EMPLOYER: Delta Dental Insurance Company

TITLE: Manager, Application Development

Location: 1130 Sanctuary Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30009; Must live within reasonable commute of HQ and appear in office as required.

Salary Range: $179,000 /yr - $186,671/yr

Job Description: The Manager, Application Development will be responsible for facilitating and directing the design, development and maintenance of platform services technology and functions to ensure IT foundational and modernization goals are met. Specifically, the Manger will be responsible for DevOps and cloud-based initiatives. The leader in this position provides both tactical and strategic direction for the Platform Engineering team in collaboration with Product, Application Development, Infrastructure and Operations. Monitors and oversees initiatives and deliverables including but not limited to completion of comprehensive definition of direction, scope and objectives; development of work plans, schedules and budgets; determination of staffing requirements; definition of deliverables; and establishment of design review and quality assurance checkpoints for all aspects of the initiatives. Drives increased efficiency across the teams, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse. Reviews, manages, and resolves complex and highly complex problems involving one or more teams, systems or functions. Undertakes and oversees the process of defining problems and implementing solutions. Influences decision making in functional and technical designs through active partnership with cross-functional teams, Influences decision making in Technology and Product Roadmap(s) through active partnership with Product and Business stakeholders. Undertakes and oversees the process of defining problems and implementing solutions. Influences decision making in functional and technical designs through active partnership with cross-functional teams, Influences decision making in Technology and Product through active partnership with Product and stakeholders. Provides ongoing education to the team to ensure proactive modernization and awareness of emerging technologies. Provides leadership and documentation in support of enterprise adoption. Promotes innovation, instills passion for delivering delight and empowering teams to achieve high performance. Facilitates DevOps needs across Platform Engineering in collaboration with environment management, release management and Operations. Prepares business plans, IT plans, technology roadmaps, and technical project proposals. Must live within reasonable commute of HQ and appear in office as required.

Design, develop, and deploy high-performing platform services, including payment and communication services utilizing CI/CD, GHEC, PCI, Payment Gateways, SendGrid, and SMS.
Design and implement microservices architecture and container orchestration utilizing Kubernetes and App Service.
Remediate security vulnerabilities utilizing security scanning tools like BlackDuck, Fortify as well as AKV service.
Utilize Azure technologies, including AKS, App Services, API Ops, Azure DevOps for CI/CD, and GitHub Enterprise Server, to support cloud deployments.
Implement cloud deployment strategies, such as blue/green and canary, to ensure minimal downtime for services and applications.
Collaborate with vendors to implement third-party services, including Google, Elavon, and Twilio, and adhere to data security standards (e.g., PCI).
Leverage monitoring and observability tools and practices, specifically Datadog, to improve performance and minimize overhead.

Master’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and five (5) years of experience in Computer applications, computer systems, application development, information technology or related role or in the job offered.

Base Pay Information

The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.
Pay Grade 24. $179,000 /yr - $186,671/yr

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