Job Description

If youre passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwides Information Technology team could be the place for you!

Compensation Grade: F4

Are you looking for an opportunity to enhance your knowledge on Apigee, Springboot, AWS services, Kubernetes & latest DevOps tools? Come join the Underwriting team in Personal Lines Services that supports a critical application & several other.

We are working to constantly innovate and come up with new, exciting solutions to solve business needs.

We are seeking a proven Test Automation Developer who is passionate about technology, relishes challenges, possesses internal drive and learning agility, and loves developing and executing automation for large scale, technically complex business solutions. While Test Automation and leading testing discipline for the team (planning, execution, development of test automation) will be the primary function, the expectation is for the candidate to do application development work as well. This provides a great opportunity to learn, grow and enhance the developer skills that may have been focused on Test Automation to broaden on the app dev side as well.

The ideal candidate possesses the following characteristics:

* Proficient in developing test automation using Ruby, Cucumber, Jmeter or Blazemeter, SOAP UI, Postman, Jenkins
* Strong SQL knowledge
* Experience with data validation and coordination with dependent areas
* Relentless focus in learning new things (technology, business domain) and ability to learn and get up-to-speed quickly
* Experienced in working in agile methodology
* Good communication and listening skills; Ability to communicate technically complex solutions in simple terms
* Be able to work independently with minimal direction
* Must be flexible and able to pro-actively work across roles and technology disciplines
* Familiarity/experience with any of the following technology will be a plus:
* Java, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, XML, JSON, YAML, REST, SOAP
* Knowledge of tools used in build & deployment like Eclipse IDE, GitHub, Maven
* Container Services Docker, Kubernetes, Kubectl
* Other tools - SonarQube, Twistlock, Contrast

Job Description Summary

JOB SUMMARY: With full competency, devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents those programs. Competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of applications programming activities.

Job Description

RELATIONSHIP: Manager/Director

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Develops cost-effective information technology solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications that are more complex with full competency.

2. Analyzes and validates complex system requirements and existing business processes and information systems. Designs, develops and implements new programs and/or modifications of existing applications. Responsible for the more complex designs, prototypes and other methodologies for new and/or existing systems including the development and implementation of test plans and program specifications with various interfaces.

3. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents and implements complex software applications according to standards.

4. Defines and develops specifications and programs complex technical modules, applications, prototypes and computer programs.

5. Assists in leading all aspects of applications programming and development including file design, update, storage and retrieval.

6. Evaluates and provides technical solutions to complex application development problems.

7. May coordinate activities of a project team and assist in monitoring project schedules and costs.

8. May act as a technical programming consultant for small-scale projects that include multiple product lines and various interfaces.

9. Performs other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is preferred.

Experience: Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis. Project management experience is preferred.

Knowledge: Must have proven knowledge in computer programming language. Must have a thorough understanding in systems and data processing policies, practices and procedures. Must have a thorough understanding in systems analysis and design techniques. Must have extensive knowledge of the systems development life cycle. Understanding of project management concepts and techniques required.

Skills/Competencies: Must have the ability to analyze complex applications and systems. Must be able to program complex systems requiring minimal interfaces. Must possess problem-solving skills to determine the programming effects on existing systems. Must have strong decision-making skills for problem identification and solution recommendation. Must have written and oral communication skills to prepare and communicate programming plans and procedures as well as to interact with all levels within the company.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values and Guiding Behaviors.

Staffing Exceptions to the above minimum job requirements must be approved by the: Director and HR Officer

JOB CONDITIONS:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Credit Check: Not Applicable

Safety Sensitive (SS): Not Applicable

Job Evaluation Activity: Evaluated: MDK (12-22-03)