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Get Access To All JobsWe take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with Blue Cross.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
POSITION PURPOSE
Working without supervision (and with extensive latitude for independent judgment) design, develop, document, test, debug, and support new and existing software systems and/or applications built on the ServiceNow cloud-based workflow automation PaaS. This includes implementation of out-of-the-box SaaS ServiceNow offerings such as ITOM, ITFM, ITAM, ITBM/SPM, Virtual Agents, AI, as well as ServiceNow Mobile applications, at the Pro or Enterprise level. It would also include custom applications built on the Now Platform as needed by the business. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities.
NATURE AND SCOPE
- This role does not manage people
- This role reports to this job: Departmental Leadership
- Necessary Contacts: To do this job effectively the incumbent has to be in contact with all levels of BCBSLA personnel.
- Necessary Decision Making: to do this role effectively the incumbent has to make and support technical decisions which lead the ServiceNow platform and the organization in a strategic direction.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field
- MBA or Masters in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is preferred. Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
Work Experience
- 7 years of software development experience required. Must have a minimum of five years of IT experience using general development technologies (i.e., C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, REST, Git/GitHub) or comparable computing technology (i.e. .NET, Java, BI, ERP) or comparable cloud platform (Salesforce, Power Platform, WorkDay, SAP, Oracle Cloud, etc) as approved by the hiring manager.
- 4 years of ServiceNow experience. Platform management, Module Implementation, Upgrade Management. Experience may run concurrently
- 2 years of: Creating Custom Applications on ServiceNow Platform, DevOps, Automation, web technologies such as AJAX, JQUERY, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, React, Node.js, Python, XML, SOAP, REST, JSON, Jelly, etc. Experience may run concurrently
- Demonstrated experience leading the technical design and development of ServiceNow solutions across ITSM, CMDB, ITOM, SPM, CSM, Now Agents and custom applications.
- Preferred Integration Experience: Exposure to Oauth2, API management, SSO, SAML, and other security/integration technologies preferred
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to think strategically, balance long and short-term priorities. Requires the knowledge and ability to analyze and solve complex, logical problems
- Ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence with clients; establish strong working relationships with business and technology partners at all levels; exercise sound judgment; collaborate effectively with peers, subordinates and superiors
- Must understand and have experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Ability to adapt to change. Must be able to work in Agile fashion. Scrum / SAFe / DevOps
- Ability to develop and deploy software in DevOps, CI/CD Environment.
- Ability to keep up with fast changing cloud technologies such as ServiceNow, Azure, AWS.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize a heavy workload in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Understanding of business operations and key business drivers (or aptitude to develop understanding quickly)
- The candidate must be flexible in terms of working practices as the role requires on call rotation which might include some evening, weekend and holiday work.
- Develop new ideas to the team and influence the department in a positive direction based on strategic thinking.
Licenses and Certifications
- A proven background of ServiceNow Developer, Admin and Product training is expected. This can be certifications, Now Learning history, conference attendance, user group attendance, developer forum participation.
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Serve as technical expert and consult on future development projects as we expand use of the platform.
- Leverage IntegrationHub to integrate with other cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365 and WorkDay. Participate in full Agile software development life cycle including requirements analysis and design as performed in SAFe and Scrum.
- Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements. Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
- Identify and evaluate new technologies and new ServiceNow modules for implementation.
- Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
- Participate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
- Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and leads from other major IT areas to develop well aligned solutions.
- Implement, Document, Support and maintain the ServiceNow Platform and custom applications built on the platform.
- Maintain knowledge of departmental service offerings and business requirements to ensure solutions efficiently and effectively meet business needs
- Create custom applications, primarily on the ServiceNow Platform and/or other platforms as needed.
- Utilize Java Scripting, HTML, CSS, and PowerShell to deliver solutions that automate and audit business processes
- Collaborate with stakeholders by creating and refining user stories in an Agile development framework.
- Lead in professional video meetings with business stakeholders and teammates.
- Participate in certifying all applications for use after a ServiceNow upgrade completes.
- Performs continuous learning concerning the ever-changing ServiceNow platform. Learns about new modules, reads, and understands release-notes, documents findings and presents findings to the team.
- Gather information from stakeholders to document functional, system, and data requirements
- Assess available technologies and create detailed technical specifications or data models for development of new or modifications to existing internal applications or systems
- Develop and maintain internal systems or applications involving various programming languages
- Perform testing, analysis, and debugging on applications and systems to identify and fix problems
- Use development specifications to create detailed test cases. Analyze results of testing to ensure technology solution matches the organization's business needs
- Train or contribute to training of stakeholders and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented technologies
- Research and remain informed of new technology and development tools
- Provide support to the testing team on an as needed basis
- Provides leadership, advice, and training to less experienced peers
- Document system problems and resolutions for future reference
- Provides technical support and troubleshooting assistance on software application related issues
- Maintain configuration management
- The candidate must be flexible in terms of working practices as the role requires on call rotation which might include some evening, weekend and holiday work
An Equal Opportunity Employer
All BCBSLA EMPLOYEES please apply through Workday Careers.
