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The Cloud Computing Engineer owns the designs, development, configuration and delivery of cloud infrastructure environments a variety of applications across BCBSA using best practices and business acumen. This role includes managing the technological aspects associated with one or more of the following: cloud computing technology stack, including architecture, security, design, planning, management, maintenance, support, storage and backup. The scope of the role includes the extensive knowledge of on premise (private), off-premise (public) and hybrid cloud models along with cloud implementation service models (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS). May manage the technologies and techniques to automate the provisioning and management of software defined infrastructure in a distributed cloud environment through scripting and coding. Lead/oversee the cloud infrastructure environment construction and implementation during the life cycle of the solutions. Evaluate the success of architecture, network, security and environment designs as they are implemented. Evaluate strengths and flaws in architecture, network, security and environment designs for continuous improvement. Communicate with management and technical personnel on cloud adoption and usage topics on a continuous basis. May be required to represent EIT in a project as a technical lead. May be required to coordinate with other EIT personnel.<ul><li>Efficiently translate project requirements from architecture/environment diagrams to formulate appropriate questions to identify and remediate design gaps. Review and analyze architecture level security solutions at the domain or product level to transform them into cloud infrastructure designs and implementations. Establish strategic relations with key technology vendors in order to influence changes in future product releases. Must have experience with cloud technologies including but not limited to compute, storage, network, and databases.</li><li>Drive the design of self-healing and fault-tolerant cloud services and infrastructure environments with best practice configurations for a wide variety of systems including databases, web services and messaging systems, and other application support environments. Efficiently translate project requirements from architecture/environment diagrams to formulate appropriate questions to identify and remediate design gaps. Review and analyze architecture level security solutions at the domain or product level to transform them into cloud infrastructure designs and implementations. Establish strategic relations with key technology vendors in order to influence changes in future product releases. Must have experience with cloud technologies including but not limited to compute, storage, network, and databases.</li><li>Accountable for conducting research and benchmarks best practices and/or products in the area of cloud technologies. Routinely gathers and assesses changing BCBSA business needs. Analyzes and modifies enterprise technology strategy and architecture. Analyzes how business processes interact with technology to create value for the business. Maintains knowledge of cloud technologies, trends, and standards. Provides input to the content of Requests for Information / Proposal (RFI/P) around the BCBSA technology architecture / infrastructure requirements and guiding principles. Conducts trend analyses to track emerging industry trends and technologies. Research, and assist in the piloting the evaluation of new tools, technologies, and/or processes to maintain and enhance the critical system infrastructure.</li><li>Manages cloud configuration to ensure systems are up-to-date to latest security patches and operational resilience to incidence. Work with EIT staff to plan and ensure updates are conducted on a timely basis across all Enterprise systems. Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks. Possesses a thorough understanding of cloud security fundamentals, such as; Encryption, Key Management, Identity to/from the cloud, shared cloud security, logging and monitoring cloud infrastructure. Automate the process of patching and vulnerability remediation. Continually evaluate new cloud infrastructure threats with associated mitigating designs and their impact on IT and Business operations always balancing these needs to develop and implement the best security solutions for the business.</li><li>Owns development of cloud computing templates and implementation guidance for applications that leverage IaaS solutions to meet BCBSA use cases. Integrate application design strategies to include the design of loosely coupled cloud resources to allow for a redundant and resilient end user application design. Assist in performance improvements while ensuring security controls are in place protecting the network and data. Work with EIT staff including Enterprise Architect, Delivery teams, core computing and application support team to ensure adequate system performance based on business requirements and industry best practices.