Senior Broker Systems Engineer

Senior Broker Systems Engineer

Calling all people with Open GI Experience…

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, thriving company with a huge presence in the insurance space.

The role can be based at either the Peterborough, Manchester or Stoke Offices and will involve a mixture of working from home and in the office.

Role Purpose:

As a Senior Broker Systems Engineer you are responsible for the efficiency and effectiveness of development/configuration and through the delivery processes. Working within squads you will play a key role in setting an example by ensure quality solutions and positive mindset.

Role Responsibilities:

• Undertake development/configuration and delivery of systems at a level appropriate to the role. Specifically focused on the Open GI Core Platform and associated products.
• Use Open GI frame calculation functions to implement business and regulatory changes into the Open GI Core system, ensuring the best journey for clients and staff.
• Working alongside other key business functions including Trading, Pricing, Wholesale, Operations, Commercial and Business Optimisation to ensure optimal commercial performance of the platform.
• Execute unit testing for all development/configuration and contribute to the planning of appropriate testing by the test team. 
• Ensure all production and development / test platforms are robust and secure, with clear auditing of change, in accordance with the Change Management practises.
• Support the Scrum team in the successful planning and delivery of sprints.
• Coaching/mentoring Junior and Broker Systems Engineers to ensure the appropriate standards are met within squad working.
• Create training plans to fit the needs of Broker Systems professionals to enhance knowledge and Skill.
• Provide 3rd line support for existing Policy Administration Systems within Atlanta.
• To produce suitable design proposals for all new development in association with the rest of the scrum team in line with the Product Design Authority process (PDA).
• Ensure all configuration documents are kept up to date inline with our config change procedure for audit trail purposes.
• Work with Head of Broker Systems, Broker Systems Consultant and Principal Broker Systems Engineers on the delivery of work set as part of the overall strategy for Broker Systems.
• Deliver new configuration components, documents to the agreed levels of quality and in the agreed timescales to ensure project and other change success. 
• To provide reliable estimates of the effort required to develop new systems and functionality. 
• Follow best practise in development and unit testing of configuration and documents builds to ensure minimal defect count in both None prod and Prod environments. 
• To provide input to the analysis process to avoid re-work and re-specification of systems mid-project. 

Skills and Experience Required:

Essential 

• Experience of the Open GI Core back-office systems.
• Experience of Open GI enhanced calculation functions including Core toolkit and Scheme Toolkit.
• Understanding and experience of the software development life cycle, agile methodology (especially Scrum).
• Good Knowledge and experience use of HTML, Velocity, CSS and Microsoft applications.
• Strong knowledge and experience of technical configuration of a policy administration system(s).
• A passion for quality and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Good experience to develop and mentor Broker System professionals.
• Good awareness of Incident, Problem and change management. 

Desirable 

• Demonstrates a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving. 
• Good awareness of Cyber / Information / Data Security risks and the potential impact of these to the business.
• Use of issue management tools such as Jira, Service Now and confluence etc.
• Experience managing 3rd party suppliers.

Benefits

• Starting with 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Opportunity for a yearly bonus
• Life Assurance 2x annual salary
• Collaborative, fast paced working environment
• Hybrid Working
• Modern, vibrant offices

If you are interested, please apply with your up-to-date CV or email for more information.