USI Insurance

General Description:  Responsible to engineer and architect technology solutions to support business initiatives. Coordinate software development activities on initiatives to improve existing technology and streamline processes.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure performance and operational reliability of applications
• Ensure data integrity and security of applications
• Engineer and architect custom software solutions utilizing USI approved technologies
• Create and document end to end system integration designs and deployment strategies
• Develop enterprise coding standards and drive process improvements
• Provide estimates for development efforts
• Break down tasks and identify resource allocation, including offshore team members
• Collaborate with team members for task assignments, pseudo code and or class definitions
• Create a collaborative development environment. Encourage new ideas for finding solutions to common problems
• Mentor team members on design patterns and code reusability
• Conduct code reviews and provide a positive environment for feedback and new ideas
• Prototype end to end solutions for new technologies being implemented. Identify roadblocks and alternate solutions early in the process.
• Keep the application stack current – remediate technical debt.
• Communicate with project management and other IT leadership. Provide progress updates, identify risks and offer solutions
• Create documentation of designs and solutions
• Ensure proper unit testing occurs

Cyber Security Job Responsibilities:

• Operate in accordance with USI Policies for the Information Security Program (PISP) and USI Standards for the Information Security Program (SISP)
• Keep up to date with security updates and improvements. Implement improvements as appropriate.
• Protect systems against unauthorized access by appropriately defining access.
• Upgrade systems by implementing and maintaining security and technical controls.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 7+ years developing software solutions. 3+ years leading other developers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Effective leadership skills and the ability to manage technical resources.
• Effective decision making under pressure.
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum software development life-cycle.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.