PLEASE USE A WEB BROWSER OTHER THAN INTERNET EXPLORER IF YOU ENCOUNTER ISSUES (CHROME, FIREFOX, SAFARI)
Additional Information
Please be sure to monitor your email frequently for communications you may receive during the recruiting process. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those most qualified will be contacted. To monitor the status of your application, please visit the "My Applications" section in the Candidate Home section of your Workday account.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, please contact recruiting@bcbsla.com for assistance.
In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, Blue Cross encourages the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with Blue Cross.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
POSITION PURPOSE
Working without supervision (and with extensive latitude for independent judgment) design, develop, document, test, debug, and support new and existing software systems and/or applications built on the ServiceNow cloud-based workflow automation PaaS. This includes implementation of out-of-the-box SaaS ServiceNow offerings such as ITOM, ITFM, ITAM, ITBM/SPM, Virtual Agents, AI, as well as ServiceNow Mobile applications, at the Pro or Enterprise level. It would also include custom applications built on the Now Platform as needed by the business. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities.
NATURE AND SCOPE
- This role does not manage people
- This role reports to this job: Departmental Leadership
- Necessary Contacts: To do this job effectively the incumbent has to be in contact with all levels of BCBSLA personnel.
- Necessary Decision Making: to do this role effectively the incumbent has to make and support technical decisions which lead the ServiceNow platform and the organization in a strategic direction.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field
- MBA or Masters in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is preferred. Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
Work Experience
- 7 years of software development experience required. Must have a minimum of five years of IT experience using general development technologies (i.e., C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, REST, Git/GitHub) or comparable computing technology (i.e. .NET, Java, BI, ERP) or comparable cloud platform (Salesforce, Power Platform, WorkDay, SAP, Oracle Cloud, etc) as approved by the hiring manager.
- 4 years of ServiceNow experience. Platform management, Module Implementation, Upgrade Management. Experience may run concurrently
- 2 years of: Creating Custom Applications on ServiceNow Platform, DevOps, Automation, web technologies such as AJAX, JQUERY, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, React, Node.js, Python, XML, SOAP, REST, JSON, Jelly, etc. Experience may run concurrently
- Demonstrated experience leading the technical design and development of ServiceNow solutions across ITSM, CMDB, ITOM, SPM, CSM, Now Agents and custom applications.
- Preferred Integration Experience: Exposure to Oauth2, API management, SSO, SAML, and other security/integration technologies preferred
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to think strategically, balance long and short-term priorities. Requires the knowledge and ability to analyze and solve complex, logical problems
- Ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and confidence with clients; establish strong working relationships with business and technology partners at all levels; exercise sound judgment; collaborate effectively with peers, subordinates and superiors
- Must understand and have experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Ability to adapt to change. Must be able to work in Agile fashion. Scrum / SAFe / DevOps
- Ability to develop and deploy software in DevOps, CI/CD Environment.
- Ability to keep up with fast changing cloud technologies such as ServiceNow, Azure, AWS.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize a heavy workload in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Understanding of business operations and key business drivers (or aptitude to develop understanding quickly)
- The candidate must be flexible in terms of working practices as the role requires on call rotation which might include some evening, weekend and holiday work.
- Develop new ideas to the team and influence the department in a positive direction based on strategic thinking.
Licenses and Certifications
- A proven background of ServiceNow Developer, Admin and Product training is expected. This can be certifications, Now Learning history, conference attendance, user group attendance, developer forum participation.
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Serve as technical expert and consult on future development projects as we expand use of the platform.
- Leverage IntegrationHub to integrate with other cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365 and WorkDay. Participate in full Agile software development life cycle including requirements analysis and design as performed in SAFe and Scrum.
- Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements. Support, maintain, and document software functionality.
- Identify and evaluate new technologies and new ServiceNow modules for implementation.
- Analyze code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed.
- Participate in software design meetings and analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
- Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and leads from other major IT areas to develop well aligned solutions.
- Implement, Document, Support and maintain the ServiceNow Platform and custom applications built on the platform.
- Maintain knowledge of departmental service offerings and business requirements to ensure solutions efficiently and effectively meet business needs
- Create custom applications, primarily on the ServiceNow Platform and/or other platforms as needed.
- Utilize Java Scripting, HTML, CSS, and PowerShell to deliver solutions that automate and audit business processes
- Collaborate with stakeholders by creating and refining user stories in an Agile development framework.
- Lead in professional video meetings with business stakeholders and teammates.
- Participate in certifying all applications for use after a ServiceNow upgrade completes.
- Performs continuous learning concerning the ever-changing ServiceNow platform. Learns about new modules, reads, and understands release-notes, documents findings and presents findings to the team.