</li><li>Documentation of new cloud computing Application design guidelines for both new business applications and the porting of existing BCBSA Business applications to align with a cloud model. Participate and conduct liaison activities in reviewing the application designs, providing recommended alterations to designs, and partnering with enterprise architects to transform current application design principles to be more cloud aligned. Coordinate and/or complete the development of all necessary design documentation associated with cloud service solutions. These are to include all aspects of cloud solutions such as application resiliency, disaster recovery, build book creation, and run book creation</li><li>Independently use judgment and takes action on it to build credibility with clients and technical staff through the delivery of sound cloud based business solutions. Consults with business and Enterprise IT Leadership and project staff to fit systems to solutions and identify when it is necessary to modify technical infrastructure to accommodate project needs.</li><li>Leads projects in close collaboration with network and application security engineers to assure BCBSA applications and systems are designed and configured to conform to general and product/application specific security architectures and to the security polices, guidelines and best practices provided by the Business Protection group for the protection of sensitive healthcare data. Owns service design and pricing in the context of cloud-based suctioning</li><li>May drive the design of self-healing and fault-tolerant cloud services and infrastructure environments with best practice configurations for a wide variety of systems including databases, web services and messaging systems, and other application support environments.</li><li>May lead the ongoing administration, maintenance, and problem resolution of existing SAN/NAS storage infrastructure and related software. Design, implement, and maintain SAN and NAS storage appliances/solutions for use by Cloud and other compute infrastructure. Configure data protection using Snapshots and SnapMirror, and manage Aggregates, Volumes, and LUNs on NetApp filers. Execute data migration to cloud environments using ONTAP, defining migration objectives and utilizing appropriate tools.</li></ul>Education<ul><li>Required: High School</li><li>Preferred: Bachelors Degree; Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, related discipline or equivalent experience in the field.</li><li>Preferred: Masters Degree</li></ul> Certifications<ul><li>Certification in one Cloud Platform (AWS or AZURE preferred)</li></ul> Experience<ul><li>8+ years or more of enterprise-level Infrastructure consulting or implementation experience.</li><li>5+ years experience in a network focused hands-on technical role working with routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data center and/or WAN network environments.</li><li>5+ years experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events.</li><li>5+ years experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.- Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, Server Load Balancing, and Network Security architecture and core technologies such as IP, TCP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, Server Load Balancers, Firewalls, ACLs, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, LDAP, NFS, etc.</li><li>Experience leading network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.</li><li>Experience leading the engineering and evolution of highly available networks in cloud (especially AWS) and on-prem data centers.</li><li>Experience working with dev ops teams to automate network deployment and operations.</li><li>Experience troubleshooting network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configurations issues; including necessary low level application interaction, Unix systems, and new age networking software tools.</li></ul>Skills<ul><li>Experience with Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Powershell or other automation environments and scripting technologies.</li><li>Experience moving workloads from on premise to IaaS (Openstack, AWS, Rackspace, Azure, Druva etc.)</li><li>Networking experience, including VPN configuration is a requirement.</li><li>Familiar with Containerization</li><li>Experience with network technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools</li><li>Advanced working knowledge of the technical aspects of:</li><li>Application protocols, such as HTTP(S), SMTP, SSL, and DNS</li><li>Common applications of cryptography, such as X.509 PKI, PGP, etc.</li><li>Knowledge of Active Directory</li><li>Security event and log management</li><li>Identity and access management</li><li>Encryption in the cloud</li><li>Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols</li></ul> People Management No#LI_HYBRID

