Senior Manager Software Engineering Mainframe Job in Optum

Optum is a global organization committed to delivering care enhanced by technology, helping millions of people live healthier lives. Our mission focuses on improving health outcomes by connecting individuals with the necessary care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources. We foster a culture centered on diversity and inclusion, supported by talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Join us to make a meaningful impact on the communities we serve and help advance health equity on a global scale.

Primary Responsibilities

• Application Management: Oversee complex mainframe and distributed applications, leveraging solid healthcare knowledge.
• Engineering Management: Handle stakeholder management, product design, development, and maintenance.
• System Design: Understand and document various system perspectives; design and develop the framework, explaining design choices through detailed documentation.
• Estimation and Validation: Create and validate design documents and effort estimations for modules/tasks, providing justifications for decisions.
• Architecture Development: Propose architecture designs focusing on extensibility, scalability, security, and overall design quality.
• Delivery Process Implementation: Implement SSMO delivery processes, including problem management, incident management, change management, and SLA compliance.
• Review Participation: Participate in design reviews, test case reviews, and production support readiness reviews for new releases.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Drive discussions with stakeholders (business customers, IT partners) to align on business needs.
• Customer Needs Assessment: Assess and interpret customer needs and requirements effectively.
• Project Coordination: Collaborate with business partners to prioritize scheduled maintenance, coordinating across applications as necessary.
• Reporting: Prepare and present weekly/monthly status reports and daily project updates to US and India team members.
• Process Implementation: Build and implement project standards and processes across teams.
• Compliance: Adhere to company policies and procedures and comply with employment contract terms.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 15+ years in software development and product maintenance.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience in developing mainframe (CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL) and distributed applications (Java, Kafka, Elastic, AWS, Python).
• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with the US healthcare domain, particularly in provider services, is desirable.
• Methodology Proficiency: Solid knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Problem-Solving: Proactive in identifying problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks.