Team Leader - Engineering Quality and Security

Team Leader - Engineering Quality and Security

• Full-time
• Department:
  Technology
• Pay Grade: 26

Why Wellmark
:
We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!

Why Wellmark Technology? Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to transform how we work.

In this formal leadership role, you will manage engineers responsible for maturing Wellmark’s Quality Engineering and Application Security practices across the entire enterprise engineering function. Own the process and SDLC around test plan, strategy from high-level EPIC concept to Release. Leads the strategy, standards, and enablement model for modern testing and secure engineering, ensuring teams have clear patterns, tooling, and guidance to build high-quality, secure software consistently.

Establishes enterprise-wide quality practices (test strategy, automation frameworks, test data approaches, coverage expectations, and release quality criteria) and drives adoption through coaching, reusable templates, and community learning. In partnership with security and engineering leadership, embeds secure development practices into day-to-day workflows and CI/CD, leveraging Git Hub Advanced Security to operationalize code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency insights. Applies strategic thinking grounded in Dev Ops and continuous improvement, consulting with senior leaders to align quality and security standards with Wellmark’s strategy and measurable outcomes.

This is an engineering leadership role that enforces quality and security through systems, not checkpoints.

• Over 7 years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or Dev Sec Ops
• Proven ownership of test strategy across multiple teams/products and SDLC process improvements
• Hands on experience implementing automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines
• Direct experience with Git Hub Advanced Security, CodeQL, Dependency and secret scanning tools.
• Strong understanding of secure coding practices and vulnerability management
• Experience embedding security into developer workflows (PR checks, branch protections, and automated policy enforcement.)
• Experience setting SLA's for security and quality
• Proven experience leading and influencing without authority, challenging engineering teams when needed, and balancing speed vs. risk.

• Bachelor’s degree or direct and applicable work experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience to include any of the combination of the following: AWS Cloud infrastructure management or development;
  Microsoft Cloud infrastructure management or development;
  NodeJS, .NET, Python, Power Shell.
• Leadership typically gained through a combination of project and informal leadership that demonstrates competencies.
• Strong understanding of Dev Ops principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
• Demonstrated ability to be adaptable and adjust effectively to work within new processes, work requirements, etc.
• Proven experience in implementing change management initiatives.
• Strong ability to support innovation and creativity by encouraging team(s) to accept and resolve challenges.
• Strong communication skills - written and verbal with the ability to adapt the message to various audiences.
• Demonstrates a methodical and logical approach to addressing customer needs while utilizing innovative solutions/designs as appropriate.
• Self-starter and proactive in approach.
• Strong collaboration skills with ability to build relationships across…