What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineering Sr. Advisor position at The Cigna Group?
Responsibilities
• Advise senior business and technology leaders on complex engineering and information management decisions that influence enterprise strategy and long‑term outcomes.
• Design and evolve a consolidated enterprise data warehouse and data lake that unifies customer, provider, claims, client, benefits, and other critical data domains.
• Architect scalable, secure, and resilient solutions that enable enterprise analytics, reporting, and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Lead the design and development of modern, cloud‑native applications and microservices that meet high standards for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Deliver data platforms and pipelines that uncover meaningful insights by transforming large, complex datasets into trusted, actionable information.
• Establish and promote best practices for system architecture, data modeling, ETL design, CI/CD, and cloud operations across teams.
• Serve as a technical mentor and trusted advisor, elevating engineering excellence and fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Lead or significantly influence large, high‑impact initiatives that span teams and disciplines, ensuring outcomes align with business priorities.
• Act as a recognized internal expert, tackling the most complex and ambiguous information management challenges across the organization.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or information management roles.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise‑scale data warehouses, data lakes, or analytics platforms.
• Strong expertise in Java (17 or later), Spring Boot, and modern microservices architecture.
• Hands‑on experience building and optimizing data pipelines using Spark, PySpark, Scala, or similar big data technologies.
• Experience deploying and operating applications in AWS, including services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, and managed data platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, advise senior stakeholders, and lead through expertise rather than authority.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, executive‑ready insights.
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience building modern user interfaces with React and integrating them with backend APIs.
• Advanced experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, Hive, or Teradata in large‑scale analytics environments.
• Expertise in infrastructure as code using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and championing a growth mindset across teams.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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