Data & Analytics Specialist

Farmers Insurance Careers•Los Angeles, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Farmers (Woodland Hills, CA) seeks a Data & Analytics Specialist to design with cloud first principles and deliver scalable, performant, highly available solutions to drive business impact. Specific duties include: lead technical development efforts in alignment with MDM strategy; serve as a key contact person in support of production problems/issues; troubleshoot system performance issues and propose improvements; contribute to solutions and ideas that increase Pace, Efficiency, and Quality in the spirit of a Dev Ops model; design, develop and deliver high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule; produce elegant and efficient designs, high performance, and scalable code that allows for easy extension to future needs; adhere to big picture view of how various connected system designs should be consolidated or affected; serve as a technical advisor and Subject Matter Expert for projects, providing advice on process and design; initiate and facilitate meetings and issue resolution, involving the right individuals; perform code walk-throughs and review/approve test cases; provide accurate and timely input to Release Manager and Integration Lead regarding status of technical tasks for self and team; and track record of identifying largest risk areas and driving resolution of these issues. Position requires occasional travel within the U.S. Option to work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, or a closely related field of study, plus 5 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Technology Lead, Senior Analyst, Associate Consultant, or similar position in application development and solution architecture. Must have 5 years of experience with each of the following: working in application development and solution architecture; designing and developing applications on DB2 DB; working with master data management, data quality and data stewardship concepts; working with IBM MDM (Master Data Management) tool for analysis, design, development, integration and testing Master Data Management Services; working with IBM Infosphere, Advanced Edition (AE) and Reltio; implementing MDM Batch processes, API/Services Framework, Messaging queues, Suspect Duplicate Processing using Probabilistic and Deterministic Matching Engines; explaining complex concepts and issues in simple terms to various stakeholders; identifying root cause of technical problems; and identifying and escalating issues and risks to management for direction. Must also have 2 years of experience working with DevOps model including implementing, maintaining, and improving Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes, tools, and environments. Additionally, specific experience must include working in the P&C insurance industry. Must be willing to occasionally travel within the U.S. Option to work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. Full time position. Apply by submitting your resumes at Farmers.com/Careers, Job ID: 34117..#LI-DNI LIXfarmers1 #nodice #LI-DNP #I-DNIBenefits

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, or a closely related field of study
5 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Technology Lead, Senior Analyst, Associate Consultant, or similar position in application development and solution architecture
5 years of experience with working in application development and solution architecture
5 years of experience with designing and developing applications on DB2 DB
5 years of experience with working with master data management, data quality and data stewardship concepts
5 years of experience with working with IBM MDM (Master Data Management) tool for analysis, design, development, integration and testing Master Data Management Services
5 years of experience with working with IBM Infosphere, Advanced Edition (AE) and Reltio
5 years of experience with implementing MDM Batch processes, API/Services Framework, Messaging queues, Suspect Duplicate Processing using Probabilistic and Deterministic Matching Engines
5 years of experience with explaining complex concepts and issues in simple terms to various stakeholders
5 years of experience with identifying root cause of technical problems
5 years of experience with identifying and escalating issues and risks to management for direction
2 years of experience working with DevOps model including implementing, maintaining, and improving Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes, tools, and environments
specific experience must include working in the P&C insurance industry
Must be willing to occasionally travel within the U.S.

Responsibilities

lead technical development efforts in alignment with MDM strategy
serve as a key contact person in support of production problems/issues
troubleshoot system performance issues and propose improvements
contribute to solutions and ideas that increase Pace, Efficiency, and Quality in the spirit of a Dev Ops model
design, develop and deliver high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule
produce elegant and efficient designs, high performance, and scalable code that allows for easy extension to future needs
adhere to big picture view of how various connected system designs should be consolidated or affected
serve as a technical advisor and Subject Matter Expert for projects, providing advice on process and design
initiate and facilitate meetings and issue resolution, involving the right individuals
perform code walk-throughs and review/approve test cases
provide accurate and timely input to Release Manager and Integration Lead regarding status of technical tasks for self and team
track record of identifying largest risk areas and driving resolution of these issues