Senior Software Engineer (Insurance)

Guardian Life Insurance•Pittsfield, MA

25d•Hybrid

About The Position

Every day, Guardian gives 27 million people the security they deserve through our insurance and wealth management products and services. Since our founding in 1860, our long-term view has helped our customers prepare for whatever life brings, whether starting a family, planning for the future, or taking care of employees. Today we’re a Fortune 250 company and a leading provider of life, disability, and other benefits for individuals, at the workplace, and through government-sponsored programs. Do you have the desire to be part of a collaborative and innovative technology group? Is a culture where “People Count,” “We Do the Right Thing,” and “We Hold Ourselves to Very High Standards” important to you? If so, Guardian Life Insurance Company is actively seeking a hardworking and self-motivated individual to join its team. You will: Translate business and technical requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed business application systems supporting the administration of Individual Disability Insurance, Multi-Life Disability Insurance, and our Business Insurance product offerings, along with a closed-block book of Life policies administered on our systems. Lead and contribute to modernization and rehosting initiatives, including migration of mainframe workloads to modern cloud platforms (primarily AWS). Design, develop, and maintain applications using Procedural Java and other modernization toolsets. Perform technical analysis, design, development, testing, installation, and maintenance of information systems, collaborating with customers and other developers to determine the most efficient and cost-effective solutions. Apply disciplined software development processes and leverage modern technologies to engineer and implement automated solutions to business problems. Support integration and communication between distributed systems and mainframe environments, including web services and middleware protocols.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience in mainframe modernization and rehosting, including supporting migration of legacy applications to cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
Hands‑on Java experience. Procedural Java experience preferred.
Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, AWS hosted applications, DB2 (preferred RDS for DB2 LUW), and related mainframe to modern cloud technologies & procedures.
Experience with batch processing and administration of Disability and Life Insurance Policy systems.
Strong background in functional and regression testing, working closely with quality assurance.
Familiarity with middleware protocols for front-end/back-end communication and knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks.
Ability to translate insurance user needs into business and functional requirements, with in-depth knowledge of insurance domains, especially Individual Disability Insurance and Multi-Life Disability Insurance.
A mindset for risk-mitigation, process improvement/automation, quality-first, high ownership/accountability of team & enterprise deliverables
Bachelor’s degree or foreign education equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
6+ years of experience in systems analysis, development, and quality assurance testing of mainframe and modernized insurance administration systems.
Prior or current experience with Life Insurance and Individual Disability Products is highly preferred.

Nice To Haves

Preferred prior usage of Jira, Service Now, GitHub
Familiarity with Agile methodologies – Kanban &/or Scrum
Familiarity with Axway, IBM MQ/SQS, SFTP, ControlM

Responsibilities

Translate business and technical requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed business application systems supporting the administration of Individual Disability Insurance, Multi-Life Disability Insurance, and our Business Insurance product offerings, along with a closed-block book of Life policies administered on our systems.
Lead and contribute to modernization and rehosting initiatives, including migration of mainframe workloads to modern cloud platforms (primarily AWS).
Design, develop, and maintain applications using Procedural Java and other modernization toolsets.
Perform technical analysis, design, development, testing, installation, and maintenance of information systems, collaborating with customers and other developers to determine the most efficient and cost-effective solutions.
Apply disciplined software development processes and leverage modern technologies to engineer and implement automated solutions to business problems.
Support integration and communication between distributed systems and mainframe environments, including web services and middleware protocols.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package.
Excellent medical, dental, supplemental health, life, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
Life and disability insurance.
Tuition assistance, paid parental leave, and backup family care.
Dynamic, a modern work environment that promotes collaboration and creativity.
Flexible time off, dress code, and work location policies.
Employee Resource Groups that advocate for inclusion and diversity.
Social responsibility in all aspects of our work, including volunteering, educational alliances, and sustainability initiatives.

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