AVP, Software Development, Modernization Lead

Description

About Everest

Everest Group, a NYSE listed S&P 500, is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years.

Everest is a growth company offering Property, Casualty and Specialty products. We have extensive product and distribution capabilities backed by a strong balance sheet which is evident in our Financial Agency Ratings of : A+ A.

M. Best, A+ S&P Global and A1 Moody’s Investor Service.

We take pride in being known in the industry as nimble, entrepreneurial, and responsive. Our culture is innovative, we empower our employees to make business decisions within our risk framework at a local level.

At Everest, we are committed to the development of our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees.

You will benefit from career development and learning opportunities that will let you set career goals and fulfill them, including :

• Generous tuition / continuing education reimbursement
• Mentoring opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements
• Talent development initiatives
• Networking groups

Job Summary :

Everest Group is looking for a Modernization Lead to support the modernization of Everest’s Pricing Applications to join our Warren, NJ office.

The candidate will provide results-oriented guidance in modernizing the pricing applications, resolving system issues, delivering modifications and enhancements.

They will closely communicate and coordinate with business partners in prioritization of work to ensure timely resolution of issues and enhancements, while ensuring changes are in line with the Global system template.

Additionally, they will ensure process controls are followed and documented properly to ensure system stability, performance, and functionality.

Responsibilities include but not limited to :

Build and implement complex, large-scale high performing pricing applications capable of integrating with multiple internal / external systems.

Lead & Mentor a team of software engineers to build quality software solutions aligned to architecture guidelines.

Engage in and lead development efforts across the full SDLC from design and coding through test, QA, deployment, and maintenance.

Leverage experience with cloud infrastructure to build cloud-based software solutions and support the applications on Cloud.

Collaborate with senior leadership and business stakeholders to understand business requirements and convert into technical stories and software solutions.

Develop proofs of concept (POCs) with new technology stack and implement well-designed, high performing, scalable, and testable code.

Serve as technical lead for team of Engineers and make sure they have what is needed to perform their jobs, manage their work, motivate them to perform their duties well, and monitor performance.

Conduct code reviews, guide engineers to how to refactor code to ensure optimized, fully functional applications.

Partner with architects in implementation of appropriate digital solution architecture governance processes and tools while maintaining a key focus on design patterns and technology standards reuse

Define and manage repository of digital architecture assets (APIs, Services) and coordinate effective reuse across the digital enterprise

Explore and evaluate new / open source technologies for use within the digital enterprise to foster innovation and influence speed to market

Qualifications, Education & Experience :

16+ years of hands-on, full-stack development experience building end to end software applications utilizing the Microsoft technology stack : C#, .

Net Core, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, MVC, Web API, XML, XSLT, Entity Framework, LINQ, Microservices, Single Page Application - Angular, React.

Reinsurance or Insurance background required; experience in implementing underwriting or pricing applications

Deep understanding and solid experience of SQL Server, Cosmos DB, including database design models, database performance optimization and the ability to develop and maintain PL / SQL Packages, Stored Procedures, Triggers, and Functions in SQL Server

Previous experience with cloud solutions (Azure preferred) along with experience configuring Dev-Ops / continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI / CD) pipelines using tools such as Git, Jenkins and / or Maven.

Experience in building scalable and high performing applications with large data sets involving actuarial models.

Demonstrated experience developing REST based APIs using Microservice architecture, Open API Specification and / or creating specifications w / Swagger

Previous experience with Integration Architectures from API Mediation to Event Bus models

Knowledge of messaging queue tools such as MQ and Kafka

Experience with Python and VBA scripting preferred.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies :

Certification in Azure

Experience with other cloud providers

Experience with Docker and containerization

Knowledge of networking and security principles

VBA & Python scripting preferred.

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve.

We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors.

Clickto learn more about our culture.

Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work : Talent.

Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function : Respect everyone.

Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.

LI-Hybrid

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Type : Regular

Regular

Time Type : Full time

Full time

Primary Location : Warren, NJ

Warren, NJ

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