Sr. Duck Creek Engineer

Chubb is seeking a skilled Duck Creek Technical Lead to join our exceptional team, dedicated to providing and maintaining services across various business units within Chubb. The role will involve leading and/or contributing to tasks like analysis, configuration, design, implementation, enhancement, and operation of PAS systems based on the Duck Creek Policy platform. A successful track record in Duck Creek Technologies, coupled with the ability to mentor and guide a team of developers, is crucial. We're looking for individuals who can collaborate effectively, communicate well, and excel in a dynamic business and IT environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead or take part in analyzing, defining requirements, designing, configuring, and technically implementing solutions using Duck Creek Policy. 
• Execute diverse solutions as per technical specs and business needs. 
• Develop and supervise the maintenance of SDLC artifacts. 
• Investigate, assess, and outline potential solutions while considering project constraints, organizational standards, customer processes, and emerging technologies. 
• Contribute to work item development, estimates, schedules, and plans to meet business requirements. 
• Convey technical recommendations to business analysts, subject matter experts, and end users. 
• Collaborate with architects, technical leads, developers, configuration specialists, QA teams, and subject matter experts from upstream and downstream systems to devise comprehensive solutions. 
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of developers. 
• Engage in ongoing Level 3 support and maintenance. 
• Offer insights for application performance optimization. 
• Conduct code reviews to ensure accurate implementation of technical specifications and adherence to best coding practices during development. 
• Assist in Quality Assurance and User Acceptance Testing execution and deployments across different environments. 
• Adhere to SDLC processes, departmental standards, style requirements, and other necessary procedures for data and system integrity. 
• Maintain compliance with internal controls essential for conducting job functions, responsibilities, and administrative activities at Chubb.

Qualifications:

• Preferred Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience. 
• Mandatory Duck Creek University Certification.

Experience: 

• Over 10 years of experience in the insurance industry involving system configuration, integration, and development using Duck Creek Technologies. 
• Minimum 2 years in a role of Technical Architect or Technical Lead. 
• Bonus points for experience with the OnDemand platform. 
• Hands-on experience in implementing/customizing Personal Lines products. 
• Proficiency in Example Author/Server/Express 3.0 Rating, Forms, and Pages. 
• Skilled in using Debugging Tools like Data Tester, Example Utility, Trace Monitor, and TSV Debugger. 
• Experience with XML and, XSLT. 
• Familiarity with JavaScript and CSS. • Ability to write SQL and T-SQL queries. 
• Experience with DC User Admin. 
• Familiarity with Composed Requests, Request Variables and Conditional Requests.
• Expertise in maintaining and updating products with updates from the business. [versioning, rate tables, etc.] 
• Additional experience with Skin development is advantageous. 
• Exposure to web service integrations. 
• Familiarity with Code analysis tools (MSCop), Unit Testing, CI/CD, and automated build pipelines. 
• Knowledge of MS Azure development (.Net Core/C#, Azure functions, Service Bus) is a plus.

Knowledge:

• Preferred understanding of Personal Lines Insurance terminology & processes. 
• Familiarity with deployment automation tools like Jenkins, GIT, build pipelines, and DevOps practices is beneficial. 
• Knowledge of SDLC, software support, and maintenance approaches like Scrum and Waterfall. 
• Acquaintance with software development lifecycle methodologies for planning and executing application development, enhancement, or support. 
• Knowledgeable about activities, tasks, practices, deliverables, and techniques for introducing new or improved functionality into a production environment.

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellenc