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Configuration Analyst roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, which permanently ties your status to the employer rather than a temporary visa. Employers document the hiring process, file with DOL, then petition USCIS for permanent residency. Understanding how your technical background maps to these categories strengthens your sponsorship case.
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Configuration Engineer Advisor
Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.
Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
Wellpoint Federal, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, brings deep industry expertise and healthcare service capabilities to support federal programs. The organization delivers solutions across claims administration, data, and care delivery to help address complex challenges and improve health outcomes for federal populations.
The Configuration Engineer Advisor will be responsible for administering, supporting, and continuously improving enterprise engineering, configuration management, and DevSecOps platforms. The Configuration Engineer Advisor is responsible for platform availability, upgrades and patching, access and configuration management, licensing, source-code and release support, production operations, and user support across Atlassian Data Center products, GitHub, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, IBM Rational ClearQuest, and related tools. The position will also progressively support enterprise cloud environments and emerging AI platform administration capabilities.
How you will make an impact:
- Administer and support enterprise engineering platforms, including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GitHub, Jenkins, JFrog/Artifactory, ClearQuest, Leapwork, and related tools.
- Manage platform configurations, projects, repositories, workflows, boards, spaces, permissions, user access, plugins, integrations, and licenses.
- Plan, coordinate, execute, and validate platform upgrades, security patches, monthly patch testing, and production changes.
- Provide operational and production support, troubleshoot platform issues, and coordinate incident and problem resolution with infrastructure, security, application, and vendor teams.
- Support source-code management, version control, branching, repository governance, change management, and release-management practices.
- Develop and maintain platform documentation, operational procedures, support runbooks, configuration standards, and knowledge-transfer materials.
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring administrative activities and improve platform reliability, supportability, and user experience.
- Support the administration and operational readiness of enterprise cloud environments, including access management, monitoring, configuration, security, and platform integrations.
- Support the future administration of enterprise AI platforms, including generative AI and agentic AI environments, platform access, configurations, integrations, monitoring, governance controls, and production support.
- Work collaboratively with other administrators to provide consistent operational coverage, cross-training, and reliable failover support for critical platforms.
- Support engineering platforms across production and non-production environments, including environment configuration, release readiness, platform validation, and issue resolution.
- Coordinate scheduled maintenance, production changes, platform upgrades, and release-support activities with application, infrastructure, database, security, and vendor teams.
- Participate in after-hours maintenance and production-support activities when required to maintain platform availability and support critical releases.
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and minimum of 6 years of IT experience, including application development experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience administering enterprise Atlassian platforms, including Jira and Confluence.
- 2+ years’ experience supporting source-code management, CI/CD, artifact-management, platform upgrades, patching, access administration, change management, and production support.
- This position is part of our Wellpoint Federal division which, per CMS TDL 190275, requires foreign national applicants meet the residency requirement of living in the United States at least three of the past five years.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:
- Experience administering Atlassian Data Center deployments of Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket is strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting Linux-based enterprise applications, including patch validation, service management, permissions, log analysis, and troubleshooting, is preferred.
- Experience supporting IBM Rational ClearQuest and related middleware components, including WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server, is preferred.
- Experience participating in scheduled maintenance, production changes, incident response, and after-hours support activities is preferred.
- Experience administering GitHub repositories, permissions, organizations, branching strategies, integrations, and source-code governance is preferred.
- Experience supporting Jenkins, JFrog/Artifactory, ClearQuest, Leapwork, or comparable engineering platforms is preferred.
- Experience with version control, code-management practices, CI/CD pipelines, change management, and release-management processes is preferred.
- Experience administering or supporting cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or comparable enterprise cloud platforms is preferred.
- Experience administering or supporting AI/ML, generative AI, or agentic AI platforms is preferred.
- Experience with platform integrations, APIs, authentication, monitoring, logging, security controls, and vulnerability remediation is preferred.
- Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or comparable technologies is preferred.
- Experience supporting platform migrations, cloud transitions, tool consolidation, or modernization initiatives is preferred.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills are preferred.
Location(s): Virginia
In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.
- The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.
Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.
At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success – for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.
We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.
The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.
Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Configuration Analyst
Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
Document your bachelor's degree in a technical field plus five years of progressive configuration experience, or a master's degree in systems administration, IT, or a related discipline. This credential mapping determines whether you qualify for EB-2 or fall into EB-3 as a skilled worker.
Request your O*NET occupational profile early
Employers use the O*NET profile for Configuration Analyst roles to draft the PERM job description. Review it before interviews so your resume language mirrors the standard duties and education requirements DOL expects to see during labor certification.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify companies that have sponsored Configuration Analyst or related IT infrastructure roles through PERM before. Repeat sponsors have internal immigration counsel and established processes, which reduces your risk of a multi-year filing delay.
Clarify the PERM prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Ask your employer to run the OFLC Wage Search for your exact job title, worksite location, and experience level before you negotiate. Your offered wage must meet or exceed the prevailing wage level DOL certifies, or PERM will be denied.
Understand priority date backlogs for your country
EB-3 has no annual cap on petitions, but visa number availability depends on your birth country. Workers born in India or China face years-long backlogs even after I-140 approval, while most other nationals move through the EB-3 queue significantly faster.
Negotiate a job portability clause into your offer
Once your I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, AC21 portability lets you change employers if the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. Get written acknowledgment from your employer that they support portability rights before signing.
Green Card Configuration Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Configuration Analyst role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories are available depending on your credentials. EB-2 applies if the role requires an advanced degree or you have a bachelor's plus five years of specialized experience. EB-3 covers skilled workers with at least two years of training or experience. Most Configuration Analyst positions are filed under EB-3 because the standard job description requires a bachelor's degree, not a master's.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status subject to an annual lottery and limited to six years without an approved I-140. Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 is permanent and has no lottery at the EB-3 level. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six months to over a year, and you're tied to the sponsoring employer until your priority date becomes current and adjustment of status is approved.
How long does the full green card process take for a Configuration Analyst?
PERM labor certification currently averages well over a year due to DOL analyst review backlogs. After PERM approval, I-140 petition processing adds several months, and then adjustment of status or consular processing depends on your birth country's visa bulletin dates. Workers born outside of high-backlog countries can realistically complete the entire process in three to five years from PERM filing.
How can I find Configuration Analyst jobs that offer green card sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Configuration Analyst and related IT infrastructure roles where employers have documented PERM filing history. Standard job boards don't filter by sponsorship type, so you often can't tell whether a posting leads to a temporary visa or a permanent resident petition. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship records so you can apply with that information upfront.
Can my employer start my green card process while I'm on H-1B status?
Yes, and starting early is strongly advisable. Employers can file PERM while you're in valid H-1B status, and an approved I-140 protects your ability to extend H-1B beyond the standard six-year limit under AC21. If your priority date is not yet current when your status would otherwise expire, having an approved I-140 on file lets your employer extend your H-1B in three-year increments until your green card can be completed.