Crop Insurance Senior Programmer

Sompo International•Lenexa, KS

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

AgriSompo is seeking a Senior Programmer to maintain and enhance our custom-built crop insurance application, AgriNet. AgriNet is a leading crop insurance application in the industry, supporting all insurance functions including policy administration, quoting/rating, GIS mapping of cropland, claims, accounting, reporting, and data transmission to the U.S. Government. The system is used by approximately 3,000 Agents and 900 employees to support about 80,000 policyholders and 90 million acres of farmland.

Requirements

5-10 years software development experience
Extensive knowledge of .NET language
Web UI/Java Script Frameworks
SQL - Strong database development skills (SQL Server)
Knowledge and experience with integration architecture patterns, standards, frameworks or tools.
Hands-on experience is required with design and implementation of security standards and patterns.
Good understanding and hands-on experience in designing, implementing, deploying and maintaining public facing, high performing and scalable enterprise web services and APIs.
Working knowledge / experience is required in SOA, WCF, Web Services (SOAP, REST, XML, JSON) and various transport and security protocols.
Working experience with application development tools (e.g. GIT, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, etc.)
Experience is required for employing Test Driven Design, with demonstrable experience in translating requirements into use-cases and into unit / functional test cases.
Demonstrated experience is required in designing and building testing facilities and applications that target end-to-end testing of technical solutions / applications.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar
A team player with solid communication skills, excellent at problem solving, troubleshooting, and embracing new challenges.
Positive attitude and the ability to remain flexible in a dynamic environment.
Ability to manage time across multiple, simultaneous projects.
Must demonstrate the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, as well as the maturity to work independently.

Nice To Haves

Experience is preferred in implementing or use of web services platforms that enable mediation for integration and security requirements for web and mobile open interfaces.
Experience in supporting life-cycle management of enterprise web services, packaged applications, and supporting technologies and platforms.

Responsibilities

Work with Technical Leads and Senior Engineers in defining, designing, building, managing, and maintaining technical solutions in accordance with the IT SDLC processes, standards and best practices.
Ensure that functional and non-functional requirements are clearly understood, designed against, tested and documented for performing, reliable, scalable, portable and highly available applications.
Participate in code reviews and validations for engineers’ deliverables, and ensure that proper level (as required by SDLC) of design documentation, traceability and test coverage are in place for functional and non-functional requirements and use-cases.
Manage enhancements and changes, and resolution of incidents and problems for technical solutions in accordance with IT service delivery and support principles and SLAs.

Benefits

Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution
Pharmacy benefits with mail order options
Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children
Vision benefits
Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children
Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions
Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays
Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
Employee Assistance Program
Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits