IT Technical Lead

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The IT Technical Lead will be responsible for creating, reviewing and maintaining detailed designs and architectural solutions for the EU development team. The successful candidate will be a "go to person" for technical queries; they will help direct the scrum teams technically and will be expected to be 50% hands on. They will be part of the Technical Architect Group (TAG) which is tasked to improve the standard and quality of architecture/design throughout all of the EU solutions.

The Technical Lead will have an in-depth understanding of the underlying technologies, architectures and integrations between products (internal/external) and be a functional expert in Asurion front-office and back-office products. The Technical Lead may at times assist in pre-sales solutioning for EU client opportunities and interact with European clients and key Europe business stakeholders. This position will maintain solid relationships with the North America Technology Products organizations.

Technical: Experience in multiple of the following disciplines

                    Technologies:, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS, AWS , Aurora, Oracle , Microsoft OS, ASP.NET , CSS, HTML, SVN, Bitbucket

                    Experience Agile tools & methodologies like SCRUM, JIRA, Confluence

                    Enterprise Architectures

                    User Interface development (CSR, Web, IVR, etc.)

                    SOA development

                    Enterprise Messaging Systems/Enterprise Service Bus

                    Database development

                    Network design/administration

                    Server implementation/administration

                    Data security, PCI, GDPR

Essential Job Functions

                    Develops IT solutions and conceptual architectures based on business requirements

                    Excellent at creating and communicating illustrations of solutions and concepts

                    Ability to work and provide direction on software, network, hardware and security solutions

                    Maintains a strong working knowledge of system integrations and is able to understand changes in order to anticipate cross-system or cross-process impacts

                    Maintains a strong functional working knowledge of Asurion's front-office and back-office suite of products

                    Expected to be hands on coding, allocating 50% capacity to the sprint

                    Reviews and approves technical specifications

                    Skilled in diagnosing and solving complex problems and providing detailed technical analysis

                    Maintains proficiency in the application and use of tools within Technology Products

                    Effectively communicates the feasibility of requested deliverables and timelines to the Development Manager

                    Provide training and mentoring to team members.

                    Maintains knowledge of the unique requirements of the European marketplace

                    Strong knowledge of the latest computer technologies and concepts

                    Superior oral and written communication skills.

                    Exhibits drive and initiative to learn whatever is necessary to explore new solutions

                    Experience working in distributed development teams.

Experience and Educational Requirements

                    Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Sciences or related field

                    8+ years of experience in a similar field

                    5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas (or combination thereof):

                    Telecommunications industry

                    Insurance / claims industry

                    Relevant IT Discipline