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Associate Lead Software Engineer

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Cerner Government Services

Job Description

As an Associate Lead Software Engineer on the Automation Platforms team, you will analyze, design, code, debug, test and support the software to build, support and monitor infrastructure automation services to manage Cerner’s datacenter environments around the globe. You will create strategic technical designs for large scope projects within the team. You will provide high-level architecture guidance and develop specifications to resolve problems. You will develop and deploy automation tools to optimize daily activities for our team and consumers. You will support installation and maintenance of Cerner infrastructure. You will perform daily system operations tasks to ensure system integrity and availability. You will propose and lead process improvement projects for development, deployment, and application monitoring. You will share knowledge within team through mentorship, coaching, technical talks, and blogs.
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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience (remove Java from this requirement)
  • Receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for your position
  • Due to the client contract you will be assigned, this position requires you to be a U.S. citizen
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of experience with Ruby
  • Experience with Rails or other similar web frameworks
  • Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform/Cloud Formation)
  • Experience with configuration as code (Chef/Ansible)
  • Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins/Spinnaker)

Additional Information

Applicants for U.S.-based positions with Cerner must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Due to specific client contract requirements, this position requires that the successful candidate be a U.S. citizen. The client contract also requires receipt of the appropriate government security clearance card applicable for the position.

Some Cerner positions may be obligated to comply with client-facing requirements and occupational health requests, including but not limited to, an immunization set, an annual flu shot, an annual TB screen, an updated background check, and/or an updated drug screen.

Relocation Assistance Available for this Job:

Yes - Domestic/Regional

Virtual Eligible Job

No

Cerner is a place where people are encouraged to innovate with confidence and focus on what is important – people’s health and the care they receive. We are transforming health care by developing tools and technologies that make it more efficient for care providers and patients to navigate the complexity of our health. From single offices to entire countries, Cerner solutions are licensed at more than 25,000 facilities in over 35 countries.

Cerner’s policy is to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Cerner is proud to be a drug-free workplace.

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