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Our direct client in the Insurance Industry is in need of a contract to hire a Technical Lead with the following qualifications. The role can be remote; however, the manager prefers the candidates be in the NY / NJ area, in the event, there is an onsite meeting. This role will act as Design Authority and Technical Lead for insurance-related IT projects. The individual shall be responsible for overall technical and application architecture for all applications within the company, they are assigned to and will be expected to set high to mid-level technical direction, provide technical solutions working with technology, business, and company partners. Candidates should have a mix of end-user and consulting experience, ideally in Insurance. The candidate should possess very good Java, cloud & design skills and the ability to communicate with highly skilled application teams. The role requires significant multi-tasking, a broad business perspective, and conceptual thinking to solve ambiguous problems. Candidates also need to apply substantial depth of knowledge/experience to drive through change.
Hourly rate of $75/hour W2, with a conversion salary in the $150k range.Responsibilities:Architecture and Technical- Business Analysis - synthesizing information gained from company business and technical colleagues on strategy, objectives, priorities and operating models
- Systems Planning - experience in information system planning / IS strategy / application selection work e.g. defining application design for complex, multi-site, multi product organizations
- Technical Design and Implementation - hands-on expertise in designing, leading complex enterprise technical platforms; including cloud, vendor & third-party solutions, integrations, application security, messaging, XML & JSON, REST & SOAP
- Functional Understanding - understanding of all or a significant proportion of the following subject areas:
- Insurance related experience including working on Policy, Placement systems advantageous.
- Demonstrate an understanding of enterprise reference data - like customer, account, security etc
- Demonstrable experience in Straight-Through Processing (STP) - ideally in the Insurance sector.
- Large Systems Implementation - project implementation experience, acting as an architect or technical lead on insurance or financial systems
- General Information Architecture is a plus
- Business Analysis - synthesizing core information needs from business processes and requirements
- Data Modeling - experience with logical data modeling and detailed modeling of inter-application data flows to element level
- XML & JSON - exposure to using XML and JSON messaging standards such as ACORD
- Reference Data - experience with the use of centralized reference data sources
- Project support and technical design authority for all projects
- The candidate should possess very good architecture and design skills, modeling experience, and ability to communicate with highly skilled application teams
- Work with external vendors, evaluate products, and conduct POCs as required by the project
- Assist in defining, implementing, and overseeing technical standards, policies, and tools
- Conduct reviews to ensure that company standards are being followed, and that work is of acceptable quality.
- Assist in the estimation of effort and cost of IT projects.
- Reviews, walkthroughs, and workshops at all key stages of the project lifecycle
- Support the creation and continuous evaluation/improvement of technical development standards.
- College degree
- 8+ years of industry experience
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