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Resp & Qualifications
PURPOSE:
CareFirst is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for ERP Financial Systems to provide technical leadership for the applications, integrations, and data that enable enterprise accounting and finance. The immediate mandate is dependable ownership and modernization of the current Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) financial landscape, including close-critical processes, upstream and downstream interfaces, reporting, controls, and production support.
The Lead will also prepare the organization for a future cloud ERP decision that may include Workday, Oracle Cloud ERP, or another solution. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who understands accounting operations, can improve a complex production environment, and can shape a platform-neutral modernization strategy.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Set architecture and engineering direction for Oracle EBS Financials, related extensions, integrations, data, reporting, security, environments, and observability.
- Lead solution design and engineering reviews across GL, AP, AR, FA, CM, SLA, purchasing-related accounting, banking, tax, expense, reporting, and close processes.
- Define reusable standards for APIs, middleware, batch processing, data transformation, reconciliation, monitoring, testing, deployment, and documentation.
- Guide engineers and partners through complex delivery, performance tuning, critical incidents, releases, and technical-debt reduction.
Service Ownership, Controls & Partnership
- Own technical health, reliability, supportability, risk, controls, and lifecycle planning for the financial technology portfolio.
- Lead response to close-critical and high-severity production issues, ensuring root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
- Partner with Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Audit, Infrastructure, vendors, and product leadership on roadmap and delivery priorities.
- Strengthen reconciliation, traceability, segregation of duties, access controls, audit evidence, and operational readiness.
Future-State Strategy
- Create a fact-based current-state architecture and modernization backlog covering configurations, customizations, integrations, data, reports, controls, and close dependencies.
- Lead technical evaluation and fit-gap work for Workday Financial Management, Oracle Cloud ERP, or other options, including data, integration, reporting, controls, and implementation readiness.
- Develop transition principles for coexistence, data conversion, integration rationalization, testing, cutover, financial reconciliation, and service continuity.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
Position does not have direct reports but is expected to assist in guiding and mentoring less experienced staff. May lead a team of matrixed resources.
Education Level: Bachelors degree in information technology, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field OR in lieu of a bachelors degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience in addition to the required work experience.
Experience: 10+ years of experience in financial systems, enterprise applications, software engineering, or ERP integration, including 3+ years providing technical leadership for complex solutions or teams.
Required Qualifications:
- Deep technical experience with Oracle EBS Financials and expert functional understanding of accounting processes, including GL, AP, subledger accounting, and period close.
- Proven leadership across SQL/PLSQL, interfaces, APIs, middleware, data conversion, reporting, security, testing, releases, and production operations.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with finance executives, controllers, accountants, auditors, architects, and engineers and convert complex needs into an executable roadmap.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience spanning Oracle EBS and a cloud ERP such as Workday Financial Management or Oracle Cloud ERP.
- Experience with Boomi, MuleSoft, Oracle Integration Cloud, Accounting Center, data conversion, enterprise reporting, or finance transformation programs.
- Experience in healthcare, insurance, or another regulated industry; architecture, CPA-domain, SAFe, or Agile credentials are a plus.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability to evaluate existing systems and propose scalable, supportable solutions.
- Ability to translate between business processes, functional requirements, data, integrations, and technical design.
- Experience integrating complex enterprise systems using REST/SOAP APIs, XML/JSON, SFTP, middleware, and batch or event-driven patterns.
- Knowledge and understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC), Agile delivery, release management, CI/CD, testing, and code-quality practices.
- Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure and database technologies such as SQL and Oracle.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation, stakeholder-management, and customer-service skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet established deadlines, and provide effective service to internal and external customers.
- Familiarity with security, segregation of duties, audit controls, and data governance in a regulated environment.
- Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.
