Principal Software Engineer (Wynsure/C#/C++/Java/AWS)

at  Aflac

The Company: Aflac Columbus
The Location:Remote, US, 31999 GA, US, 31999
The Division: Digital Services
Job Id: 6196
Salary Range: $70,000 - $160,000

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
• Six or more years of programming experience
  Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE?

• Deep experience in modern programming languages and cloud development.
• Mastery of Scrum, DevOps, and Test-Driven Development.
• Leadership and strategic planning skills.
• Deep experience in modern programming languages and cloud development.
• Mastery of Scrum, DevOps, and Test-Driven Development.
• Leadership and strategic planning skills.
• Mainframe Computing
• Development Life Cycle for Software
• Development Methodology & Procedures
• UML (Unified Modeling Language)
• Data Analysis
• Development Software Architecture
• Develop Design Specifications

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads and mentors technical and project team members at the business function level. Able to perform roughly 60% high level “architect” duties/40% hands on coding when needed.
• Operates as a project leader on a limited number of projects and may work on other projects as a member of the team providing advanced technical expertise
• Works on small, large complex and enterprise-wide projects that require the highest level of expertise; participates on project teams, systems and data analysis, design, development, integration, and enhancement activities, as well as related maintenance and more complex production support
• Define architectural guidelines and best practices
• Lead software development initiatives from conception to deployment
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align software solutions with business objectives
• Introduce and train teams in advanced programming languages and tools
• Ensure cloud readiness and optimal performance of all applications
• Leads and mentors technical and project team members at the business function level
• Leads the project team in analyzing the requirements and providing accurate and detailed estimates for the designing, building, testing and deployment phases of the project
• Provides technical leadership and mentoring to various technical teams
• Collaborates with Architects, Developers, Senior Infrastructure Technical staff to evaluate and recommend technology advancements and business solutions for assigned projects and/or applications
• Supports the implementation and testing of cross-functional systems, ensuring system meets the needs of client and business; provides continuous support to internal and external clients who are experiencing problems with server hardware, operating systems, core infrastructure applications and related utilities, maintains mainframe operating systems or major subsystems, and associated software and hardware products; handles unresolved support issues across multiple areas of expertise
• Proactively monitors projects and/or existing production applications and core infrastructure by looking for ways to improve the applications and its availability
• Handles unresolved production support issues across multiple areas of expertise; analyzes the current architecture
• Provides design recommendations, develops application and custom integration solutions, including major enhancements and interfaces; writes complex design specifications
• Provides leadership to support ongoing maintenance of mainframe and/or client server applications or tools, depending upon previous involvement with projects
• Facilitates and ensures on-time completion of performance, load, functional and other categories of testing and application vulnerability testing efforts and resolution of issues; develops new cross-functional software systems using disciplined software development processes
• Performs other duties as required

Work Designation. Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote.

• If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA this role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership.
• If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA, this role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance