Mainframe Developer; Insurance

Every day, Guardian gives 27 million people the security they deserve through our insurance and wealth management products and services. Since our founding in 1860, our long-term view has helped our customers prepare for whatever life brings, whether starting a family, planning for the future, or taking care of employees. Today we’re a Fortune 250 company and a leading provider of life, disability, and other benefits for individuals, at the workplace, and through government-sponsored programs.

Do you have the desire to be part of a collaborative and innovative technology group? Is a culture where “People Count,” “We Do the Right Thing,” and “We Hold Ourselves to Very High Standards” important to you? If so, Guardian Life Insurance Company is actively seeking a hardworking and self-motivated individual to join its team.

• Translate business and technical requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed business application systems supporting the administration of Individual Disability Insurance, Multi-Life Disability Insurance, and our Business Insurance product offerings, along with a closed-block book of Life policies administered on our systems.
• Lead and contribute to modernization and rehosting initiatives, including migration of mainframe workloads to modern cloud platforms (primarily AWS).
• Design, develop, and maintain applications using Procedural Java and other modernization toolsets.
• Perform technical analysis, design, development, testing, installation, and maintenance of information systems, collaborating with customers and other developers to determine the most efficient and cost-effective solutions.
• Apply disciplined software development processes and leverage modern technologies to engineer and implement automated solutions to business problems.
• Support integration and communication between distributed systems and mainframe environments, including web services and middleware protocols.

• Demonstrated experience in mainframe modernization and rehosting, including supporting migration of legacy applications to cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Hands‑on Java experience. Procedural Java experience preferred.
• Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, AWS hosted applications, DB2 (preferred RDS for DB2 LUW), and related mainframe to modern cloud technologies & procedures.
• Experience with batch processing and administration of Disability and Life Insurance Policy systems.
• Strong background in functional and regression testing, working closely with quality assurance.
• Familiarity with middleware protocols for front-end/back-end communication and knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Ability to translate insurance user needs into business and functional requirements, with in-depth knowledge of insurance domains, especially Individual Disability Insurance and Multi-Life Disability Insurance.
• A mindset for risk‑mitigation, process improvement/automation, quality‑first, high ownership/accountability of team & enterprise deliverables
• Preferred prior usage of Jira, Service Now, Git Hub
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies – Kanban &/or Scrum
• Familiarity with Axway, IBM MQ/SQS, SFTP, ControlM

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign education equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in systems analysis, development, and quality assurance testing of mainframe and modernized insurance administration systems.
• Prior or current experience with Life Insurance and Individual Disability Products is highly preferred.

• Preferred primary location:
  Pittsfield, MA or Bethlehem, PA. Other main Guardian locations (e.g., New York, NY; Holmdel, NJ) may be considered.
• Hybrid work model:
  Minimum of 3 days per week in a Guardian office, with the option to work from home up to 2 days per week.
• Minimal travel required.

• Meaningful and challenging work opportunities to accelerate innovation in a secure and compliant way.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Excellent medical, dental, supplemental health, life, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Tuition assistance, paid…