Senior Systems Developer

Company:
Sovereign Insurance
Department: IT

Employment Type:

Temporary Full-Time (18 months)
Work Model:
Hybrid
Language:
This role operates in English.
Additional Information:
This/these role(s) is/are currently vacant

As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cooperators General Insurance company, Sovereign Insurance believes your experience matters. This is our promise to not only our clients but to our employees as well, because we know the strength of our company starts with our people. The smart, curious and collaborative people who bring their whole heart and passion to work each day.

But you can’t pour from an empty cup; we take care of the well-being of our people so that they are inspired to protect Canadian businesses and the lives, families and communities we impact. Join us and begin shaping your experience at Sovereign.

As a Systems Developer, you will be part of a key strategic initiative at Sovereign Insurance, responsible for building, integrating and implementing insurance solutions using Guidewire Policy Center. You will be a member of an integral team developing system-based solutions by formulating programs, developing and maintaining code, and documenting processes to support consistency and continuous improvement. You will contribute to a range of moderately complex and diverse initiatives, working collaboratively with team members to deliver high quality solutions that support the organization’s business objectives.

• Building insurance solutions on Guidewire Policy Center, including configuration, workflows, integrations and customization of out of the box features.
• Translating business and technical requirements into a cohesive implementation plan in alignment with Sovereign IT standards, collaborating closely with Solution Designers and technology partners.
• Performing technical analysis and formulating design approaches and program logic in partnership with Sovereign’s solution design team.
• Writing high quality, maintainable code to deliver new functionalities and enhancements, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Performing unit testing, supporting system and user acceptance testing, and resolving defects through effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Contributing to and leading implementation, back out and disaster recovery planning for assigned systems and solutions.
• Fostering strong working relationships with internal and external IT teams, vendor partners and project management, ensuring clear communication and timely, high-quality deliverables.

• You have a diploma or degree in Information Technology or Computer Science and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the IT industry.
• You bring hands on experience with Guidewire Policy Center, including Gosu, UI configuration, workflows, Team City and Guidewire Studio or Intelli
  
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• You have advanced experience with Java and J2EE, including strong understanding of Java design principles and unit testing with JUnit.
• You have experience working with SOAP and RESTful web services, as well as XML.
• You are experienced with database technologies such as SQL Server, Oracle, Postgre
  
  SQL and MySQL.
• You have worked within Agile and Dev Ops environments, including test driven development and continuous integration tools such as Bitbucket or Git, Jira and Confluence.
• You demonstrate a positive attitude, eagerness to learn and the ability to contribute to and help evolve software development practices.

• You influence change and are committed to continuous improvement, in order to exceed client expectations.
• You leverage critical thinking skills to identify problems and proactively propose solutions.
• Your strong communication skills allow you to clearly convey messages.
• You’re an effective team player who shares knowledge to support our peers.

• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.
• Detail oriented work that requires a high degree of mental concentration for extended periods of time.
• This position will operate on a hybrid work posture which will require an…