Manager, Automation Engineering

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world.  As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

Position Purpose: Responsible for leading design and development of a highly scalable, automation platform by using automation and configuration management tools which provide optimal performance. This role also leads the transformation of deployment, release, configuration and testing into a continuous and efficient end-to-end quality engineering function through the use of automation tools. This role mentors and coaches junior team members and brings in thought leadership for emerging technology areas.

• Leads the development and management of end-to-end automated solutions for IT operations activities (including deployment, release management, monitoring, maintenance, etc.)
• Develops deep understanding in technical domain and demonstrate thought leadership in emerging technology areas
• Oversees and participate in the development, execution, and maintenance of test plans and automation test scripts according to quality standards
• Designs strategy and frameworks for developing highly scalable, automation platforms by using automation and configuration management tools
• Enhances the existing automation scripts to increase the functional coverage and scenarios for better performance
• Participates in review meetings, test plan reviews, and share regular reporting with senior management
• Manages the hiring and training of new and existing staff, conduct performance reviews, provide leadership, technical guidance, and coaching to automation and quality assurance engineers
• Shares knowledge and develop staff capabilities to strengthen understanding of automation engineering, business issues, and best practices
• Develops and communicates organizational objectives; inspire and motivate team members to achieve results
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
• Lead MS Power Platform initiative

Education/Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience.

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Technical Skills:

• One or more of the following skills are desired.
• Knowledge of Other: building AI/ML solutions, automation offerings, data mining principles: predictive analytics, mapping, collecting data from multiple systems on premises and cloud-based sources and robotic processing, scripting, and automation framework design
• Experience with one or more of the following Other: infrastructure as a code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc
• MS Power Platform

Soft Skills:

• - Ability to lead/manage others
• - Collaboration and team building skills
• - Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• - Instills commitment to organizational goals
• - Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management
• - Effective conflict management skills
• - Develops and delivers effective presentations
• - Demonstrated negotiation skills

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act