Production Support Developer - Switzerland - Insurance - 8 Months - Ur

Panoramic Associates are urgently looking for a Production Support Developer to join a Reinsurance Company based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Our client operates a number of Risk Analytics applications, some purpose-built (EMS, RRP), some purchased from vendors (RMS and AIR modelling suites, Remetrica, ResQue) and some specific hardware platforms.

THE GOAL OF THIS ENGAGEMENT IS TO:

- Perform regular scheduled maintenance work
- Respond to user service requests
- Investigate and fix bugs in the Production code
- Coordinate deployment of hotfixes, patch releases and major upgrades
- Time permitting, contribute to on going development work

The right candidate will be an experienced Senior Developer, with broad exposure to the design and development of multi-tier/distributed architecture solutions and solid experience of developing applications for Financial Services clients, ideally in Reinsurance or Insurance, although a Risk Management System background will be considered.

THIS ROLE WILL INVOLVE:

- Working with the Business Systems Support Risk Analytics to provide optimal service to the user community
- Resolving code issues in close cooperation with the architecture/development team
- Managing and maintaining a clear prioritization of issue raised in close cooperation with the Head Business Systems Support
- Occasionally work out of hours and on weekends for pressing support work and during release deployments (~1x month)

SKILLS REQUIRED:

CONCEPTUAL

- Advanced understanding of software architecture concepts (n-tier, SOA, web/wcf services) and development techniques and concepts
- Advanced understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and Agile methodologies
- Articulate in expressing the same
- Quick grasp of business concepts and capability to translate development concepts into business language

TECHNIQUES/SKILLS

- Good understanding of Microsoft .NET environment, ASP.NET pipeline (MVC and JQuery), WCF services, web and windows client applications
- Must have strong Back End development skills in a MS SQL SERVER environment, both database design and querying/stored procedures
- Must have worked with C#, WPF, ideally having used MVVM AND PRISM
- Must have worked with task management, issue tracking, and source control management systems, preferably with MS TFS/VISUAL STUDIO
- Should have experience with SCRUM, TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT or other agile development techniques

PERSONALITY

- Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, and organization skills
- Ability to constructively interact with the Product owner and business community to gather and understand requirements
- Ability to work with minimal supervision

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced Senior Developer to join an International Organisation on a contract basis, initially until the end of the year (8 months), with the possibility of an extension after that period. 

If you are interested in being considered for this role please send your CV ASAP.