Application Development Consultant

Overview

Providing for loved ones, planning rewarding retirements, saving enough for whatever lies ahead – our policyholders count on us to be there when it matters most. It’s a big ask, but it’s one that we have the power to deliver when we work together. We collaborate and innovate – pushing one another to transform not just Pacific Life, but the entire industry for the better.

Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Pacific Life is more than a job, it’s a career with purpose. It’s a career where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future – including your own.

We’re actively seeking a high-impact Application Development Consultant to join our Pacific Life Technology team in one of our Home Office locations (Newport Beach, CA; Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC). This hybrid role empowers you to collaborate effectively both in and out of the office.

As an Application Development Consultant, you’ll move Pacific Life, and your career, forward by joining a team of 10-12 experienced application development professionals. This role provides expert-level application development leadership to design, enhance, and deliver scalable Life policy administration capabilities to support CMD’s ongoing growth. You will play a critical part to deliver complex software solutions, drive system sustainability and modernization, and identify innovative improvements across our processes and technology to ensure long‑term scalability and operational excellence.

• Analyze complex business and technical requests and independently design, build, test, and deploy software solutions that support CMD’s evolving objectives

• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to elevate development practices within the team

• Ensure architecture consistency across platforms by collaborating closely with technology leadership and architecture teams

• Contribute to technical roadmaps and portfolio planning by identifying long‑term opportunities, risks, and modernization strategies

• Promote reuse and simplification by identifying opportunities to leverage existing solution components

• Ensure solutions are built using the appropriate technologies, comply with divisional standards, and meet functional and non‑functional requirements

• Define solution allocation across application areas, ensuring alignment with business rules embedded in core administration systems

• Perform deep‑dive analysis of production issues, respond promptly to outages, and partner with business stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve system defects

• Identify optimization opportunities that enhance resilience, reduce manual effort, or improve system performance

• Conduct technical evaluations of software components, tools, and patterns to inform modernization initiatives

• Independently manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution across concurrent initiatives

• Partner with various technology functions to ensure end‑to‑end solution quality and continuity of knowledge across the Life Admin ecosystem

• Contribute to a collaborative culture that encourages shared learning, broadens team capabilities, and strengthens cross‑functional alignment

• 10+ years of experience in application development or technical support for mainframe applications and databases

• Experience with Life Insurance processes and platforms

• Hands-on expertise with Cyberlife, ALIS or Vantage

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and iterative delivery

• Advanced knowledge of mainframe and policy administration system architecture

• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with ability to build and influence cross-functional partnerships

• Proven track record of technical leadership and elevating development standards

You can be who you are.

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