Sr Software Developer
- Employer
- Travelers Insurance
- Location
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Feb 23, 2019
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- Category
- IT
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
This Business Insurance IT replacement role is responsible for the design and development of new and existing applications within the Premium Pipeline system, in support of strategic programs. These programs depend on a set of applications in a high-performance, scalable, high-availability setting to meet current and future Business Insurance demand.
- Provide technical ownership for a collection of J2EE applications and their supporting technologies, products and infrastructure
- Design and develop new applications/functionality that addresses the current business needs with an eye on optimization for future enhancement
- Embrace and seek out opportunities to refine and refactor existing code and processes
- Contribute to database design through application of access modeling and normalization, ensuring optimal OLTP and batch query performance
- Escalate production incidents related to infrastructure and work with IT infrastructure support teams to resolve. Work with IT Infrastructure team and product management areas to ensure Pipeline application has adequate infrastructure resources.
- Monitor application performance metric), troubleshoot, and remediate performance-related processing issues
- Represents the application in the planning and the implementation of hardware and software choices/upgrades/initiatives, ensuring cost-effective
7 years of programming/development experience preferred. Experience as a technical lead preferred.
Skills
- Design, development and deployment level knowledge of J2EE, Oracle EXAdata, IBM Websphere, Datapower ESB, MQ, Transaction Design (OLTP, Batch, etc), SOAP/REST web services, Application Integration
- Experience with UI design and development, specifically leveraging Java, JSF and JavaScript
- Hands-on experience on rapid application development platforms like Eclipse, IBM RAD or similar
- Fluency in web service standards such as WSSE and technologies (XML, SOAP, WSDL, XSD, UDDI)
- Creative problem solving, open to new concepts, ideas, techniques, best practices and technology assistance
- Seven (+) years developing Enterprise Java Service Oriented Architectures and transactional database systems; i.e., Oracle, SQL Server, DB2
- Multi-tier development or application support including OOAD, SOA, relational databases, web services, MQ Series, workflow, LDAP, and security integration.
- Experience interacting with DBA and server teams for large JEE applications
- Application development or support experience partnering with customers on requirement analysis and then partnering with IT team on analysis of options, design, development, test case writing, code review, assisting in UAT, client interaction and delivery
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent in work experience, and five years of programming/development experience.
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer.
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Company
WHO WE ARE
Imagine a Career With Purpose.
For more than 160 years Travelers has earned a reputation as a leader in personal, business and specialty insurance because we take care of our customers. When you work at Travelers, life’s most important moments become your life’s work. That means helping families feel secure, businesses to prosper, knowing that you’ve made a difference, and feeling like you belong to something bigger.
LIFE AT TRAVELERS
Imagine Playing a Role in Something Bigger.
A career at Travelers means being part of a team comprised of 30,000 + talented and passionate people that’s evolving to meet changing needs – from customer service to data science and beyond. If that’s more than you imagined in an insurance career, it’s time to join us at Travelers.
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