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ID #44641968
State Illinois
City Bloomington
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source State Farm
Showed 2022-08-06
Date 2022-08-05
Deadline 2022-10-04
Category Et cetera
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REMOTE Software/Mainframe Engineer

Illinois, Bloomington, 61701 Bloomington USA

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Overview

We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! Come join our passionate team!

As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. State Farm embraces diversity and inclusion to ensure a workforce that is engaged, builds on the strengths and talents of all associates, and creates a Good Neighbor culture.

We offer competitive benefits and pay with the potential for an annual financial award based on both individual and enterprise performance. Our employees have an opportunity to participate in volunteer events within the community and engage in a learning culture. We offer programs to assist with tuition reimbursement, professional designations, employee development, wellness initiatives, and more!

Visit our Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations and the process of joining the State Farm team!

Responsibilities

REMOTE: Qualified candidates (outside of hub locations listed below) may be considered for 100% remote work arrangements based on where a candidate currently resides or is currently located.

HYBRID: Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations listed below) should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.

HUB LOCATIONS: Dunwoody, GA; Richardson, TX; Tempe, AZ; or Bloomington, IL

Want to be part of helping State Farm grow its business? We are looking for a Software engineer with IBM mainframe experience to join the Auto/Fire KBS [knowledge-based systems] agile teams. In this role you will help enable the Auto and Fire KBS teams to continue to provide the availability and stability of the Auto/Fire KBS systems which are vital to State Farms aggressive growth plans.

These product teams support the systems used by P&C (Property & Casualty) Underwriters to help them underwrite millions of new policies for State Farm, which help grow State Farm's Auto and Homeowners business. These highly scalable and resilient systems help automate millions new business and policy change transactions annually. Auto/Fire KBS systems are based on business rules and core to the P&C policy administration systems.

You will be supporting current solutions, as well as solutions to further grow State Farm's key modernization efforts. You will be involved in the design, development, testing, implementation, and production support of business and technical solutions for new and existing processes with substantial database (DB2/IMS) processing on mainframe, TP2, and ODM (used for business rules). The work spans the following systems:
  • Auto KBS, Fire KBS, RAS (used to reunderwrite millions of policies yearly to help maintain a quality book of business for State Farm),
  • Auto and Fire policy admin systems,
  • Personal Lines-Auto and Renters Modernization policy admin systems.
Incumbency: This position will have a 24-month incumbency period, beginning on the effective date of the position, which must be met before the employee can post for any other lateral State Farm position. Employees may be considered for leadership or Technology Engineer openings at any time, and a promotional position within the same job structure (i.e. Professional/Technical or Paraprofessional/Support) after 6 months from the effective date of the position. In these cases, the remaining incumbency would be waived. The incumbency period does not affect the at-will relationship between State Farm and the employee and does not create an employment contract, nor contractual rights.

Qualifications

Desired Skills:

Advanced technical skills and knowledge in mainframe design and coding that include:
  • PL/1, COBOL, JCL design and coding principles with attention to security, design, development, testing, and code quality
  • DB2/IMS, SQL
  • Experience with the Auto and Fire systems, including knowledge of the:
  • Auto Products and Fire Product lines including Homeowners, Rental Dwellings, etc
  • Auto and Fire Knowledge Based Systems (KBS)
  • P&C Policy Administration technical flow
  • P&C Underwriting business processing knowledge
  • P&C Databases - possess a detailed understanding
Knowledge of the following technologies:
  • ODM/Decision Center
  • Autoflow
  • REXX, IDZ
  • TP2
  • Splunk
  • J2EE
Additional skills:
  • Troubleshooting/problem solving skills
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Demonstrated high levels of ownership, initiative, and collaboration/teamwork to work within a team and across multiple business teams daily on development and production support items.
  • Leadership abilities in planning, requirements, development, testing, and service of applications supported
  • Works well in fast-paced, ambiguous, and changing environment
  • Foster innovation, encourage diversity of thought, and incorporate new ideas
  • Exhibits DevOps mindset where team is accountable for product from inception to sunset

Sponsorship: Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity

For Los Angeles candidates: Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.

For San Francisco candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For Colorado candidates:

Compensation Range: $76,025 - $170,280

Competitive Benefits, including:
  • 401k Plan
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental/Vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Annual Merit Increases
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Health Initiatives
  • For more details visit our benefits summarypage

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