Senior Broker Systems Engineer
Calling all people with Open GI Experience…
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, thriving company with a huge presence in the insurance space.
The role can be based at either the Peterborough, Manchester or Stoke Offices and will involve a mixture of working from home and in the office.
Role Purpose:
As a Senior Broker Systems Engineer you are responsible for the efficiency and effectiveness of development/configuration and through the delivery processes. Working within squads you will play a key role in setting an example by ensure quality solutions and positive mindset.
Role Responsibilities:
*Undertake development/configuration and delivery of systems at a level appropriate to the role. Specifically focused on the Open GI Core Platform and associated products.
*Use Open GI frame calculation functions to implement business and regulatory changes into the Open GI Core system, ensuring the best journey for clients and staff.
*Working alongside other key business functions including Trading, Pricing, Wholesale, Operations, Commercial and Business Optimisation to ensure optimal commercial performance of the platform.
*Execute unit testing for all development/configuration and contribute to the planning of appropriate testing by the test team. 
*Ensure all production and development / test platforms are robust and secure, with clear auditing of change, in accordance with the Change Management practises.
*Support the Scrum team in the successful planning and delivery of sprints.
*Coaching/mentoring Junior and Broker Systems Engineers to ensure the appropriate standards are met within squad working.
*Create training plans to fit the needs of Broker Systems professionals to enhance knowledge and Skill.
*Provide 3rd line support for existing Policy Administration Systems within Atlanta.
*To produce suitable design proposals for all new development in association with the rest of the scrum team in line with the Product Design Authority process (PDA).
*Ensure all configuration documents are kept up to date inline with our config change procedure for audit trail purposes.
*Work with Head of Broker Systems, Broker Systems Consultant and Principal Broker Systems Engineers on the delivery of work set as part of the overall strategy for Broker Systems.
*Deliver new configuration components, documents to the agreed levels of quality and in the agreed timescales to ensure project and other change success. 
*To provide reliable estimates of the effort required to develop new systems and functionality. 
*Follow best practise in development and unit testing of configuration and documents builds to ensure minimal defect count in both None prod and Prod environments. 
*To provide input to the analysis process to avoid re-work and re-specification of systems mid-project. 
Skills and Experience Required:
Essential 
*Experience of the Open GI Core back-office systems.
*Experience of Open GI enhanced calculation functions including Core toolkit and Scheme Toolkit.
*Understanding and experience of the software development life cycle, agile methodology (especially Scrum).
*Good Knowledge and experience use of HTML, Velocity, CSS and Microsoft applications.
*Strong knowledge and experience of technical configuration of a policy administration system(s).
*A passion for quality and a continuous improvement mindset.
*Good experience to develop and mentor Broker System professionals.
*Good awareness of Incident, Problem and change management. 
Desirable 
*Demonstrates a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving. 
*Good awareness of Cyber / Information / Data Security risks and the potential impact of these to the business.
*Use of issue management tools such as Jira, Service Now and confluence etc.
*Experience managing 3rd party suppliers.
Benefits
*Starting with 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
*Opportunity for a yearly bonus
*Life Assurance 2x annual salary
*Collaborative, fast paced working environment
*Hybrid Working
*Modern, vibrant offices
If you are interested, please apply with your up-to-date CV or email for more information.