Salary Range: $115,128 - $228,657
Salary Range Disclaimer
The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the work is being performed. This compensation range is specific and considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, and market and business consideration. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range, as compensation decisions depend on each case's facts and circumstances, including but not limited to experience, internal equity, and location. In addition to your compensation, CareFirst offers a comprehensive benefits package, various incentive programs/plans, and 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).
Department
Corporate Financial Systems
Equal Employment Opportunity
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Federal Disc/Physical Demand
Note: The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes him/her ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The associate is primarily seated while performing the duties of the position. Occasional walking or standing is required. The hands are regularly used to write, type, key and handle or feel small controls and objects. The associate must frequently talk and hear. Weights up to 25 pounds are occasionally lifted.
Sponsorship in US
Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without Sponsorship
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Resp & Qualifications
PURPOSE:
CareFirst is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for ERP Financial Systems to provide technical leadership for the applications, integrations, and data that enable enterprise accounting and finance. The immediate mandate is dependable ownership and modernization of the current Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) financial landscape, including close-critical processes, upstream and downstream interfaces, reporting, controls, and production support.
The Lead will also prepare the organization for a future cloud ERP decision that may include Workday, Oracle Cloud ERP, or another solution. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who understands accounting operations, can improve a complex production environment, and can shape a platform-neutral modernization strategy.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Set architecture and engineering direction for Oracle EBS Financials, related extensions, integrations, data, reporting, security, environments, and observability.
- Lead solution design and engineering reviews across GL, AP, AR, FA, CM, SLA, purchasing-related accounting, banking, tax, expense, reporting, and close processes.
- Define reusable standards for APIs, middleware, batch processing, data transformation, reconciliation, monitoring, testing, deployment, and documentation.
- Guide engineers and partners through complex delivery, performance tuning, critical incidents, releases, and technical-debt reduction.
Service Ownership, Controls & Partnership
- Own technical health, reliability, supportability, risk, controls, and lifecycle planning for the financial technology portfolio.
- Lead response to close-critical and high-severity production issues, ensuring root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
- Partner with Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Audit, Infrastructure, vendors, and product leadership on roadmap and delivery priorities.
- Strengthen reconciliation, traceability, segregation of duties, access controls, audit evidence, and operational readiness.
Future-State Strategy
- Create a fact-based current-state architecture and modernization backlog covering configurations, customizations, integrations, data, reports, controls, and close dependencies.
- Lead technical evaluation and fit-gap work for Workday Financial Management, Oracle Cloud ERP, or other options, including data, integration, reporting, controls, and implementation readiness.
- Develop transition principles for coexistence, data conversion, integration rationalization, testing, cutover, financial reconciliation, and service continuity.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
Position does not have direct reports but is expected to assist in guiding and mentoring less experienced staff. May lead a team of matrixed resources.
Education Level: Bachelors degree in information technology, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field OR in lieu of a bachelors degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience in addition to the required work experience.
Experience: 10+ years of experience in financial systems, enterprise applications, software engineering, or ERP integration, including 3+ years providing technical leadership for complex solutions or teams.
Required Qualifications:
- Deep technical experience with Oracle EBS Financials and expert functional understanding of accounting processes, including GL, AP, subledger accounting, and period close.
- Proven leadership across SQL/PLSQL, interfaces, APIs, middleware, data conversion, reporting, security, testing, releases, and production operations.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with finance executives, controllers, accountants, auditors, architects, and engineers and convert complex needs into an executable roadmap.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience spanning Oracle EBS and a cloud ERP such as Workday Financial Management or Oracle Cloud ERP.
- Experience with Boomi, MuleSoft, Oracle Integration Cloud, Accounting Center, data conversion, enterprise reporting, or finance transformation programs.
- Experience in healthcare, insurance, or another regulated industry; architecture, CPA-domain, SAFe, or Agile credentials are a plus.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability to evaluate existing systems and propose scalable, supportable solutions.
- Ability to translate between business processes, functional requirements, data, integrations, and technical design.
- Experience integrating complex enterprise systems using REST/SOAP APIs, XML/JSON, SFTP, middleware, and batch or event-driven patterns.
