Insurance IT Specialist

A Leading Life Insurance Company is seeking a technical Insurance IT Specialist to join its core application engineering division in Mumbai. In this system management role, you will take absolute responsibility for overseeing multi-project execution across critical Life Asia platforms and peripheral software systems. Furthermore, you will collaborate with application analysts to translate user requirements into detailed, functional specifications. Consequently, this position is vital for driving digital product automation and upgrading corporate regulatory reporting grids.

The Insurance IT Specialist must possess extensive hands-on developer experience inside specialized legacy and modern insurance frameworks. Additionally, you will coordinate with cross-functional blocks, including Actuarial, Finance, and Product teams, to lead structural code reviews and impact analysis. Therefore, the company is looking for an application architect with an intricate understanding of SMART400 frameworks and COBOL programming. If you want to steer advanced data extraction pipelines, this role offers an exceptional match.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple related software application tracks involving core insurance platforms and peripheral IT models.
• Liaise directly with technical consultants and business users to map functional specifications with corporate goals.
• Coordinate and develop core technical enhancements, including comprehensive code reviews and architectural setups.
• Partner with cross-functional units such as actuarial, product, and finance to ensure successful feature deployment.
• Provide innovative suggestions to optimize application usage, reduce transaction friction, and increase data accuracy.
• Serve as the definitive second-level technical escalation point for code bugs, user errors, and alteration tracking.
• Oversee the end-to-end product delivery lifecycle for core Life Asia applications and platform updates.
• Execute high-volume database reporting activities, extracting and manipulating complex tables using advanced SQL queries.
• Maintain up-to-date domain knowledge regarding life insurance product configurations and setup baselines.
• Utilize Business Objects and database tools to design scannable management dashboard interfaces for functional leaders.

Requirements and Qualifications

• B.Tech or B.E. degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or relevant technical disciplines.
• 5-8 Years of total professional experience within a software engineering or application support environment.
• Mandatory minimum of 3-4 years of direct development experience operating within a Life Asia platform framework.
• Expert practical command over SMART400 systems, Business Objects, COBOL programming, and SQL database querying.
• Comprehensive domain knowledge of Life Insurance business logic and product configuration setups is mandatory.