• Job Description

  Req#: R-5798

  You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.

  Individual contributor responsible providing a high level of expertise in systems analysis and design, application development and/or integration, and testing of complex systems applications to support business needs. Provides guidance to others informally and formally leads teams on a project and/or program. The focus of this position will be leading, architecting, designing, developing or integrating business applications.

  JOB DESCRIPTION:

  Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

  • Evaluate complex client area requirements and processes, and design or prepare application system specifications.
  • Develop, test and implement efficient and cost effective application solutions, including issue resolution and on-going system maintenance.
  • Lead the integration of vendor applications and consulting resources with existing applications and resources.
  • Work as a technical consultant to programming staff and business units to mentor staff in all phases of program development, testing and implementation.
  • Participate in instructing, directing, and checking the design or application work of others.
  • Coordinate activities within the client area and other IT areas (e.g., infrastructure, testing, and solutions).
  • Research and evaluate new, alternative solutions and architectures, and recommend the most efficient and cost effective solution for systems design, including estimating costs as necessary.
  • Act as a liaison between business, vendor teams, product owners and applications areas, ensuring adherence to requirements and user acceptance criteria.
  • Build new features, and perform customizations, integrations and configurations on Guidewire products like Claim Center, Policy Center, Integration, and Jutro by using Gosu programming language.
  • Develop and maintain reusable components and plugins in Guidewire, Spring and Spring boot applications.
  • Utilize frontend frameworks like React.JS and Guidewire Jutro Development Platform.
  • Perform Guidewire integrations with cloud services AWS (S3 and EC2) or GCP (pub/sub and buckets) for infrastructure management.

  Up to 80% telecommuting permitted

  Reporting Relationship

  Typically Director or above

  Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related
  • 5 (five) years of experience as a Software developer, software engineer, technical lead, programmer, analyst or related; OR, in the alternative, 7 (seven) years of experience as a Software developer, software engineer, technical lead, programmer, analyst or related.

  Must have some work experience with each of the following:

  • Build new features, and perform customizations, integrations and configurations on Guidewire products like Claim Center, Policy Center, Integration, and Jutro by using Gosu programming language;
  • Develop and maintain reusable components and plugins in Guidewire, Spring and Spring boot applications;
  • Utilize frontend frameworks like React.JS and Guidewire Jutro Development Platform; and
  • Perform Guidewire integrations with cloud services AWS (S3 and EC2) or GCP (pub/sub and buckets) for infrastructure management. Up to 80% telecommuting is allowed.

  Primary Location United States – Illinois – Chicago

  Organization – IT

  Mon-Fri., 8:30am – 4:45pm, 37.5 hours/week, $148,949 to $161,507 per year, overtime exempt. This position qualifies for CNA’s employee referral policy program.

  Apply: CNA offers a standard benefits package. See a full list of benefits here: https://www.cna.com/careers/benefits. Submit cover letter and resume at www.cna.com

  #LI-DNI

  In certain jurisdictions, CNA is legally required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. In District of Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington, the national base pay range for this job level is $72,000 to $141,000 annually. Salary determinations are based on various factors, including but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals. For a detailed look at CNA’s benefits, please visit cnabenefits.com.

  CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact leaveadministration@cna.com .

• About the company

  CNA offers a broad portfolio of property and casualty business insurance solutions that allow you to better manage your risks and grow profitably.

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