Mainframe Vantage Programmer

Role: Mainframe Vantage Programmer

Location: Addison TX (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Position General Duties And Tasks :

• Client is seeking an experienced Mainframe Vantage Programmer to work with a major Insurance client. The role involves building life products in Policy admin system.
• The role requires technical domain level and specialist skills to ensure that all the engineering services are operated maintained and constantly upgraded as technology advances.
• There can be multiple functions within the job involving multiple products and technologies. Including but not limited to programming support to maintain essential environmental conditions & analysis creating functional/technical design solutions. The job holder may specialize in a single or combination of those functions/technologies.

Day to Day job Duties:

• Attending the client Meetings to understand the client requirements and provide technical solutions to build Traditional Life products in Policy Administrative Systems
• Build Life Products on Vantage policy administration system
• Build out a plan from scratch using Product Wizard with Understanding of Traditional life Products system migrations and conversions
• Participate in the process of defining documenting and analyzing customer requirements business processes and procedures.
• Researching and writing down the technical changes involved as per the client requirements identifying dependencies of different systems and prepare Technical Specification Document
• Perform code and design reviews to ensure that the deliverables adhere to the project guidelines
• Testing of all the changes done for the project through different test cases and later evaluate the results to make sure test results are as expected
• Providing SIT and UAT support and production roll outs.
• Review code delivery and manage the defect tracking.
• Timely resolution of abends/obstacles in testing

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of Vantage / WMA Experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in TRAD whole life product development
• Minimum 8 years development experience using COBOL JCL DB2

Travel:

• This position requires someone who can travel at least 80%. Preferred location is Addison Texas
• Degree: Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent work experience