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Cloud Computing Engineer II

The hiring range for this role is: &nbsp;$107,666.00 - $150,995.00This is the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.&nbsp; We may ultimately pay more or less than the hiring range andthis hiringrange may also be modified in the future. A candidate’s position within the hiring range may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, relevant experience, skills, seniority, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business or organizational needs.&nbsp;This job is also eligible for annual bonusincentivepay.We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, 11 holiday medical/dental/vision insurance, generous 401(k) matching, lifestyle spending account and many other benefits to eligible employees.Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.Develops (authors) evidence-based medical policy reviews to provide timely, clinical effectiveness information on medical technologies (i.e., procedures, devices, diagnostic tests, and drugs). Analyzes medical evidence and drafts medical policy, including complex analyses and evidence synthesis, for review by the BCBSA Medical Policy Panel (MPP-a panel comprised of Plan clinicians/medical directors) and in select cases review by the BCBSA Medical Advisory Panel (MAP-an external panel comprised of nationally recognized experts in technology assessment, clinical research and clinical practice).Identify, critically appraise, and summarize scientific literature and clinical practice guidelines for medical technologies (procedures, devices, diagnostic tests and drugs). Perform thorough and objective analysis of the research design and validity of conclusions of current literature and unpublished data. Prepare clear, documented and defensible reports that summarize this information as evidence summary reports for presentation to the MPP and MAP. Provide technical expertise to facilitate the Panel’s review processes. Contribute to the scientific quality, credibility and consistency of BCBSA Reference Medical Policies through participating in the peer review process and various learning activities (e.g., Learning Sessions, Journal Clubs, Medical Advisory Panel meetings, team meetings). Utilize expertise in designated clinical specialty to serve as resource to Medical Policy Services (MPS) staff and the MPP. Additional MPS project work contribution: Support MPS Leadership in managing/performing various MPP-related operations and other special projects as requested (e.g., Contribute to research needed for updating search strings, research on topics salient to the BCBSA external engagements and quality measure when requested, etc.)Education<ul><li>Required - Masters Degree; MPH, MHA, MS or equivalent in biomedical or biostatistical science or evaluation research.</li><li>Preferred - PhD; PhD. PharmD.</li></ul> Experience<ul><li>Research and/or clinical experience in researching, analyzing and presenting synthesis of clinical data</li></ul> Skills<ul><li>MPH, MHA, MS or equivalent in biomedical or biostatistical science or evaluation research.</li><li>Research and/or clinical experience in researching, analyzing and presenting synthesis of clinical data</li><li>Demonstrated methodological skills in evaluation of research design, statistics or critical appraisal of clinical studies.</li><li>Ability to work independently to generate, synthesize and analyze data, reports and tables.</li><li>Technical proficiency with information technologies (e.g. Microsoft Office) and literature-searching.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem solving and organizational abilities.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with overlapping timetables.</li><li>Demonstrated presentation skills to facilitate the review and understanding of materials.</li><li>Experience in working collaboratively with physicians, clinical investigators and research scientists.</li><li>Ability to work effectively as a team member.</li></ul> People Management No#LI_HYBRID

Sr Research Scientist

The hiring range for this role is: &nbsp;-This is the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.&nbsp; We may ultimately pay more or less than the hiring range andthis hiringrange may also be modified in the future. A candidate’s position within the hiring range may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, relevant experience, skills, seniority, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business or organizational needs.&nbsp;This job is also eligible for annual bonusincentivepay.We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, 11 holiday medical/dental/vision insurance, generous 401(k) matching, lifestyle spending account and many other benefits to eligible employees.Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.Job Description Summary Function as the technical resource across several BCBSA technical projects focusing on the software products developed and supported by Information Technology to ensure these applications meet stakeholder needs. Provides services for Plans and BCBSA staff, including providing 2-4 tier product support in conjunction with Information Technology’s engineering and development teams. Support and interact throughout BCBSA with team members and outside the team with application users, as well as with cross-functional teams.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Responsible for the maintenance and administration of application and server resources. In addition, provide analysis, evaluation and support of the environment operation, which includes monitoring systems, resources, applications and users to ensure maximum system availability. Provide both order-of-magnitude and detailed estimates for software development activities and artifacts. Develop and refine estimating models based on previous project actuals and trends to improve accuracy of estimates. Perform troubleshooting and debugging of Information Technology systems and products to improve performance of products. Partner with business partners and develop teams to identify and implement process to provide technical operations and testing of applications. Follow good documentation practices, including producing and managing formal artifacts as well as writing clean, readable and standards-compliant code and unit tests. Serve as serve as primary or backup contact to define non-functional specifications and contribute/ drive to application/system design for supportability, maintainability and reliability aspects. Follow good documentation practices, including producing and managing formal artifacts as well as writing clean, readable and standards-compliant code and unit tests. Serve as serve as primary or backup contact to define non-functional specifications and contribute/ drive to application/system design for supportability, maintainability and reliability aspects. Supervise project teams in a matrix environment. Monitor milestone and project status. Partner with internal and external consultants.Required Education, Certifications and Experience<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent work experience in similar work environment.</li><li>Minimum 7+ years of IT work experience focused in production support.</li><li>Experience as a team lead or member on project teams in a cross functional environment.</li><li>Experience within a customer focused environment</li><li>Expert knowledge of design, implementation, and management and support of some or all of the following: Oracle, DB2, UDB, MySQL, MS SQL. Vertica.</li><li>Strong analytical skills.</li><li>Strong team-oriented interpersonal and communication skills to lead team efforts.</li><li>Thorough understanding of technical concepts required for specialized field. Uses that knowledge, creativity and company practices and priorities to obtain solutions to complex problems.</li><li>Excellent written, verbal and listening communications skills.</li><li>Ability to communicate effectively with Plan management at all levels of the organization.</li></ul>Preferred Education, Certifications and Experience<ul><li>Expertise in AWS data technologies such as Amazon RDS, Data lake, DynamoDB, Snowflake.</li></ul> People Management No #LI-HybridThis is the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$107,667.00 -150,995.00We may ultimately pay more or less than the hiring range and this hiring range may also be modified in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;A candidate’s position within the hiring range may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, relevant experience, skills, seniority, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business or organizational needs.&nbsp;This job is also eligible for annual bonus incentive pay.&nbsp;We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, 11 holiday medical/dental/vision insurance, generous 401(k) matching, lifestyle spending account and many other benefits to eligible employees.&nbsp;Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.&nbsp;Compensation Grade:14Please note that you must be in your current position for a minimum of 6 months to be eligible to apply for other internal positions.

