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Sr Application Reliability Analyst

Health Care Service Corporation · Downers Grove, IL · $84,400–$152,300 a year · Full time

Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about an analysis you did that uncovered a recurring cause of outages.

What they are checking: Whether they can find patterns in incident data that others treated as one-off problems.

Tell me about a project you drove on your own from start to finish. How did you keep it moving?

What they are checking: Whether they can work independently on assigned projects as this senior role expects.

What would you do

An application team says they are too busy to address the reliability gaps you found. How do you get traction?

What they are checking: Whether they can influence without authority by tying reliability work to the team's own pain.

How would you explain a reliability risk to a business user who does not care about the technical details?

What they are checking: Whether they can translate technical risk into member and business impact that leaders act on.

Leadership wants one uptime number for all production applications. What are the risks of that, and what would you suggest?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that a single average can hide the critical systems that are failing.

About the work

How would you measure the reliability of a production application, and which metrics would you report to leadership?

What they are checking: Whether they understand availability, error rates and recovery times and can pick measures that drive action.

Explain the difference between traditional application maintenance support and reliability engineering.

What they are checking: Whether they see reliability as preventing failures systematically, not just fixing tickets faster.

Walk me through how you would run a post-incident review so it leads to real fixes and not blame.

What they are checking: Whether they know how to get honest root causes and turn them into tracked action items.

What would you look for in monitoring and alerting data to predict an outage before it happens?

What they are checking: Whether they think proactively about leading indicators instead of only reacting to failures.

What tools have you used for data analysis on incidents and system performance?

What they are checking: Whether they have hands-on skill pulling and analyzing operational data rather than relying on others.

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The full job description

As published by Health Care Service Corporation.

At HCSC, our employees are the cornerstone of our business and the foundation to our success. We empower employees with curated development plans that foster growth and promote rewarding, fulfilling careers. Join HCSC and be part of a purpose-driven company that will invest in your professional development. Job Summary This position is responsible for analysis related to optimizing reliability / stability objectives for our HCSC Technology Application Reliability Engineering and Support (ARES) team. In addition to operational excellence related to traditional IT Application Maintenance Support (AMS), our operation is instrumental in ensuring optimized uptime for all production applications in our commitment to providing a dependable and stable system for our business users, for our members, and for our various stakeholders. The role of the Senior Reliability Analyst is focused on ensuring Reliability Engineering is supported with data and best practice methodologies to ensure reliability challenges and potential gaps are systematically addressed as a natural course of how we deliver and support systems and applications. The Senior Reliability Analyst will work independently on assigned projects, supporting operational efficiency and process solutions, and will collaborate with management, technical staff and subject matter advisors to understand business needs/issues and develop cost effective resolutions to improve operational efficiency. The Senior Reliability Analyst may also represent the ARES team in meetings with management and other business units. Required Job Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree and 5 years Information Technology experience; OR Tech Certification in Computer Science with 7 years Information Technology experience; OR 9 years Information Technology experience • Knowledge of Cloud computing / SaaS / IaaS / PaaS, Mobile and web technologies, Data center platforms (servers, storage), End user platforms (desktops, laptops, mobile) • Experience in Application and server operations and application configuration, Iterative / agile / scrum development tools, and System architectures and application portfolio • Detail-oriented. • Data analysis. • Ability to simplify & standardize complex concepts / processes. • Oral and written communication skills. • Proactively addresses problems and escalates appropriately. • Problem solving / analytical thinking Preferred Job Qualifications: * Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology. * Continuous improvement. * Testing methodologies. * Proactively addresses problems and escalates appropriately. * Problem solving / analytical thinking. NOTE: This is a WFH role. Sponsorship is not available including if you are currently on OPT. Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at HCSC about our Employee Referral process! Pay Transparency Statement: At Health Care Service Corporation, you will be part of an organization committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees to support their life outside of work. From health and wellness benefits, 401(k) savings plan, pension plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, disability insurance, supplemental life insurance, employee assistance program, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, plus other incentives, we offer a robust total rewards package for employees. Learn more about our benefit offerings by visiting https://careers.hcsc.com/totalrewards . The compensation offered will vary depending on your job-related skills, education, knowledge, and experience. This role aligns with an annual incentive bonus plan subject to the terms and the conditions of the plan. HCSC Employment Statement: We are an Equal Opportunity Employment employer dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where the unique differences of our employees are respected and valued. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Base Pay Range $84,400.00 - $152,300.00 Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

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