or Job Number 14183, or contact Rich Buckley, Senior Recruiter, Medica Health Plans, 401 Carlson Parkway, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305. Telephone: 952.992.2480.

 

 

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Data Architect #14177 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Data Architect #14177 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

Data Architect-14177

 

What you'll get to do:

Medica's Technical Architect is a hybrid position as compared to larger shops in the industry. It combines the role of architect, consultant, troubleshooter, extract, transform and load (ETL), application developer and EAI expert into a single position. However depending on the domain (Application, Data, System, Security), level of expertise may vary.

• Define, analyze, and review architecture and technical requirements
• Involve and recommend enterprise’s server hardware, operating system for the enterprise data warehouse
• Participates in the drafting of Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Lead a team of developers and mentor junior team members
• Involve in enterprise application integration (EAI). This includes defining the opportunities for integration, selecting the tools, specifying the shared data & code resources, defining the interfaces and data-flows, and monitoring the success of said integration
• Responsible for defining the application tiers, frameworks, components types and interfaces. Also, creates the first-draft graphical template of UML design models used by the Project Architects
• Specifies and provides ownership of reusable application components or reusable application code
• Sets Data Policy and the technical solution for the management, storage, access, navigation, movement, and transformation of data
• Specifies recommended DBMS and ETL tools and technologies for structured and unstructured content
• Reviews the policies and work of the Data Base Administrators
• Provide framework, stewardship, governance, and decision making for the management of enterprise data for project development teams, business users and other stake-holders
• Balance short-term versus long-term actions, strategic versus tactical requirements, while continuing to move forward towards the strategic vision; participate in the road map to achieve the vision
• Develop standards, process flows and tools that promote and facilitate the mapping of data sources, documenting interfaces and data movement across the enterprise
• Provide architectural solutions covering data structures, sourcing, integration, security, and retention
• Define governance and best practices around meta-data to ensure an integrated definition of data for enterprise information, and to ensure the accuracy, validity, reusability, and consistent definitions for common reference data
• Elicit requirements and translate the requirements into models by building conceptual, logical and physical data models
• Involve in data roadmap, current / target state for enterprise data

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred, equivalent relevant work experience considered
• Masters Degree is a plus
• 10 years of related experience required, 12 years+ preferred  

Specific types of experience:

• Experience in data analysis, data profiling, data integration, and data quality
• Provide framework, stewardship, governance, and decision making for the management of enterprise data for project development teams, business users and other stake-holders
• Balance short-term versus long-term actions, strategic versus tactical requirements, while continuing to move forward towards the strategic vision; participate in the road map to achieve the vision
• Develop standards, process flows and tools that promote and facilitate the mapping of data sources, documenting interfaces and data movement across the enterprise
• Provide architectural solutions covering data structures, sourcing, integration, security, and retention
• Experience in data analysis, data profiling, data integration, and data quality
• Define governance and best practices around meta-data to ensure an integrated definition of data for enterprise information, and to ensure the accuracy, validity, reusability, and consistent definitions for common reference data
• Experience in tuning DataWarehouses
• Extensive experience in creating data warehouses, data marts, and modeling (3NF and dimensional)
• Data modeling experience creating both dimensional and relational models; ERWIN experience is preferred
• Advanced knowledge of SQL, database performance, RDBMS, and Query tools
• Prior experience in ETL, reporting and analytics, and business intelligence tools is preferred
• Prior experience in health care domain is preferred
• CBIP (certified business intelligence professional) from TDWI is nice to have

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to evaluate, analyze, design and implement solutions based on technical requirements
• Ability to identify solutions to complex problems and business processes using tools and technologies to improve efficiency through automation, re-use, design patterns, and best practices
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate to a variety of audiences in both verbal and written form
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of a complex organization to meet the needs of business and IT
• Ability to deal effectively in a team environment and provide project direction and counsel, provide recommendations to senior management, and collaborate beyond the immediate project team to meet the needs of business
• Excellent oral, written, and communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills 

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PMO Portfolio Analyst #14178 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

PMO Portfolio Analyst #14178 | Medica | MN-Minnetonka

PMO Portfolio Analyst-14178

 

What you'll get to do:

The Portfolio Analyst owns the tactical support, monitoring and control over the project demand and resource planning processes. The PMO Portfolio Analyst ensures that project requests are properly processed and related status information is timely, accurate and complete. This position works in coordination with the IT Business Operations/Finance Management role to ensure that project request financial information is communicated, analyzed and considered within the overall IT Department budget. In addition this role collaborates with the Portfolio Managers to ensure communication with Business Owners and key executive level leaders is completed in an accurate and timely manner. This position reports to the IT Business Operations Manager and will work day-to-day with Portfolio Managers, business leaders, Project Managers and functional managers across IT.

This position will also be a major contributor to the IT Business Operations functions relating to the IT Department. Activities include resource planning and forecasting, creation and maintenance of dashboards for distribution across IT as well as executive level leaders and business segments.

Examples of specific activities include:

• Provide independent reporting and analysis of project intake data, such as estimating, scoping as well as financial and resource impact
• Facilitate and serve as liaison in partnership with the IT Business Operations Portfolio Managers, regarding project request initiation and clarification, status, funding and release scheduling
• Work with IT Business Operations leadership to establish and maintain processes and procedures related to project demand and resource forecasting
• Ensure quality efforts and metrics are adhered to on project intake process steps
• Monitor and enforce the adherence to internal IT process, such as the Investment Life Cycle process, with specific focus on project intake gates
• Analyze, conduct and report on project and service request intake, project status reports and project health assessments including but not limited to: leadership summaries, request demand / prioritization
• Create biweekly and monthly dashboard reports for distribution within IT as well to key senior business leaders
• Day to day interaction within IT to provide status, answer questions and provide guidance as it relates to the project intake process and resource planning
• PPM tool administration

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Health Care Administration, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of related experience

Specific types of experience:

• Data quality and reporting experience
• Advanced computer skills and application knowledge specifically Microsoft Word, VISIO, Excel, Powerpoint and Project
• Knowledge of Project Management Office organization or IT project team environment

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication skills, excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Proficient use of Project Management Tools, Microsoft Office tools including Excel and PowerPoint
• Operates with a sense of urgency
• Attention to detail and accuracy a must; excellent organizational skills
• Self-starting with the ability to drive to detailed deliverable requirements from high level customer defined needs
• Strong communication skills, excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management best practices
• Demonstrated autonomy and initiative in handling work, problem solver and driver to solution
• Skills in conducting data quality checks, detail oriented
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Ability to work well within a team
• Flexibility to adapt to various demands or requests for time
• Ability to build strong relationships, demonstrate flexibility, provide timely responses and has strong listening skills

Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Disabled Individuals

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