Prod Support Analyst III - Database Administrator

Job Description Summary Identifies and proactively develops policy recommendations that further the BCBS mission and drive solutions to better support the over 115 million Americans BCBS Plans cover. Identifies and analyzes proposed regulatory and legislative initiatives at the federal and state level which present significant implications to BCBS Plans’ members and clients. Identifies policy questions, advances meaningful policy solutions, and builds consensus with BCBS Plans and stakeholder allies on high-profile issues. Prepares formal comments regarding recommended policies and communicates key updates from BCBSA and federal/state policymakers to BCBS Plans. Leads BCBS Plan workgroups to advance corporate goals for assigned programs and/or issues. Works closely with BCBSA leadership to develop strategy around regulatory and legislative priorities for engagement with the White House, Administration, Congress and other key stakeholders in Washington.Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Leads the development of effective, consensus-based policy recommendations to promote BCBSA and BCBS Plan objectives at both state and federal levels. Manages the review of legislation and regulations to identify and provide feedback to policymakers and staff on strategic and business considerations. Develops advocacy documents to support these activities, including key messaging, one-pagers, and briefing materials. Provides policy support for coalitions, third-party inquiries and internal business partners on select focus areas. Brings forward new ideas and strategic thinking to promote BCBSA priorities and objectives. Leads projects within assigned regulatory and legislative focus areas, including the identification of key business issues, legislative or regulatory analysis. Develops comment letters and resources for policymakers and educational materials for BCBS Plans. Produces bill summaries, policy analysis and memos on key issues and BCBSA positions for use by Plans. Leads BCBSA and Plan meetings to inform staff of key issues and actions taken by P&amp;A staff. Responsible for researching and developing responses to Plan inquiries. Leads workgroup and related calls on focus areas. Identifies and communicates key regulatory and legislative activities to internal audiences, BCBS Plans and other external audiences. Collaborates with peers and others on BCBSA's business/operations team to support synchronized efforts to assess current landscape, identify opportunities for engagement for BCBSA leadership, and assist with implementing a forward-thinking, comprehensive, coordinated, strategy for assigned programs and/or issues. Keeps up to date on legislative and regulatory positions and priorities, strategies, federal policymaking activities, external stakeholder positioning, and health care issues generally in order to maintain an understanding of key issues and strategies. May provide policy support to State Affairs team and work with state-based organizations (SBOs). Takes on various health policy projects as assigned. Ensures senior management, senior leadership team and BCBS Plan representatives are informed as to pertinent legislative and regulatory developments. Collaborates with BCBS Plan representatives, Policy and Advocacy staff and broader BCBSA staff. Engages with external stakeholders including federal policymakers and third-party representatives as appropriate.Required Education, Certifications and Experience<ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Public or Health Policy, Business, Public Administration or related field OR 8 or more years of equivalent work experience</li><li>Experience working on one or more of the following health policy areas:<ul><li>Medicare and/or Medicaid issues which may include Stars, quality, prior authorization, dual eligibles</li><li>Health insurance contracts and payment structures in Medicare/Medicaid and/or commercial lines of business (LOBs)</li><li>Prescription drug issues (Rx reform, pharmacy benefit manager, opioid use disorder, cell &amp; gene therapies),</li><li>Pharmacy benefits for commercial, Medicare and Medicaid LOBs</li><li>Improving affordability of health care, and value-based care programs including relevant regulation, legislation and/or law</li><li>Health IT which may include AI, cybersecurity, technical and market issues related to data operations, standards development, application programming interfaces, data privacy and security issues, and third-party application capabilities</li></ul></li><li>Extensive experience developing and drafting policy and legal analysis with focus on above programs and/or issue areas.</li><li>Comprehensive understanding of health policy issues and the legislative process, as well as experience with policy writing</li><li>Prior experience working for Congress, the Administration or third-party stakeholders focused on above programs and/or issue areas. </li><li>Experience working with public officials or in government.</li><li>Advanced knowledge of health care systems and understanding of legislative and policymaking process.</li><li>Strong verbal and written communications skills; the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, both orally and in writing, with the ability to identify issues and develop appropriate advocacy recommendations</li><li>Strong planning and organizational skills</li><li>Demonstrated ability to manage time and competing priorities</li><li>Strong human relations skills; and the ability to work with others in obtaining feedback/input, accomplishing goals, and meeting deadlines, demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships and influence outcomes</li><li>Sophisticated/strategic thinking to determine how best to influence decision/policy makers</li></ul>Preferred Education, Certifications and Experience<ul><li>Master’s degree in Health Policy, Public Policy, Health Administration, Public Heath or relevant subject</li></ul>People Management No#LI-HYBRID

