Team Lead .Net Development Team (IT Support & Development)

at  Guardrisk

INTRODUCTION

You will be responsible for designing and developing ETL, data integration, data warehouse, performance tuning and BI reporting to deliver dashboard/reporting solutions to the business.

REQUIREMENTS

• Appropriate 3/4-year IT qualification
• Exposure to the full development life cycle (Agile and Waterfall where required, proper experience in DevOps)
• At least 12+ years’ experience in .Net and related solution design
• Management/supervisory experience
• Relevant industry experience in insurance
• Proficiency in software tools related to .Net Development
• Management: Ability to lead a team of competent .Net developers to achieve Guardrisk outcomes and grow themselves.
• Good understanding of accounting and finance principles and be able to develop software solutions for accounting and financial applications
• Familiar with accounting concepts such as general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, and financial reporting
• Experience in developing software solutions for the insurance industry and familiar with insurance concepts such as policy administration, claims management, underwriting and standardized reporting
• Familiar with Agile development methodologies and able to implement Agile
• Knowledge of Data Transformation Services, File Transfer Protocol
• Intensive debugging and troubleshooting knowledge
• Prior experience designing/developing solutions in large or midsize companies
• Knolwedge and experience with MSSQL and relational databases
• Solid understanding of Azure and Cloud

ROLE PURPOSE

You will be responsible for designing and developing ETL, data integration, data warehouse, performance tuning and BI reporting to deliver dashboard/reporting solutions to the business.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the CIO to ensure a proper team well equipped for this practice is established and maintained in Guardrisk, including capacity planning
• Work closely with the Guardrisk Enterprise Architect in selecting the right tools and solutions, including architecture for the solution at hand
• Ensure a well thought through Technology strategy for .Net and related solutions for Guardrisk, working with all related parties
• Be an experienced, hands-on technical leader and work side by side with your team, constantly empowering them to become more effective
• Foster a culture of high-quality, respect for data and strong software development practices in the team
• Drive innovation and the technical vision of the team
• Inspire and motivate a high performing team to achieve great results, while supporting individual growth and development
• Communicate and collaborate with multiple areas across the company
• Set team objectives and monitor progress towards achieving them
• Stay abreast of innovation and technology advances, like the use of AI in your role
• Assist the Guardrisk Enterprise Architect on the Architectural Roadmap of the .Net solutions
• Assist in defining the architecture framework and actual architecture for all solutions, well integrated, with a core focus on .Net as a technology
• Focus on ensuring .Net is up-to-date in all aspects of Guardrisk
• Ensuring the future architecture of solutions have got a clear separation of concerns
• Define and maintain a high level of development/solutions standards
• Work closely with the Guardrisk Enterprise Architect in ensuring proper architecture and implementation of:
• Security layer across all applications/platforms
• Backup of environment
• DR of environment
• High Availability where required
• Scalability
• Performance
• Data integrity
• Maintainability of applications/solutions/integrations
• Reliability/Stability and Reliance
• Provide support by attending to severe operational issues
• Responsible for holistic system health
• Ensure proper monitoring for the production environment running all .Net and related solutions are in place
• Stay in touch with latest technology trends, ie AI and the use of AI to make the team more efficient
• Improve current designs/way of work
• Define technology to support/inform the IT Strategy from a .Net Solutions perspective
• Ensure that developers deliver within the IT Strategy guidelines
• Solid relationship with CIO and Guardrisk Enterprise Architect critical
• Ensure collaboration between business, development, and infrastructure teams (internal and external) to identify support models to meet target service levels and business objectives
• Ensure proper delivery and SLA’s with vendors where applicable
• Advise peers/business on technical issues and trends
• Provide support maintaining the IT Risk Register
• Provide support for third party IT Risk assessments
• Ensure proper controls are in place to mitigate chances of security incidents occurring
• Participate in the analysis, design, development, troubleshooting and support of all systems build on .Net technology
• Perform code reviews of the team and identify errors and provide feedback to relevant parties
• Integrate with diverse source systems (including but not limited to: In-House, Vendor-based, On-prem and Cloud-based solutions, and Office 365)
• Contribute to business continuity documentation