Application Development Consultant - Hartford, CT - Full-time / Part-time

Transform health care and change the way consumers engage with technology.

Sounds like a big challenge, right? Here, at Optum, you have the opportunity to achieve great things while you showcase your passion and technical expertise as an Applications Developer. You'll be inspired by working alongside some of the most brilliant minds in technology who bring compassion, energy and focus to their work every day on a mission to change health care as we know it. Join us! Come share who you are and start doing your life's best work.(SM)

As part of our development team, you will predominantly be involved in building business solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications. You'll stretch your skills and grow your careers as a primary contributor in designing, coding, testing, debugging, documenting and supporting all types of applications consistent with the established specifications and business requirements in order to deliver business value.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Predict emerging customer needs and develop innovative solutions to meet them


• Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business


• Participate in the development of business strategy


• Develop and manage business plans to achieve objectives


• Lead large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives


• Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences


• Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches


• Direct cross-functional and/or cross-segment teams


• Deploy and maintain Applications/Systems


• IMS DB/DC and DL/I, with knowledge of DBDs, PCBs, PSBs and ACBs


• DB2 knowledge of binds, plans, packages and collections


• MQ basic understanding of MQ. Appwatch experience a plus

Other skills:

• TSO, JCL, COBOL


• Work with SAs and DBAs to define DB2 Table and IMS Data Base changes


• Monitor test region back-up and restore processes


• Analyze batch and online amends as needed to identify and resolve test region issues

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience


• 5+ years of full Software Development Life Cycle experience


• 5+ years of experience working as an application developer

Preferred Qualifications:

• Health care industry experience

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
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