C# & Web Developer

Description

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE RGA) is one of the largest global providers of life reinsurance,with offices around the world. RGA delivers expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefitsreinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting and product development. Our mission is toenhance our clients prosperity by supporting their financial and risk management capabilities. Job Description Senior software engineer responsible for enhancements & support of the actuarial modeling / prediction platform. Works in teamenvironment and provides technical guidance throughout the entire software life cycle. Duties include analysis, design, estimation,planning, implementation, unit / integration testing of platform improvements and operational support to ensure systems availability forbusiness stakeholders. Also required is status tracking, communication of progress and issue resolution. Apply expertise in C#.Net, Web, JavaScript, RDBMS skills to design, implement & deliver product solutions Meet regularly with Project Management and Technical leads to evaluate status, milestones, risks, issues Work independently through a full system development life cycle while providing estimates, deliverables, and results Engage in customer planning sessions and demonstrate ability to drive out requirements Analyze requirements, develop technical specifications and perform solution gap analysis via Agile/Scrum methodology Provide technical and/or business application consultation to customers and team members regarding functionality, architecture, operating systems and databases for complex product systems Prepare and present application and programming design solutions to fulfill business requirements Engage technical analysts and business users to provide input on test cases, test scenarios, and test plans Engage other IT teams outside of immediate group as required (product integration points, infrastructure, helpdesk, security) Evaluate and balance application change risk with business need for timely product enhancements Efficiently design, deliver and release operational enhancements to address performance, stability, monitorability Develop & mature operational support knowledge base and playbook documentation to complement product solutions Identify and rapidly resolve issues to enable operations. Provide training guidance to team members and users as required. Develop and maintain effective customer relationships Job Requirements Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience / education 6+ years of experience in programming/systems analysis. 6+ years of experience implementing SOA & web applications with heavy relational database integration 3+ years of experience with agile development including code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, refactoring. Advanced Ability to translate business needs and problems into systems design and technical solutions. Proven experience with structured and object oriented programming, design patterns, relational database design, operating systems, networking concepts, and systems integration. Demonstrates an ability to evaluate project objectives and scope for feasibility, understanding, scheduling, and ensure projects meet budget and plan criteria. Complex analytical and problemsolving skills. Ability to work well within a team environment and ability to multitask Advanced interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to apply leadership when required. Advanced oral and written communication skills Technical Requirements C# .Net, HTML, XML, Javascript High volume RDBMS database experience with complex SQL. Preferred Microsoft HPC (Microsoft), Microsoft Certification PL/SQL (Oracle), Oracle Certification Test Driven Development Masters degree in Computer Science, Business Administration or Business Management. Experience with Sungard Prophet Professional and/or Prophet Enterprise (highly preferred) Insurance industry knowledge. LOMA certification