Programmer III

Sompo International•Lenexa, KS

23h

About The Position

AgriSompo is seeking IT Programmers to maintain and enhance our custom-built crop insurance application. The system, called AgriNet, is considered one of the leading crop insurance applications in the industry. It supports all of the insurance functions including policy administration, quoting/rating, GIS mapping of cropland, claims, accounting, reporting and transmission of data to the U.S. Government. We have approximately 3,000 Agents and 900 employees using the system to support approximately 80k policy holders and 90m acres of farmland.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar
5-10 years software development experience
Extensive knowledge of .NET or C# language
Web UI/Java Script Framework experience
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.

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.