Technical Specialist_2215

Job description

Drive the development of integration solutions that meet the functional and non-functional requirements of business users, with consideration for future maintenance, scalability, and performance optimization.

• Ensure a positive customer experience by delivering excellence in integration services and behaviors, while challenging business requirements that do not deliver value or leverage technology effectively.

• Conduct meetings with business users under supervision of senior analyst programmers to gather/validate requirements for integration solutions and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

• Ensure that adequate supporting documentation is prepared for integration components, including technical specifications, deployment guides, and operational runbooks, in line with Allianz requirements and standards.

• Ensure that time and effort is logged in appropriate systems as required to support accurate forecasting, sprint planning, and allocation of work within the team.

• Proactively identify security and operational risks in integration solutions through thorough analysis, unit testing, and implementation of secure design patterns including TLS/mTLS, OAuth2, and JWT.

• Undertake production support and maintenance activities for integration platforms such as IBM ACE, MQ, and DataPower, including monitoring, incident resolution, and performance tuning to ensure minimal disruption to business users.

• Identify opportunities to continually improve integration practices through automation, reusable components, and adoption of CI/CD pipelines that result in better efficiencies and end user experiences.

• Significant experience in programming and integration design using IBM ACE, MQ, and DataPower in a large complex IT landscape, including message flow development, queue configuration, and gateway services.

• Significant experience in development and support of enterprise-grade integration solutions, with adherence to structured (Agile or Waterfall) development processes and DevOps practices.

• Comprehensive knowledge of integration technologies including SOAP, REST, MQ, XML, JSON, Kafka, and API security protocols, along with hands-on experience in API management platforms such as Apigee or similar.

• Working knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably AWS, and experience deploying integration components in hybrid or cloud-native environments.

• Ability to plan and prioritise effectively, organise tasks and manage competing resources and demands in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with clarity, impact and influence across technical and business stakeholders.

• Highly developed 'first principles' problem-solving skills, combined with a curious and creative mind-set, and a strong focus on continuous learning and improvement.

Special Considerations:

• Experience in the insurance or financial services industry is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the insurance lifecycle policy & claims is a plus.
• Knowledge in AI is a plus

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.  

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow. 

Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.