Lead Software Engineer - wmA / DSS / Mainframe

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world’s largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience. Learn more about how we deliver excellence for our customers and colleagues at DXC.com

Our DXC Insurance BPaaS and BPO services help our customers optimize and transform operations, lower costs, increase agility and open new channels for growth. Our people, technology and best practices improve and automate highly complex business processes across front, middle, and back offices — while facilitating customer experience transformation.

Essential Job Functions

• Codes, tests, debugs, implements, and documents moderately complex programs. Creates appropriate documentation in work assignments such as program code, and technical documentation.

• Design’s systems and programs to meet complex business needs. Prepares detailed specifications from which programs are developed and coded. Ensures programs meet standards and technical specifications; performs technical analysis and component delivery.

• Gathers information from existing systems, analyzes program and time requirements. Assists project manager in preparing time estimates and justification for assigned tasks.

• Designs programs for projects or enhancements to existing programs.

• Writes specifications for programs of low to moderate complexity.

• Assists support and/or project personnel in resolving moderately complex program problems. Works with client and management to resolve issues and validate programming requirements within their areas of responsibility. Provides technical advice on complex programming.

• Develops test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs.

• Conducts quality assurance activities such as peer reviews.

• Creates appropriate documentation in work assignments such as program code, and technical documentation.

• Remains abreast of industry technical trends and new development to maintain current skills and remain current with industry standards.

• Experience with Life, Health and Annuity products.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or related field preferred

• Six or more years of programming or testing experience

• Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems, and software

• Experience working with relational databases to facilitate programming software

• Experience working in the life insurance industry

• REQUIRED: Experience working with Wealth Management Accelerator (wmA) / VANTAGE-ONE policy administration systems, and DSS.

• Experience working with COBOL, JCL, DB2 or other relational databases, Microfocus development environments.

• Experience in converting and/or working on Life & Annuity policy administration systems.

Other Qualifications

• Programming skills

• Good personal computer and business solutions software skills

• Analytical and problem-solving skills for design, creation and testing of programs

• Ability to work as part of team and independently

• Interpersonal skills to interact with team members

• Communication skills to work effectively with team members, support personnel, and clients

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Work Environment & Expectations

• Flexibility to collaborate with offshore teams in different time zones (including India) for critical business activities.

• Willingness to support key go-live activities, including additional hours or weekend coverage when necessary.

• The selected candidate will be required to report to their nearest DXC office.

DXC offices:

• Plano, TX: 6901 Windcrest Dr, Plano, TX 75024

• Farmington Hills, MI: 34505 West 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48331

• Nashville, TN: 100 Centerview Dr, Nashville, TN 37214

• New York, NY: Carnegie Hall Tower, 152 West 57th Street, Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY

• New Orleans, LA: 1615 Poydras St, New Orleans LA 70112

• Ashburn, VA: 20408 Bashan Dr, Ashburn, VA 20147

• Bellevue, WA: 11400 SE 8th St, Bellevue, WA 98004

• Tulsa, OK: 4000 N Mingo Rd, Tulsa, OK 74116

• Charleston, SC: 65 Fairchild St, Charleston, SC 29492