LIFE/ASIA & GROUP/ASIA Lead - Insurance Domain

Job Responsibilities :

- Lead end-to-end development of LifeAsia / Group Asia modules using COBOL and mainframe technologies.

- Works with business users on translating their use cases into business and technical requirements and ensure the requirements are clear, complete and correct.

- Understand, write high-quality, efficient, and maintainable COBOL, JCL, VSAM/DB2 programs.

- Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards and best practices.

- Ensure unit testing and system integration testing support.

- Implementation of the requirements as per the agreed scope, schedule and quality as multi-tier web solutions.

- Guides the Engineering team technically that includes modern technologies and imbibe the culture of good security, coding standards, architecture patterns and artefacts creation.

- Ensures that the deliverables from the team are reviewed on a continuous basis, follow the best practices and adheres to the standards & guidelines.

- Deliverables include Design, Developed Code, Functional & Non-functional Testing, pipeline, Deployments and Project documentation.

- Leverages the best fit technologies, Tools and process to implement the business requirements.

- Anticipating the technology risks and ensuring to have the contingency plans in place, suggesting improvements to the existing landscape.

- Works collaboratively with other Technology teams that take care of Infrastructure, Applications and Data, to ensure we work towards a common goal to meet customers and Business satisfaction.

- Architecture & solution design ownership, Team leadership / mentoring.

- Stakeholder management, Delivery accountability, Governance & decision-making.

Preferred Credentials :

Work Experience :

- Experience in Insurance Domain IT systems, process is key.

- Strong hands-on expertise in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Mainframe development environments.

- Extensive experience with LifeAsia or Group Asia (mandatory).

- Knowledge of Batch scheduling tools (e.g., Control-M), Debugging and performance tuning.

- Exposure to API development / integration (REST, MQ, file interfaces).

- Modernization initiatives (wrapping COBOL services), Familiarity with version control tools (Git, SVN), Basic knowledge of DevOps.

- Deep understanding of Life Insurance policy lifecycle, Product configuration and Claims processing workflows, Experience working with group insurance schemes (for Group Asia).

Qualifications :

- Graduation / Postgraduation (Engineering, IT, CS) Tier 1 Preferred.

Competencies :

- Strong command over COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM.

- Ability to design and develop complex batch and online programs.

- Expertise in performance tuning and debugging.

- Deep understanding of Policy lifecycle, Claims and billing processes, Product configuration (especially in LifeAsia / Group Asia).

- Ability to translate business rules into system logic.

- Ability to break down complex requirements into modular, scalable solutions.

- Expertise in handling legacy system constraints and dependencies.

- Adherence to coding standards, code review practices.

- Focus on reusability, maintainability, and low-defect delivery.

- Experience in unit testing and supporting SIT/UAT cycles.

- Guide developers on design, coding, and best practices.

Key Performance Indicators :

Qualitative :

- The ability to precisely translate business requirements into technical design & solution.

- Life insurance and group insurance processes knowledge.

- Understanding of all procedural and technical aspects of the Engineering Team Value Delivery.

- Alignment to the agreed scope, cost, schedule and quality.

- Working knowledge of Agile and DevOps.

- Effectiveness of the Modernization projects.

Quantitative :

- Timeliness in project delivery.

- Excellent quality deliverables.

- Responsible to align to the budget.

- Maintain regular reviews with the stakeholders.

- Ensuring Cost optimizations.

- TAT adherence to queries and issue closure.

- TAT for Project Estimations.

- TAT for UAT closures.

(ref:hirist.tech)