Senior Application Analyst And Developer

Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow.

At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best.

The ClaimCenter team is searching for an Application Analyst & Developer. Claims IT supports and enhances the ClaimCenter application used by various Great American Business Units.

Responsibilities

• Analyze application specifications and technology approaches to ensure business requirements are met and are scalable for future system enhancements

• Collaborate with Business Analyst team members to design solutions and, diagnose and resolve complex defects, and suggest future application solutions

• Develop automated unit test cases for testing integrations

• Support testing activities and resolve issues identified

• Work within a development team using Agile methodology to deliver software

• Work across the organization to provide business processes or design recommendations consistent with long-term business and IT strategy

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer information systems or engineering and/or a minimum of 2 years of work experience developing Java applications

• Experience with the following technologies and tools are a plus:

• J2EE framework

• Apache Tomcat

• RDMS such as Oracle or SQL Server and integration of the database with Java applications

• Webservice/API development (REST, SOAP); implementing SOA, ESB modules, web services, and APIs

• Web-based data formats (XML, JSON)

• Webservice testing tools (SoapUI, Postman)

• Writing JUnit tests

• Build and deployment tools (Concourse, Jenkins)

• GitHub for version control

• Develop applications using microservices framework

• Full Stack development: front-end and back-end development experience

• Application testing and coordinating test strategies with IT Quality Assurance teams

• Guidewire Cloud development experience

• Highly motivated and ambitious, excellent communication skills, creative & critical thinker

• Continual learning and improvement in the understanding of software capabilities and programming languages is essential

Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Business Unit:

Property & Casualty IT Services

Benefits:

We offer competitive healthcare, retirement, and paid time off benefits for full-time and part-time benefit eligible employees.