Senior Consultant - Software Engineering at Principal Global Services

Description 

% of Time Spent 

Delivery  

• Ownership & expertise on large sections of our solutions / multiple systems - Implementations & support  

• Building application/systems roadmap – mid to longer term (6-12 months) 

• Leverage enterprise level methodologies, tools, processes, technologies, design patterns in implementations and advance adoption within business unit 

• Lead Continuous Improvement practices within area of influence 

• Identify opportunities for business and technology Innovation aligned with HLIs 

• Bring automation first mindset to automate business processes 

• Collaborate with internal and external partners for implementing end to end solutions 

35% 

Solution Design & Implementation 

• Lead, design and communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders as well as communicate business objectives to the technical team and get buy-in. 

• Support broad architecture; design and implement large services, complex libraries or major pieces of infrastructure.  

• Quickly break down complex problems into potential solutions, knowns, and unknowns, in order to get to solid resolutions faster. Able to recognize and make trade-offs with respect to the whole system.  

• Capable of debugging the most complex problems that the team encounters. 

• Anticipate technical issues at the product level and make architectural and design decisions to avoid them 

• Practice/Implement Design thinking approach 

35% 

Strategy  

• Good understanding of business strategic initiatives; consistently influence decision-making at the business level  

• Be abreast with latest technology trends  

10% 

Talent Maturity  

• Grow the team's ability to own and design all software development layers of a solution, proactively nurture talent of the senior staff in the area 

• Multiply the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team work 

• Demonstrate engineering mindset and build it in teams 

15% 

Other  

• Contribution to CoPs (Community of Practice) 

• Networking for sharing and getting cross BU best practices 

5% 

• Proven experience as an IT professional. Ability to obtain certification(s) in an IT related field is a plus.  

• Basic knowledge of insurance and financial services products preferred. Knowledge of business unit applications preferred.  

• Advanced planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required.  

• Proficiency with database applications, knowledge of mainframe, distributed and/or web programming language, cloud, DevOps, modern engineering techniques 

• Strong leadership and presentation skills required. Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality.  

• Must have the desire to learn new technology and continuously grow.  

• Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both It and non-IT partners. Some travel may be required, including overnight stays. May be required to provide on-call support.