Technical Manager II

Company: The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Location: New York, New York
Posted on: July 25, 2014

Job Description:

Will lead the analysis of customer business requirements across multiple

functional areas and technical platforms. Will address complex application

design and troubleshooting problems in Information Technology (IT)

involving large and inter-dependent systems, new technologies, and

significant architectural issues with broad business implications for

Investments. Will design, develop, implement, and support Investments

business applications and processes to satisfy the culture of urgency and

complex business requirements that prevail in a rapidly- changing

Investments climate. Will provide technical mentoring and coaching to team

members and effect knowledge transfer through on-the-job training,

technical presentations, and on-going technical assessment of team

performance. Will manage the daily activities of a 5-person Software

Development Team (Developer III, Associate Developer, Business Analyst,

System Analyst-Consultant, and Developer-Consultant) and collaborate with

team members to maintain momentum on daily progress, work streams, resource

allocation, project milestones, and deliverables. Will advance the

strategic integration, direction, and adoption of IT, Data, and Services

with consensus-building around Industry standards and “best of breed”

principles. Will collaborate with IT leaders to evaluate, pilot, and adopt

new tools, devices, and services. Will conduct current state Investments

technology reviews and collaborate on the development of Investments

technology 3-year future state roadmap.

Education & Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Computer

Science, Engineering, Information Technology (IT) or related field

(willing to accept foreign education equivalent) as well as 5 years of

experience managing medium to large-scale technical IT projects. Or,

alternatively, a Master's degree and 3 years of experience as noted above.

Also requires: (1) Demonstrated expertise developing and maintaining

financial services applications using the following tools and technologies:

Microsoft software development tools, C#, ASP, JQuery, Web Services, WCF,

SQL Server, SSIS, IIS, and Enterprise Library; (2) Demonstrated expertise

performing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) management and execution;

and, (3) Demonstrated expertise transferring technical knowledge to team

members through on-the-job training, technical presentations, and on-going

technical coaching.

Submit resume to resumes@glic.com and include “Job Code GCHS” in the

subject line.

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