Gerente De Desarrollo De Aplicaciones

Regular

Exempt

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Application Development Manager is responsible for administering, managing, and ensuring that information system development and maintenance projects assigned to their unit, both for the short and long term, comply with the operational requirements established by the Company and the regulatory agencies applicable to the Health Insurance Industry.

• Ensures compliance with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards, including code reviews, testing validation, documentation requirements, and Change Management for all system changes.
• Manages and directs application development team procedures for use in company operations. Consults with network administrators and software engineers to ensure quality, algorithm consistency, and data processing.
• Leads teams operating under Agile/Scrum methodologies, ensuring sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and alignment with delivery commitments.
• Ensures that development projects conform to the needs and requirements of the Company, meet end-user requirements, identify and resolve system problems, perform pre-testing of systems, and make appropriate modifications as required.
• Leads root cause analysis (RCA) for system incidents and performance issues, implementing corrective and preventive actions to enhance system reliability and reduce operational risk.
• Monitors the development and use of new applications, system software, and updates to existing applications to ensure they run smoothly.
• Ensures the availability and proper use of development, testing, and staging environments to support efficient delivery and minimize deployment risks.
• Monitors and reports on the development projects and maintenance of information systems assigned to the unit and on key performance indicators (KPIs), including delivery timeliness, defect rates, system stability, and team productivity, providing visibility to management for decision making.
• Coordinates and oversees work performed by external consultants and vendors, ensuring adherence to company standards, delivery expectations, and quality requirements
• Evaluates and determines the need for programs, equipment, and systems necessary for the Company to achieve the objectives proposed by the department. Identifies areas of opportunity to improve the services and operations provided to the other Company departments.
• Supervises, monitors, trains, evaluates, and corrects personnel among others to comply with his/her role as a supervisor, to assure that his/her personnel fulfill their work plan and comply with their essential functions and that they behave following the policies, standards, norms, and procedures of the Company.
• Must comply fully and consistently with all company policies and procedures, with local and federal laws as well as with the regulations applicable to our Industry, to maintain appropriate business and employment practices.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering. Minimum five (5) years of experience in information system development and programming, including at least two (2) years of experience in supervising personnel.

“Proven experience may be replaced by previously established requirements.”

Certifications / Licenses: N/A Other: Required Knowledge of AS/400 platforms: COBOL, COBOL ILE, SQL Embeded, CLP, DDS, SDA, RLU, PDM (Optional RPG, RPGILE) Basic knowledge of IBM OS commands, Relational Database Systems (RDBMS) and System Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Familiarity with Agile tools (Azure DevOps) and integration architectures is preferred. Required Knowledge of Windows platforms: Windows Server, IIS, Entity Framework, Web based systems (.Net, APIs), Visual Studio, C#, Net Core, GIT Source Control, Azure, Relational Database Systems (RDBMS) and System Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Familiarity with Agile tools (Azure DevOps) and integration architectures is preferred.

Languages:

Spanish – Advanced (comprehensive, writing and verbal)

English – Advanced (comprehensive, writing and verbal)

“We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and take Affirmative Action to recruit Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.”