Legislative & Regulatory Policy Director - Health IT

The Cloud Computing Engineer owns the designs, development, configuration and delivery of cloud infrastructure environments a variety of applications across BCBSA using best practices and business acumen. This role includes managing the technological aspects associated with one or more of the following: cloud computing technology stack, including architecture, security, design, planning, management, maintenance, support, storage and backup. The scope of the role includes the extensive knowledge of on premise (private), off-premise (public) and hybrid cloud models along with cloud implementation service models (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS). May manage the technologies and techniques to automate the provisioning and management of software defined infrastructure in a distributed cloud environment through scripting and coding. Lead/oversee the cloud infrastructure environment construction and implementation during the life cycle of the solutions. Evaluate the success of architecture, network, security and environment designs as they are implemented. Evaluate strengths and flaws in architecture, network, security and environment designs for continuous improvement. Communicate with management and technical personnel on cloud adoption and usage topics on a continuous basis. May be required to represent EIT in a project as a technical lead. May be required to coordinate with other EIT personnel.Drive the design of self-healing and fault-tolerant cloud services and infrastructure environments with best practice configurations for storage, back-up, recovery. Efficiently translate project requirements from architecture/environment diagrams to formulate appropriate questions to identify and remediate design gaps. Review and analyze architecture level security solutions at the domain or product level to transform them into cloud infrastructure designs and implementations. Establish strategic relations with key technology vendors in order to influence changes in future product releases. Must have experience with cloud technologies including but not limited to compute, storage, network, and databases. Accountable for conducting research and benchmarks best practices and/or products in the area of cloud technologies. Routinely gathers and assesses changing BCBSA business needs. Analyzes and modifies enterprise technology strategy and architecture. Analyzes how business processes interact with technology to create value for the business. Maintains knowledge of cloud technologies, trends, and standards. Provides input to the content of Requests for Information / Proposal (RFI/P) around the BCBSA technology architecture / infrastructure requirements and guiding principles. Conducts trend analyses to track emerging industry trends and technologies. Research, and assist in the piloting the evaluation of new tools, technologies, and/or processes to maintain and enhance the critical system infrastructure. Manages cloud configuration to ensure systems are up-to-date to latest security patches and operational resilience to incidence. Work with EIT staff to plan and ensure updates are conducted on a timely basis across all Enterprise systems. Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks. Possesses a thorough understanding of cloud security fundamentals, such as; Encryption, Key Management, Identity to/from the cloud, shared cloud security, logging and monitoring cloud infrastructure. Automate the process of patching and vulnerability remediation. Continually evaluate new cloud infrastructure threats with associated mitigating designs and their impact on IT and Business operations always balancing these needs to develop and implement the best security solutions for the business. Owns development of cloud computing templates and implementation guidance for applications that leverage IaaS solutions to meet BCBSA use cases. Integrate application design strategies to include the design of loosely coupled cloud resources to allow for a redundant and resilient end user application design. Assist in performance improvements while ensuring security controls are in place protecting the network and data. Work with EIT staff including Enterprise Architect, Delivery teams, core computing and application support team to ensure adequate system performance based on business requirements and industry best practices. Documentation of new cloud computing Application design guidelines for both new business applications and the porting of existing BCBSA Business applications to align with a cloud model. Participate and conduct liaison activities in reviewing the application designs, providing recommended alterations to designs, and partnering with enterprise architects to transform current application design principles to be more cloud aligned. Coordinate and/or complete the development of all necessary design documentation associated with cloud service solutions. These are to include all aspects of cloud solutions such as application resiliency, disaster recovery, build book creation, and run book creation Independently use judgment and takes action on it to build credibility with clients and technical staff through the delivery of sound cloud based business solutions. Consults with business and Enterprise IT Leadership and project staff to fit systems to solutions and identify when it is necessary to modify technical infrastructure to accommodate project needs. Leads projects in close collaboration with network and application security engineers to assure BCBSA applications and systems are designed and configured to conform to general and product/application specific security architectures and to the security polices, guidelines and best practices provided by the Business Protection group for the protection of sensitive healthcare data. Owns service design and pricing in the context of cloud-based suctioning Leads the ongoing administration, maintenance, and problem resolution of existing SAN/NAS storage infrastructure and related software. Design, implement, and maintain SAN and NAS storage appliances/solutions for use by Cloud and other compute infrastructure. Configure data protection using Snapshots and SnapMirror, and manage Aggregates, Volumes, and LUNs on NetApp filers. Execute data migration to cloud environments using ONTAP, defining migration objectives and utilizing appropriate tools.Education<ul><li>Required: High School Diploma/GED, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, related discipline or equivalent experience in the field.</li><li>Masters Degree (preferred)</li></ul> Certifications<ul><li>Certification in one Cloud Platform (AWS or AZURE preferred)</li></ul> Experience<ul><li>8+ years or more of enterprise-level Infrastructure consulting or implementation experience.</li><li>Experience in NetApp on-prem storage and FSx, and Veritas NetBackup technologies.</li><li>Experience with Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Powershell or other automation environments and scripting technologies.</li><li>Experience moving workloads from on premise to IaaS (Openstack, AWS, Rackspace, Azure, Druva etc.)</li><li>Expereince in networking, including VPN configuration</li><li>Experience with network technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools</li></ul> Skills<ul><li>Expertise in NetBackup backup/recovery strategies across diverse systems and data types to achieve organizational RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) goals.</li><li>Expertise in NetApp on-prem storage and FSx, and Veritas NetBackup technologies.</li><li>Proficient in VMware virtualization technologies (computing and storage) to ensure seamless data backups.</li><li>Familiar with Containerization</li><li>Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols</li></ul>Advanced working knowledge of the technical aspects of:<ul><li>Application protocols, such as HTTP(S), SMTP, SSL, and DNS</li><li>Common applications of cryptography, such as X.509 PKI, PGP, etc.</li><li>Knowledge of Active Directory</li><li>Security event and log management</li><li>Identity and access management</li><li>Encryption in the cloud</li></ul> People Management No#LI_HYBRID

Cloud Computing Engineer II (Back-up & Storage)

