Lead Cobol Developer- Hartford, CT - Full-time / Part-time

OPTUM IT provides a diverse and comprehensive array of application design and infrastructure services designed to advance improved health and well-being for our customers, and to benefit UnitedHealth Group employees across the enterprise.  Comprised of the Software Development and Support Services Group, Enterprise Technology Services Group and the IT Business Services Group, Optum IT has over 12,000 internal and external resources across the globe, and offices in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and India, as well as numerous vendor sites outside the United States. 

Job Description: 

Provide thought and technical leadership in a fast-paced and exciting legacy application that is positioned for the future.  Mentor and guide others by bringing specific technical knowledge gained through significant experience in a single, complex development environment or across multiple platforms.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist with defining requirements; can perform detailed analysis of systems specifications for complex systems.


• Identify and design most efficient and cost effective solution through research and evaluation of alternatives.


• Complete coding on new, complex and involved systems; conduct code reviews.


• Engage seamlessly with both onshore and offshore development team to provide direction and guidance


• Evaluate, redesign and modify existing program logic to improve overall system performance.


• Evaluate and modify existing programs to take changes in systems requirements or equipment configurations into account.


• Able to conduct feasibility studies for significant new systems or expansion of current systems.


• Helps to develop project cost and benefit estimates, including identification and evaluation of alternatives.


• Provide input to technical standards and systems investments.


• Assist in evaluating alternative protocols, tools, standards and systems investments.


• Able to provide training and assistance on full range of technical issues to lower level staff on a project team.


• Serve as engineering lead on multiple cross application projects.


• Able to carry out human resources administration activities such as interviewing job applicants, providing input for completing performance evaluations, etc.


• Educate and mentor Associates regarding different career options, skills and abilities they should develop.


• Provide a confidential forum for the discussion of any difficulties or work-related issues.


• Periodically meet with project managers and other area supervisors to assess the skills and progress of staff members.


• Able to act as "in charge" project leader for smaller projects or in temporary absence of project leader / manager.


• Works independently on most aspects of work.


• Receives general direction with occasional work review on other aspects.


• In depth understanding of business unit functions and applications.


• Possess unique or specific technical knowledge that is frequently sought out by others.


• Effective communications with all levels of internal and external customers and staff.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required.


• 5 or more years experience in IMS, CICS, COBOL, MQ, and DB2.


• 3 or more years experience with systems development life cycle.


• Experience with both "Waterfall" and "Agile" methodologies.


• Experience with debugging tools, (Abend-aid, Expeditor, etc.)


• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite for project management.


• 3 or more analytical and problem-solving skills


• Experience in a single complex development environment or across multiple platforms.


• Operational maintenance environment experience.


• Able to lead/walk through of design documents.


• Independent communication with business partners to resolve design issues and negotiate project related items such as priorities and completion deadlines.

Asset

• General understanding of health care insurance

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.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.