Senior Automation Engineer

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
 Join Humana’s dynamic Site Reliability Engineering team as a Senior Automation Engineer, where you will drive innovation by automating complex application and/or infrastructure workflows. In this role, you will design scalable automation solutions that ensure high availability, reduce manual intervention, and enhance overall system reliability. If you are passionate about automation, cloud technologies, and enabling faster, more reliable service delivery, this is your opportunity to make a real impact in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

The Senior Automation Engineer is proficient in scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell/Bash which is crucial for automating routine tasks and enhancing system reliability. Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud, Azure) and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is essential for modern SRE practices. The Senior Automation Engineer provides a practical foundation for understanding the complexities of system reliability and scalability. The Senior Automation Engineer should also have skills in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, which are pivotal in maintaining high system uptime and rapid deployment cycles. Additionally, expertise in monitoring and logging tools is necessary to proactively detect and resolve issues, ensuring system stability and performance.

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/information technology or related field
• 5 or more years of experience designing, developing, and testing of software applications and/or infrastructure
• certifications such as AWS/GCP/Azure Certified Solutions Architect or Certified Kubernetes Administrator
• Demonstrate a formal understanding of key technologies used in SRE or previous roles in DevOps or SRE
• Experience in system administration, network management
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science/information technology or related field

Additional Information

Required

• Experience leading architecture in modernization, transformation and transition journeys.
• Experience with developing and influencing strategies and roadmaps.
• Experience working with engineers and delivery teams.
• Experience in diverse technologies from leading edge, modern to legacy such as Augmented and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language, SaaS, Cloud (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services) .net, Java, Mainframe, etc.
• Proven track record of driving efficiency measures in larger scale organizations.
• Demonstrated experience participating in, interacting with, and improving architecture practices.
• Ability to build strong relationships with business and information technology partners, including communicating complex technology concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Contributed to establishing standards, patterns, policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• Strong leadership, analytical, organization, communication and problem-solving skills enabling sound decision making.

Required Specialized Skills

• Has the ability to shift the mindset and to disrupt the norm or status-quo in a positive, firm way. 
• Has proven experience with developing a clear, straight forward engineering practice through collaboration to address methods, patterns, standards to help engineers deliver quality, reliable software and systems for business outcomes.
• Knows how to elevate, empower, influence, build trust with and created an exceptional experience for software and system engineers, technologists and leaders across multiple domains, products teams and technologies.
• Knows how to listen to, understand concerns of, open the voice of and establish quality collaboration between software and system engineers and other teams to address needs and show how to engage leaders across the organization.
• Has been a coach and mentor to software and system engineers to improve their careers and day-to-day life as an engineer.
• Has experience with software and system development life cycles (SDLC), capability maturity model integration (CMMI) and scaled agile framework (SAFe).
• Has proven experience with software development strategies and best practices.
• Well versed and proficient with coding practices overall and in several programming languages such as .Net, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, Python.
• Well versed with self-service testing, automated testing, test data management with proper configurations in various tools.
• Has deep proven experience with developing software for human centered experience design user interfaces, integration services producer/consumer with restful/json endpoints, understands data translation services and pipelines and is versed in client/server and clientless apps.
• Has proven experience with best methods related to branching and tiering strategies.

• Has proven experience cloud and multicloud strategies and best practices .
• Has deep, core proven experience configuring and automating  for self-service capabilities, service virtualization, clusters and containers of native cloud infrastructure as a service, platform as a service in relationship to DevOps, pipelines, software. engineering/development, system engineering and packaged software.
• Has cloud auto-scaling and high availability, always-on, experience and expertise to address business operations through the highs and lows of business cycles.
• Has multicloud expertise and experience with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to address reliable services cross and inter-cloud.

Values and Attitude

• Has a great positive attitude, is a go getter and can be pragmatic when necessary.
• Enthusiasm and self-motivation essential; a confident change-agent.
• Has an agile, coaching and mentoring mindset.
• Passionate and obsessed about contributing to an organization focused on consumer experiences and health outcomes of people.
• Able to cultivate uniqueness, rethink routine, pioneer simplicity, collaborate and partner, build relationships, inspire health and wellbeing.
• Able to adapt to change and progress forward with enthusiasm.
• Most importantly, able to be a Team member and contribute to a cohesive Team.

Work-At-Home Requirements:

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.  
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$97,900 - $133,500 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 02-02-2025
About us
 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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