Engineer II, Core Admin

The work we do has an impact on millions of lives, and you can be a part of it.We help protect our customers against life’s uncertainties. Regardless of where you work within the company, you’ll be helping provide protection and peace of mind when our customers need it most.
We are seeking an Engineer II - Application Developer to join our Protection Core Admin team at Protective Life Corporation. The person selected for this role will be responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software systems. Works closely with Business Analysts and customers to gather requirements to ensure the customer’s business needs and expectations are met in a timely and cost-effective manner. They will diagnose, isolate and de-bug software problems and provides resolution. They will also prepare and modify technical documentation along with providing rotational on-call support.

Responsibilties

• Conduct research and evaluate complex information to successfully design and develop systems.
• Design, construct, modify and test system changes
• Ensure systems effectively interact with existing systems/processes
• Understand business needs and provide quality customer support  
• Develops an understanding of the business needs. Meet customer requirements, anticipate needs and/or problems and understand the broad impact of changes on customer processes
• Provide appropriate solutions and proactively suggests process improvements
• Provide thorough and complete documentation for all designs following corporate standards
• Provide an appropriate level of feedback to fellow team members, stakeholders and management
• Provides on call support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology related field or 4 years of applicable work experience, typically, 6+ years of applicable work and/or technical experience in preferred languages and mainframe environments  
• Assembler, COBOL and CICS language expertise
• JCL and VSAM experience required
• IBM mainframe environment (LIFE-COMM, LIFE/70) experience required
• Advanced programming skills with ability to design software solutions that meet complex requirements
• Thorough understanding of various data structures, implementation patterns and practices
• Ability to multitask, manage multiple priorities and work well under the pressure of deadlines
• Ability to solve complex technical problems
• Must be self- motivated, able to work and learn independently, coachable and committed to continuous learning.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and team members, both verbally and in writing
• Experience in Underwriting and Issue processes preferred
• Experience with PDF and billing is preferred

Protective’s targeted salary range for this position is $67,500 to $83,175. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors, including but not limited to, job location, skills, …