Application Development Team Lead – Project Management Office

Thursday, May 2, 2024
About Manitoba Blue Cross
We’re a Manitoba-based, not-for-profit, health benefits provider with a vision to be the trusted and essential health and wellness partner for all Manitobans. Every dollar made is reinvested in our infrastructure, our people, and our province with the goal of providing better care for our members, expanding our community impact and broadening our health care knowledge.
Why work for us?
Manitoba Blue Cross, is a

Manitoba

Top Employer.

We are empowered to give back to the community, and we know that caring needs to start in our workplace with our own Manitoba Blue Cross team. We actively foster a culture that focuses on your

satisfaction, development, diversity, and growth .
Culture of Caring
We strive to succeed at reaching our organizational goals, but we always make time to celebrate our successes. Having fun as a group and rewarding our employees for their accomplishments is an essential part of our workplace culture.
We want our workforce to reflect the diverse community we serve, and we’re committed to creating a fair and respectful workplace. We offer a work environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance and support to advance your career that includes:
Fully equipped onsite fitness center.
Casual dress code to promote diversity and inclusivity.
Personal and professional development.
Are you a

driven ,

dedicated , and

enthusiastic

individual who wants to work in a friendly and rewarding environment? If so, we are looking for someone like you! The following position is open to anyone residing in

Winnipeg and surrounding areas

with valid work authorization.
JOBSUMMARY
Application Development Team Lead

works extensively with their project team, business stakeholders and technical staff to ensure the successful and timely completion of projects.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Manages the technical delivery of application projects through the Development lifecycle from estimation and planning, through to execution and transfer to sustainment.
Coaches the application development team with regards to development best practices and other department standards
Leads the technical design and development of MBC applications through hybrid Agile project lifecycles.
Works on all aspects of the technology stack, front end UI/UX, backend APIs, databases and data access, or cloud infrastructure.
Works closely with other technology service areas (support, data, architecture & shared services) to deliver solutions.
Acts as knowledge lead for select MBC Core Applications, coding languages, frameworks, process, and tools.
Supports the management of project

team members

and

Architecture Services with application development and configuration management process standards.
Participates in the development of the overall project roadmap and ensures the successful and timely completion of assigned projects.
Anticipates, identifies, and resolves issues and problems by mobilizing the necessary resources and using appropriate escalation procedures.
Tracks and reports the application development team’s project progress against plans, both routinely and by exception to project manager.
Supports post project reviews to capture and communicate lessons learned for distribution within the team and to other teams.
Manages the development of high-quality code that satisfies customer needs and strives for simplicity, clarity, and testability.
Oversees and performs code reviews and leads the use of collaborative programming techniques to promote high quality business outcomes.
Supports the creation of QA Plans ensuring sufficient coverage against risks and errors.
Leads the collaboration with stakeholders (e.g. business stakeholders, product owners, project managers, team leads and end users) to understand functional and non-functional system requirements.
Qualifications
Dedicated to the principles of exceptional service; committed to responding to, anticipating, and addressing customer needs, for both internal and external customers.
8-10 years of relevant experience
High Proficiency in one or more frameworks and platforms (e.g. Lambda & Microservices and API Architecture, Spring MVC, Angular, Docker).
Significant experience with AWS services including Elastic Load Balance, Elastic Container Service/ Fargate, Elastic Container Registry, CloudWatch, Pipelines/Codebuild, Image Deployment, S3 required.
Significant experience with front end development languages and tools including HTML CSS and Webflow required.
Significant experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform or other) required. Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to deal with all levels within the organization in a team environment.
Ability to mentor and coach team members.
Ability to collaborate and share knowledge openly.
Strong problem solving / analytical skills with an attention to detail.
Strong communication skills including verbal and written skills.
Exercises judgment, tact and discretion when handling confidential information.
Certification required in one or more of the following:
Spring Professional Certification
Oracle Certificate for Professional Java SE
ITIL Foundation Certification
Ready to Apply? We are excited to meet you!
If you would like to join our team, you are invited to apply by submitting your resume and cover letter by clicking the “Apply” button below by May 13, 2024.
To learn more visit: https://www2.mb.bluecross.ca/about-us/careers
We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those being considered will be contacted.
Manitoba Blue Cross is committed to the principles of diversity, equity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring for everyone. We want our workforce to reflect the diverse community we serve, and we’re committed to creating a fair and respectful workplace.
Candidates invited to an interview can request an accommodation due to barriers to accessibility, such as visible or invisible, temporary, or permanent barriers. Please advise our Talent Acquisition Team. All requests made are confidential.
599 Empress St, Winnipeg, MB R3G 3P3, Canada

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