• IND - Staff Engineer, Reliability
• GCC070

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Job Description:

A new role can expand your knowledge and your network, and help you learn more about our business. If you think this opportunity is a fit for your career you should apply. If you are not sure you can have a conversation with your manager.

The Hartford is seeking a highly motivated Guidewire (Policy Center) Technical Lead Software Engineer. Our ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills, proficiency in managing matrix technical teams, technical acumen, and is experienced in delivering quality technical solutions as well as setting and executing on a strategic technical vision. Strong candidates will balance their Guidewire Policy Center Development experience with strong interpersonal/communication skills, and leverage their ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership, enforcing the vision of the application architecture and integrity of the application environment in alliance with architects and other tech leads
Participate in development; oversees code reviews and sets standards for development practices
Partners with the project team to provide estimates, quality and accuracy of technical designs, build and implementation.
Understand and implement the overall technical vision for projects, programs and systems, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization and architecture rationalization. Mentor, coach and train team members and peers, both internal and vendor partners, to enforce development guidelines and best practices.
Work closely with the architecture team to ensure that the technical solution designs and implementation are consistent with the architectural vision.
Develop code that conforms to The Hartford coding standards and industry best practices.
Work closely with development team, BA’s, App managers, QA test leads and architects using Agile methodology.
Oversee technical deliverables, coaching and mentoring of junior developers and provide technical leadership for same.
Understand and implement the overall technical vision for projects, programs, or systems, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization and architecture rationalization.

Qualifications:

5+ years’ experience in Guidewire Policy Center configuration and integration development using GOSU with Policy Center v 7.0/8.0/10.
5+ years of experience developing web based Java/J2EE or .Net applications.
Experience leading software development teams.
Bachelor’s degree in computer Science or related field.
Hands-on experience with Java and J2EE technologies, such as, Java Web Services, JMS, JSP, XML,JSON, JDBC etc.
Experience with Web Services (SOAP and Rest)
Experience with Spring Batch/Boot a plus.
Experience with containerization and experience in cloud infrastructure environments like Openshift AWS, Azure is an advantage
Experience working in the security domain a plus.
Experience with Oracle and SQL Server relational database technologies.
Knowledge of open source database technologies is beneficial

Experience with JBoss:

Experience with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, preferred tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Rally, Sonar Qube etc.
Familiar with Agile methodology
Demonstrate skills in shaping and leading development of technical specifications
Strong problem solving and analysis skills
Demonstrated ability to complete tasks within established timelines
Strong relationship building skills

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