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Team Leader - Engineering Quality and SecurityWellmark • Des Moines, IA, United States
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Team Leader - Engineering Quality and Security

Team Leader - Engineering Quality and Security

Wellmark • Des Moines, IA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Team Leader - Engineering Quality and Security

In this formal leadership role, you will manage engineers responsible for maturing Wellmark's Quality Engineering and Application Security practices across the entire enterprise engineering function. Own the process and SDLC around test plan, strategy from high level EPIC concept to Release. Leads the strategy, standards, and enablement model for modern testing and secure engineering, ensuring teams have clear patterns, tooling, and guidance to build high-quality, secure software consistently. Establishes enterprise-wide quality practices (test strategy, automation frameworks, test data approaches, coverage expectations, and release quality criteria) and drives adoption through coaching, reusable templates, and community learning. In partnership with security and engineering leadership, embeds secure development practices into day-to-day workflows and CI/CD, leveraging GitHub Advanced Security to operationalize code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency insights. Applies strategic thinking grounded in DevOps and continuous improvement, consulting with senior leaders to align quality and security standards with Wellmark's strategy and measurable outcomes.

This is an engineering leadership role that enforces quality and security through systems, not checkpoints.

Qualifications

Preferred:

  • Over 7 years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, or DevSecOps
  • Proven ownership of test strategy across multiple teams/products and SDLC process improvements
  • Hands on experience implementing automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines
  • Direct experience with GitHub Advanced Security, CodeQL, Dependency and secret scanning tools.
  • Strong understanding of secure coding practices and vulnerability management
  • Experience embedding security into developer workflows (PR checks, branch protections, and automated policy enforcement.
  • Experience setting SLA's for security and quality
  • Proven experience leading and influencing without authority, challenging engineering teams when needed, and balancing speed vs. risk.

Required:

  • Bachelor's degree or direct and applicable work experience.
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience to include any of the combination of the following: AWS Cloud infrastructure management or development; Microsoft Cloud infrastructure management or development; NodeJS, .NET, Python, PowerShell.
  • Leadership typically gained through a combination of project and informal leadership that demonstrates competencies.
  • Strong understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
  • Demonstrated ability to be adaptable and adjust effectively to work within new processes, work requirements, etc.
  • Proven experience in implementing change management initiatives.
  • Strong ability to support innovation and creativity by encouraging team(s) to accept and resolve challenges.
  • Strong communication skills - written and verbal with the ability to adapt the message to various audiences.
  • Demonstrates a methodical and logical approach to addressing customer needs while utilizing innovative solutions/designs as appropriate.
  • Self-starter and proactive in approach.
  • Strong collaboration skills with ability to build relationships across Technology division.
  • Strong decision-making skills with the ability to influence and drive change.
  • Ability to think strategically to communicate and accomplish long-range goals.
  • In-depth knowledge of observability tools and practices, such as monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.
  • Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing coding standards, design patterns, and development processes.
  • Experience generating analytical data for reporting.
  • Proven ability to adapt when experiencing major changes in work tasks or work environment.
  • Knowledge of Agile process and tools
  • Proficiency in HROR highly preferred
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