Job Description Summary The Consultant, GPO leads smaller projects and portions of larger projects to help develop strategic contracting opportunities to improve the competitive position of the Blue System and assists in the economic and financial analysis of these opportunities. Through market research, data collection and analysis, risk evaluation, team interaction and project management the consultant is responsible for assisting in structuring supplier relationships which provide strategic and tactical solutions for Blue Plans and the Blue System. The emphasis is placed on category/contract ownership, sourcing and negotiating with suppliers to maximize the value for Blue Plans.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Grows the category assigned both through the addition of new national agreements, agreement expansion and Blue Plan adoption/utilization. Responsible for the day-to-day management of contracts assigned. Organizes and synthesizes financial data and other information to identify and communicate key findings. Maintains financial viability and takes ownership of category. Prepares reports, written materials, spreadsheets, promotional materials and presentations to support the work within categories assigned. Engages Plans and suppliers regularly through 1:1 communications, meetings, presentations, webinars, etc. Conducts market research to validate category performance, identifies trends/new opportunities and is a subject matter expert within the category. Interacts with key stakeholders and external suppliers to lead in collecting information, conducting surveys and exploring potential opportunities within assigned category. Conducts RFx for assigned categories.Required Education, Certifications and Experience<ul><li>Bachelor degree in related discipline (Supply Chain Management, Finance, Economics, Business Administration).</li><li>Minimum of three years related business experience.</li><li>Three years experience in sourcing or any related function.</li><li>Experience managing projects.</li><li>Experience creating reports/project management plans to track category progress and financial tracking.</li><li>Experience engaging key stakeholders and leadership.</li><li>Experience creating presentations, draft articles to further marketing initiatives.</li><li>Experience engaging various industry suppliers.</li><li>Experience serving as a category subject matter expert.</li><li>Demonstrate ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned categories.</li><li>Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.</li></ul>Preferred Education, Certifications and Experience<ul><li>Strong project management skills.</li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).</li></ul> People Management No

Consultant GPO - Sourcing Analyst

The Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships and Development is in a key position to drive the advancement of BCBS Plans’ competitive position. This role has the responsibility for establishing and leading pioneering community partnerships, driving the development of new programs and services at BCBSA in partnership with external affairs and other BCBSA teams, and the execution and scaling of innovative national partnerships on behalf of BCBS Plans. The Managing Director will partner closely with the VP of Strategic Partnerships &amp; Development, and the broader team, to lead all stages of identification, development, scaling, and management of pilots, programs, and partnerships that drive value to our members and Plans.<ul><li>Develop, negotiate, implement, and scale strategic partnerships with established and emerging entities to enable the success and market differentiation of the BCBS System</li><li>Identify pioneering community and public health partnerships that distinguish BCBS in a leadership position in emerging impactful areas. Oversee business plan development and scale programs with these national partners across multiple Plans.</li><li>Provide leadership and direction in monitoring and tracking of business results and impact of partnerships, including identification of key metrics, reporting and communications on an on-going basis</li><li>Interaction with other BCBSA divisions and senior management, Plan executives, and other full range of industry executives (within and outside healthcare)</li></ul>Education<ul><li>Required: Bachelor's degree in related discipline</li><li>Preferred: Masters Degree in related discipline or equivalent experience</li></ul> Experience<ul><li>A minimum of 8-10 years of related business experience</li><li>Experience in effectively directing project team(s) in achieving stated objectives, strategic development and innovation advancement, and with negotiations and contractual agreements</li></ul> Skills<ul><li>Record of incubating and leading broad healthcare initiatives</li><li>Strong business acumen and vision, with demonstrated ability to develop and maintain business relationships</li><li>Must be able to present oral and written collaboration opportunities, value proposition and business case in convincing, organized manner throughout the partnership development process</li><li>An effective consensus builder, with ability to partner with companies and BCBS Plans and work through strategic and complex issues to arrive at value added conclusions which address the business needs</li><li>Executive level communications skills; must be able to represent BCBSA to outside constituents and senior level Plan workgroups and be a thought leader</li><li>Excellent problem solving and decision making skills, strategic thinking and vision</li><li>Ability to lead and manage key partnerships that support system strategy and objectives</li><li>Business relationship management skills: able to effectively influence peers outside of the division and at the Plans, both domestically and internationally</li><li>Demonstrated negotiation skills in highly complex, multi-stakeholder environment</li><li>Talent acquisition skills; ability to elicit the right subject matter expert contributions to ensure the business opportunities leverage the full value of the BCBSA and BCBS Plan talent</li></ul> People Management<ul><li>Yes</li></ul>#LI_HYBRID

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