- Gather information from stakeholders to document functional, system, and data requirements
- Assess available technologies and create detailed technical specifications or data models for development of new or modifications to existing internal applications or systems
- Develop and maintain internal systems or applications involving various programming languages
- Perform testing, analysis, and debugging on applications and systems to identify and fix problems
- Use development specifications to create detailed test cases. Analyze results of testing to ensure technology solution matches the organization's business needs
- Train or contribute to training of stakeholders and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented technologies
- Research and remain informed of new technology and development tools
- Provide support to the testing team on an as needed basis
- Provides leadership, advice, and training to less experienced peers
- Document system problems and resolutions for future reference
- Provides technical support and troubleshooting assistance on software application related issues
- Maintain configuration management
- The candidate must be flexible in terms of working practices as the role requires on call rotation which might include some evening, weekend and holiday work
An Equal Opportunity Employer
All BCBSLA EMPLOYEES please apply through Workday Careers.
PLEASE USE A WEB BROWSER OTHER THAN INTERNET EXPLORER IF YOU ENCOUNTER ISSUES (CHROME, FIREFOX, SAFARI)
Additional Information
Please be sure to monitor your email frequently for communications you may receive during the recruiting process. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those most qualified will be contacted. To monitor the status of your application, please visit the "My Applications" section in the Candidate Home section of your Workday account.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, please contact recruiting@bcbsla.com for assistance.
In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, Blue Cross encourages the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Servicenow Software Engineer
Target enterprise employers with ServiceNow partnerships
Large consulting firms and Fortune 500 companies with official ServiceNow Partner status file H-1B petitions regularly. These employers have established immigration infrastructure, making the sponsorship process faster and more predictable than smaller shops.
Get certified before applying
A Certified System Administrator or Certified Application Developer credential signals specialized expertise USCIS looks for in specialty occupation petitions. Certifications also differentiate your application when employers are weighing sponsorship costs against candidate value.
Frame your degree in terms of the role requirements
Computer science, information systems, and software engineering degrees map directly to ServiceNow roles. Make this connection explicit in your resume and cover letter so employers see that your H-1B petition carries a low approval risk.
Prioritize employers who have filed H-1B petitions before
Companies with no prior H-1B history face steeper administrative hurdles. Employers who regularly sponsor can move faster, have preferred immigration attorneys on retainer, and understand LCA filing timelines that first-time sponsors frequently underestimate.
Highlight platform-specific experience in your application
Employers justify H-1B sponsorship partly by demonstrating the role requires specialized knowledge. Detailing experience with specific ServiceNow modules, scripting, or integrations strengthens both your candidacy and the employer's specialty occupation argument to USCIS.
Browse Migrate Mate to find roles explicitly open to sponsorship
Most job postings don't advertise visa sponsorship availability upfront. Migrate Mate filters specifically for employers willing to sponsor, saving you from applying to roles where sponsorship was never an option before you invested time in the process.
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Find Servicenow Software Engineer JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a ServiceNow Software Engineer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. ServiceNow Software Engineer roles consistently qualify as specialty occupations because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a closely related field. USCIS approves H-1B petitions for these roles regularly, particularly when the petition documents platform-specific technical requirements like scripting, API integrations, or custom application development within the ServiceNow ecosystem.
Which visa types do employers most commonly use to sponsor ServiceNow Software Engineers?
H-1B is by far the most common visa for this role. Australians may qualify for the E-3, which skips the lottery entirely and allows direct consular processing. Canadians and Mexicans can explore the TN visa under the software engineer category. L-1B is an option if you're transferring internally from a foreign office of a multinational employer already running ServiceNow.
Does my degree field need to match the ServiceNow role exactly?
It needs to be in a directly related field, not necessarily an exact match. Computer science, software engineering, management information systems, and information technology all support ServiceNow petitions well. A business administration degree alone is unlikely to suffice. If your degree field is borderline, combining it with ServiceNow certifications and years of platform-specific experience strengthens the specialty occupation argument considerably.
How do I find ServiceNow Software Engineer jobs where employers are actually willing to sponsor visas?
Standard job boards rarely surface sponsorship willingness upfront. Migrate Mate is built specifically for this problem, filtering roles by employers open to visa sponsorship so you're not guessing. Focus your search on consulting firms with ServiceNow partner status and large enterprises running ITSM platforms, as these employers sponsor most frequently and have the immigration infrastructure to move efficiently.
Can I switch employers mid-H-1B if I'm already sponsored as a ServiceNow engineer?
Yes, through H-1B portability. If you've been in H-1B status for at least 180 days and your new employer files an H-1B transfer petition before your current status expires, you can typically start the new job as soon as the petition is filed, not just after approval. The new employer files a fresh I-129 with an LCA specific to the new position and work location.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Servicenow Software Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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