Senior Developer

Job Description

Senior software engineer responsible for enhancements & support of the actuarial modelling/prediction platform. Works in team environment and provides technical guidance throughout the entire software life cycle. Duties include analysis, design, estimation, planning, implementation, unit/integration testing of platform improvements and operational support to ensure systems availability for business stakeholders. Also required is status tracking, communication of progress and issue resolution.

- Apply expertise in C#.Net, Oracle PL/SQL (highly desired) skills to design, implement & deliver product solutions
- Meet regularly with Project Management and Technical leads to evaluate status, milestones, risks, issues
- Work independently through a full system development life cycle while providing estimates, deliverables, and results
- Engage in customer planning sessions and demonstrate ability to drive out requirements
- Analyze requirements, develop technical specifications and perform solution gap analysis via Agile/Scrum methodology
- Provide technical and/or business application consultation to customers and team members regarding functionality, architecture, operating systems and databases for complex product systems
- Prepare and present application and programming design solutions to fulfil business requirements
- Engage technical analysts and business users to provide input on test cases, test scenarios, and test plans
- Engage other IT teams outside of immediate group as required (product integration points, infrastructure, helpdesk, security)
- Evaluate and balance application change risk with business need for timely product enhancements
- Efficiently design, deliver and release operational enhancements to address performance, stability, monitorability
- Develop & mature operational support knowledge base and playbook documentation to complement product solutions
- Identify and rapidly resolve issues to enable business operations
- Provide training and guidance to team members and users as required
- Develop and maintain effective customer relationships

Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience/education
- 6+ years of experience in programming/systems analysis.
- 6+ years of experience implementing SOA applications with heavy relational database integration
- 3+ years of experience with agile development including code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, refactoring.
- Advanced Ability to translate business needs and problems into systems' design and technical solutions.
- Proven experience with structured and Object Oriented programming, design patterns, relational database design, operating systems, networking concepts, and systems integration.
- Demonstrates an ability to evaluate project objectives and scope for feasibility, understanding, scheduling, and ensure projects meet budget and plan criteria.
- Complex analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work well within a team environment and ability to multi-task
- Advanced interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to apply leadership when required.
- Advanced oral and written communication skills

Technical Requirements:
- C#.Net
- High volume RDBMS database experience

Preferred: - Microsoft HPC (Microsoft)
- PL/SQL (Oracle)
- HTML/XML/Javascript
- Test Driven Development
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or Business Management.
- Experience with Sungard Prophet Professional and/or Prophet Enterprise (highly preferred)
- Insurance industry knowledge. LOMA certification
- Microsoft and/or Oracle Certification