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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Application Development Senior Advisor - **Company:** Cigna - **Location:** Bloomington, MN, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $122,200.0 - $203,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Automation of Marketing, Reliability Engineering, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Snowflake, State Machines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Information Technology, Performance Monitor, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Splunk, Dynatrace, Docker, Jenkins, Databricks - **Published:** July 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/1195661986774217BCF33E74DE773AAB/job/ ## About the Role * 6+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications in development, site reliability engineering, operations, or related technology roles. * 3+ years of hands-on Python development experience. * Experience managing highly available, scalable, and resilient applications in production environments. * Experience defining, measuring, and improving key performance indicators (KPIs), service level objectives (SLOs), and operational metrics. * Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, Glue, Athena, and related technologies. * Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and operational support solutions. * Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills. * Proven ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, operations, and business teams. * Experience using enterprise monitoring and logging tools, including Dynatrace and Splunk. * Strong verbal and written communication skills. Preferred Qualifications * Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. * Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably using Terraform. * Experience with Databricks and Snowflake platforms. * Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar automation platforms. * AWS certification. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. If you're excited about building resilient platforms, automating operations, and delivering highly available customer-facing solutions, we encourage you to apply. Your expertise can help shape the future of intelligent servicing experiences while making a meaningful impact across our organization. ## Description * Drive the reliability, availability, and scalability of mission-critical applications supporting Voice Self-Service and Automation capabilities. * Lead and support a blended team of employees and consultants operating across onshore and offshore locations in a 24x7 environment. * Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to identify and resolve issues before they impact customers or business operations. * Conduct root cause analysis of application and system failures, implementing sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence. * Develop automation solutions that streamline deployments, configuration management, operational processes, and application health checks. * Partner with engineering teams to design, deploy, and support resilient solutions that maximize system stability and performance. * Advance self-healing capabilities that reduce manual intervention and improve overall service availability. * Analyze availability, reliability, and performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence. * Participate in major incident management, service restoration activities, and post-incident reviews impacting the STP organization. * Champion best practices in cloud operations, automation, observability, and platform resiliency. ## Related Videos - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)