We are seeking an experienced Application Developer with 10+ years of experience in the Life Insurance domain to support core insurance application development, system enhancements, product configuration, data migration and production support.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience working with legacy insurance platforms, AS/400 environments, COBOL/400, CL/400, DB2/400 and LIFE400/GROUP400 applications, with the ability to translate business requirements into functional and technical specifications.

Key Responsibilities

.Gather, analyze and document business requirements from business users, Business Analysts and stakeholders.

.Translate business requirements into detailed Functional Specifications (FS) and Technical Specifications (TS).

.Perform requirement analysis, gap analysis, impact assessment and solution design for insurance application enhancements.

.Design, develop and maintain core Life Insurance applications using AS/400, LIFE400, GROUP400, COBOL/400 and CL/400.

.Configure and enhance insurance products, riders, benefits, claims rules, premium calculations and business rules.

.Support end-to-end product launches, system modernization and application enhancement initiatives.

.Develop and maintain database programs and queries using DB2/400 and SQL/400.

.Support data migration activities including source-to-target mapping, data validation, transformation and reconciliation.

.Develop and support REST API and system integration solutions.

.Work with MQ and other integration components for enterprise application interfaces.

.Coordinate coding, unit testing, System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

.Perform code reviews, defect analysis, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

.Provide L2/L3 production support and resolve application incidents within agreed SLAs.

.Support production deployments, data fixes, system upgrades and post-production stabilization.

.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Business Analysts, developers, QA teams and business stakeholders.

.Maintain technical documentation, application specifications and operational procedures.

.Work in Agile/Scrum environments using tools such as JIRA, Confluence and ServiceNow.

Mandatory Skills

.10+ years of experience in Application Development / Systems Analysis.

.Strong experience in the Life Insurance domain.

.Hands-on experience with AS/400 / IBM i environments.

.Strong experience in COBOL/400 and CL/400.

.Experience with LIFE400 / GROUP400 / Smart/400 or similar insurance administration platforms.

.Strong DB2/400 and SQL/400 experience.

.Experience in insurance product configuration and core insurance application enhancement.

.Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.

.Experience in requirements gathering and Functional/Technical Specification documentation.

.Hands-on experience with SIT/UAT and production support.

.Experience in data migration, data mapping and validation.

.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Senior Applications Developer