Summary:
Work with the IT development team, product owners, other staff to implement digital applications or core company systems; developing, implementing, and maintaining software components and user interfaces; use services and data to communicate with other platforms; and participate in agile teams to deliver consistent work.
Functions:
- Develop, test, install, and maintain insurance systems including:
- Integrating insurance systems.
- Digital enablement of existing systems.
- Web services – internal and external.
- Data mapping and transformation between different systems.
- Expert systems and business rules.
- Share technical knowledge and skills with IT team.
- Assist in the analysis and design of business system automation projects.
- Carry out assigned responsibilities in the maintenance, security, and support of IT projects.
- Maintain knowledge of industry and technology practices and developments through continuing education and networking.
- Provide continuous improvement of existing code base and applications.
- Monitoring and support of systems on and off-hours, including nightly batch and portals as assigned.
- Support the IT team with other duties as assigned.
- College degree or comparable experience in web development languages, computer science, computer technology, or other internet-related computer technology required.
- Effective interpersonal and user/peer team relationship and communication skills required.
- Requires little to no supervision or guidance with most tasks.
- Solid foundation of technologies and solution delivery required.
- Fundamental understanding of architecture design and patterns required.
- Ability to work through problems and recommend techniques to solve them required.
- Proficiency in one or more coding languages required.
- Highly competent in a specific area of software development required.
- Familiarity with code automated unit testing required.
- Experience in or ability to learn Property and Casualty insurance principles, agency-company interface, and insurance web site development required.
- Ability to work independently on mid to complex tasks required.
- Ability to work flexible hours, travel to all organization offices (including in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and South Dakota) and travel to vendor work sites required.
- Ability to work in an office environment with moderate noise level, remain in a stationary position and operate a computer a majority of the time required.
- Ability to move throughout the office to access work materials and to move work materials weighing up to ten pounds daily required.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation required.