Sr. Data Engineer, Financial Systems; Remote

Crum & Forster Company Overview

Crum & Forster (C&F) provides market leading property & casualty, accident & health, specialty and standard commercial lines insurance solutions. A true underwriting company, we have a 200-year history of helping our customers manage risk with laser-focused expertise, integrity and discipline. Our people are empowered to make decisions and problem-solve with you smartly and swiftly. Our annual gross written premium is 6.2 billion.

C&F enjoys a financial strength rating of "A+" (Superior) by AM Best.

Our most valuable asset is our people. We have 3000 employees, and locations throughout the United States and India. With our employee-first focus, the Company is consistently recognized as a great place to work, earning multiple workplace and wellness awards, including the Great Place to Work® Award, Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune Best Workplaces for Parents, Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennia ls, and many others.

C&F is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings. For more information about C&F, please visit our website:

Overview:

ITFS requires a senior-level Application Developer to assist on a variety of efforts related to those applications supported by ITFS as well as the interfaces into and out of them. The workload for this position will likely be coordinated by a team lead, though the individual will be administratively reporting to management at some level.

What you will do:

• Learn our applications to the level required for providing proper support and maintenance
• Receive business requirements and ensure proper understanding for appropriate coding
• Actively participate in appropriate Scrum, Kanban, or stand-up meetings
• Understand development standards and utilize them when planning/executing the coding tasks
• Provide appropriate input for solid project planning and the setting of target dates
• Manage time and workload properly to ensure meeting of deadlines
• Ensure review of design and code with team members prior to code promotion
• Work with technical architect to ensure documentation is created/updated as appropriate for assigned task(s)
• Ensure high levels of communication and transparency, demonstrating traceability and best practice
• Ensure close collaboration with the lead and Assistance Vice President of IT Financial Systems knowing what to communicate and when to escalat
• Work with experts to monitor performance of our production environment, and implement any necessary changes to improve it, including small fixes, and large architectural changes
• Assist in effectively managing all non-production environments
• Assist in ensuring our controls are adhered to (e.g. change controls)
• Continue to expand technical skill set, both in terms of ITFS needs and new technologies, utilizing both internal and external training tools.
• There may be a small amount of travel, on an as needed basis, to NJ

What you will bring to C&F

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering. or related field and 2-6+ years of experience working as a Data Developer or Engineer
• Experience with SQL Server and related tools (SQL queries, SSIS, SSRS)
• Experience with source version control and related tools (Stash, GIT, Bitbucket, etc.)
• A basic foundation in data (e.g. integrity, governance, architecture, extraction, manipulation, storage, mining)
• Experience with job schedulers (SQL Server agent, Autosys, etc.)
• Familiarity with Dev Ops concepts, CI/CD, and related tools
• Ability to convert business requirements into technical specifications
• Understanding of financial concepts (accounts payable, general ledger, etc.)
• An understanding of basic SDLC and project management principles
• Familiarity with in Microsoft Office tools
• Experience with additional coding languages and tools (C#, VB, .NET,…