Job Description

About CignaLet us tell you a little more about us. The Cigna Group is a global health company committed to improving health and vitality of those we serve. We are a mature but dynamic company in transition (maturing agile methodologies, cloud adoption) with open communication towards colleagues and management. We keep alive the highest concept of wellness and provide our customers the best service.Do you enjoy talking to people? Are you seeking a multicultural environment at a TOP EMPLOYER company where you can develop your career? Together with colleagues spread over all continents (with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Nairobi, Antwerp, Madrid, Bangalore, Glasgow, etc.) you will help us deliver on the promise of our mission. You will be working in our Cigna office in Bangalore (India).About the JobWe are going through massive, global Agile transformation and as a result we are rapidly expanding our Agile teams across the globe. As part of this transformation, we are looking for an experienced and passionate Systems architect to join the International Organisations Health (IOH) technology train, part of the International Health business unit. This is an excellent opportunity to join a team that serves a customer base of +500,000 customers in countries across the globe and thatxe2x80x99s going from strength to strength, building and shaping our agile frameworks across our global teams.We are looking for an experienced Systems Architect to work closely with the scrum teams providing technical enablement with respect to subsystems within the Agile release train. As Systems architect, you will be supporting high level decisions for development, creating architectural approaches for software design and implementation with the aim of guiding the development teams. You will help with the alignment to a common architectural and technological vision of an entire solution by defining the systems and subsystems, validating technology assumptions, and evaluating alternatives or options within the context of the ART.Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Work with Enterprise architects and stakeholders for reviews and approvals needed as per the process. Collaborate with other professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications
• Work on the overall vision of stakeholders and customers.
• Choose the right approach that aligns with business needs.
• Implementation oversight: Guide implementation to ensure solutions meet design specifications. Provide guidance to development teams and communicate successfully all concepts and guidelines to development team & oversee progress of development team to ensure consistency with initial design
• Integration: Ensure seamless integration of system components with other systems.
• Quality assurance: Manage reviews (design/code) for the critical components to ensure systems are robust and secure.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for system designs and processes.
• Value stream and ART responsibilities: Align system designs with Value streams and ART, participate in PI planning, and support the continuous delivery pipeline.
• Continuous improvement: Recommend enhancements to existing systems for improved efficiency.

Requirements and skills

• Bachelorxe2x80x99s or masterxe2x80x99s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience (5 years) as systems architect
• Extensive knowledge of software development methodologies, source code management strategies, design patterns, DevSecOps, automation, and best practices.
• Ability to translate non-functional requirements such as availability, flexibility, stability, ease of maintenance and security.
• Experience of implementing software using Enterprise .NET technologies (.NET 5+), web based and desktop clients, application servers, relational and non-relational databases, container-based services (such as Docker, Kubernetes), service-bus solutions, testing strategies.
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• High quality organizational and leadership skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual abilities
• Experience with information processing fundamentals and best practices
• Ability to prioritize tasks, especially when under pressure

Desirable

• Microsoft .NET Core Certified
• Experience of using Microsoft Azure DevOps tools
• Experience of using Github
• Experience of using Jira

About The Cigna GroupCigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

The Cigna Group