Senior Data Engineer

ABOUT EVERNORTH:
Evernorth℠ exists to elevate health for all, because we believe health is the starting point for human potential and progress. As champions for affordable, predictable and simple health care,
we solve the problems others don’t, won’t or can’t.
Our innovation hub in India will allow us to work with the right talent, expand our global footprint, improve our competitive stance, and better deliver on our promises to stakeholders. We are passionate about making healthcare better by delivering world-class solutions that make a real difference.
We are always looking upward. And that starts with finding the right talent to help us get there.

Software Engineering Advisor

Position Overview

Join our team and grow your career with us.

We're looking for a hands-on technologist with 8+ years of experience in application delivery or IT operations, eager to apply development skills to enhance system resilience and efficiency. You will be engaged in support activities with our Databricks enterprise platform, assisting users and troubleshooting Production issues with ETL pipelines.

As part of our mission to modernize IT operations, you'll contribute to automation efforts, reduce toil, and help build tools that provide early detection of issues across critical data pipelines. You will have the opportunity to explore and contribute to AI-driven project initiatives proactively improving the operational effectiveness and service reliability of our IT assets.

If you are passionate about continuous improvement, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to be a member of a forward-thinking team, consider being a part of Cigna's future by joining our team.
Responsibilities

Develop and maintain automation scripts to enhance operational strategy
Manage performance monitoring across our assets to ensure proper measuring, reporting, and alerting on anomalies and incidents
Collaborate with engineering and application delivery teams in developing and testing automation of repetitive, manual efforts
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the SRE practice
Contribute to team projects improving our operational strategy through AI integration
Track and document repeated incidents to eliminate recurring problems
Support of our Databricks user base and critical ETL pipelines
Qualifications

Required Skills:

Strong skills in troubleshooting and documentation of operational procedures
Strong problem-solving skills

Experience with Agile methodology
A desire to learn and grow your experience
Good communications skills

Required Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience as a Developer and exposed to Distributed Systems and Operational roles.
7+ years SQL experience.
Experiences in ETL technologies (Informatica/Data Stage) and Oracle is a big plus

Experience with Data warehousing concepts

Experience with scripting and automation using  Python

Experience with  Shell  scripting
Familiarity with  SQL, Spark, Pyspark  and working with Cloud Based data platforms like  Databricks.
Hands on experiences in some AWS technologies like – Cloud Watch, Step Functions, Lambda, Glue, EC2, DynamoDB, SQS, ECS/EKS, Elastic Search, Elastic Cache, Airflow to name a few
Understanding of version control systems and experience using  Gitlab/Github
Understanding of  Development Operations  and  Software Development Lifecycle
Understanding of ticketing systems   like  Service Now
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to details

Location & Hours of Work
Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate
Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WAH)
Equal Opportunity Statement
Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.