- Knowledge and understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC), Agile delivery, release management, CI/CD, testing, and code-quality practices.
- Working knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure and database technologies such as SQL and Oracle.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, documentation, stakeholder-management, and customer-service skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet established deadlines, and provide effective service to internal and external customers.
- Familiarity with security, segregation of duties, audit controls, and data governance in a regulated environment.
- Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.
Salary Range: $115,128 - $228,657
Salary Range Disclaimer
The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the work is being performed. This compensation range is specific and considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, and market and business consideration. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range, as compensation decisions depend on each case's facts and circumstances, including but not limited to experience, internal equity, and location. In addition to your compensation, CareFirst offers a comprehensive benefits package, various incentive programs/plans, and 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).
Department
Corporate Financial Systems
Equal Employment Opportunity
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Federal Disc/Physical Demand
Note: The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes him/her ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The associate is primarily seated while performing the duties of the position. Occasional walking or standing is required. The hands are regularly used to write, type, key and handle or feel small controls and objects. The associate must frequently talk and hear. Weights up to 25 pounds are occasionally lifted.
Sponsorship in US
Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without Sponsorship
#LI-MK1
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Who's Hiring
- Sargent & Lundy19
- Eaton4
- Siemens3
- Ramp2
- Wendy's2
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote systems lead jobs.
- Five or more years of experience designing or owning complex technical systems at scale
- Proficiency in systems architecture, distributed systems design, or platform engineering
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives across engineering and product teams
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive and stakeholder audiences
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Systems Lead Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote systems lead openings from across the U.S. in one place so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly. Remote postings often close fast once a distributed team finds candidates who clearly fit.
Show async communication in your application
Remote systems lead employers screen for written clarity because most coordination happens in Slack, Confluence, or Jira rather than meetings. Your cover letter and any written responses are your first proof that you can lead a distributed team through documentation alone.
Document systems you have owned end to end
Put together a concise record of architectures, runbooks, or process improvements you designed and shipped without in-person support. Remote hiring managers want evidence you can own a system independently, not just contribute to one.
Prepare for asynchronous remote interviews
Many distributed teams use take-home system design exercises or recorded video screens before a live call. Practice writing up a system design decision with clear tradeoffs in under 30 minutes, since that format is common for remote systems lead roles.
Remote Systems Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote systems lead job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering or operations teams, where systems leads manage infrastructure and processes without in-person oversight. Remote employers screen for strong written communication, documented system design thinking, and a proven ability to coordinate across time zones without hand-holding. Sharing a portfolio of past systems work, architecture decisions, or process improvements you owned end-to-end gives you a clear edge over candidates who only list responsibilities.
Which companies hire remote systems leads?
Remote systems lead roles are posted by Sargent & Lundy, Eaton, and Siemens and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The bulk of remote openings come from remote-first software companies, distributed SaaS teams, and technology-forward organizations in sectors where infrastructure and operations work travels well across locations.
Can you get a remote systems lead job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level systems lead roles are harder to land because employers expect you to operate independently from day one without on-site mentorship. Your best path is through smaller remote-first startups or contract roles where you can build visible ownership of a system. Showing documented personal projects, open-source contributions, or freelance infrastructure work you managed solo can substitute for formal experience in a distributed team context.
Do you need a degree for remote systems lead jobs?
Not always. Remote employers hiring systems leads weigh demonstrated systems thinking, hands-on technical depth, and evidence that you can own complex work independently over formal credentials. A degree helps at larger organizations, but many remote-first companies care far more about what you've built, documented, and shipped than where you studied.
Which industries hire the most remote systems leads?
Most remote systems lead openings sit in Manufacturing, Retail, and Technology & Software, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire systems leads remotely because their products, platforms, and operations are built on distributed teams that need someone coordinating infrastructure and processes across locations without requiring physical presence.
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