Senior Cloud Product Owner

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Description

Do you enjoy working hands on with leading edge cloud technologies? Do you thrive in a data-driven high-tech environment? If so, Humana is looking for Senior Product Owner that has significant technical acumen and experience specifically with Azure, AWS and/or other Cloud based technologies, along with a passion for delighting users with robust, scalable solutions that enable smooth cloud-driven experiences. This is a remote role working from home anywhere in the US

Responsibilities

The Senior Cloud Product Owner will focus on driving alignment of solution architecture and design for Humana's Azure cloud system. They will collaborate with multiple teams including engineering and architecture to develop stories on behalf of users so that they set the direction for each team, and ensures that those are easy to understand, implementable and sufficiently granular in order to allow for proper coding, testing and resiliency validation. This individual will be a key voice in developing and implementing Humana's AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) strategies.

Other key initiatives:


Monitor and track product feedback in support of work planning, prioritization and execution of development product releases
Work with engineering and Architecture to align on story sizing and delivery planning
Explain the why and what of new stories to stakeholders, engineers, testers and operations teams
Direct and lead creation of functional and non-functional story descriptions aligned on business and technical goals by actively participating in backlog prioritization
Acts as technical consultant to drive decision on vendor selection; responsible for influence and alignment with neighbor teams
Identify opportunities to improve performance and product health using data results, directing improvements to product performance


This is a 100% remote opportunity anywhere in the US and only persons with authorization to work permanently in the U.S. need apply. EEO

Based on current guidance from the CDC, local and state governments, and Humana leadership related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak have extended travel restrictions until further notice. The policy will be reassessed as the situation warrants. Once these restrictions are lifted this role may require up to 10% travel depending on business needs for anyone not located in Louisville, KY.

Required Qualification


Bachelors degree in STEM field and/or equivalent years of experience in a similar role
3 years of experience as a technical product owner where you have evaluated, selected and designed service-oriented architecture products and solutions
1 years of experience with Microsoft Azure services and their implementation in application and product domains as well as with Cloud-first application architecture and design
1 years of hands on experience in developing technical roadmaps, customer journeys and sequence diagrams as well as gathering and writing technical requirements
Strong ability to write story outlines, user stories, grooming product backlogs and coordinating/prioritizing work items
Strong knowledge of agile development practices, methodologies (e.g. SAFe, Kanban, Scrum) and tools (e.g. Azure, Jira, Confluence)


Work at Home Requirements


Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office (Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role). A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 10x1 (10mbs download x 1mbs upload) is required
A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information


Preferred Qualifications


Located in Louisville, KY
Experience specializing in AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and/or GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
Master's degree in STEM field and/or equivalent years of experience in a similar role
3 years of Healthcare experience as a product manager within a technology environment, with a record of successfully delivering complex products and services
Technical knowledge in web, cloud-first and service-oriented application preferred
Technical knowledge in Microsoft .Net, REST APIs, Azure Cloud and latest Web UI technologies (for example, AngularJS and React) preferred
Experience working in incremental delivery of software, including value-stream mapping, dividing features in working 'slices'
Experience running, facilitating and reporting within agile SDLC, particularly Scrum and Kanban


Additional Information


Candidates located in or within 50 miles of Louisville, KY will be both in-office and work-at-home once CDC restrictions are lifted.


Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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