Senior Software Engineer (AS400)

Senior Software Engineer-AS400

 

Discover the GREAT in your career.

 

As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

 

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

 

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Senior Software Engineer – (IT).

 

 

The Role:

 

• Conduct workshops and facilitate collection of information. Apply relevant analysis methodology.
• Design and document application and database according to the application and data model to meet the business functional requirements.
• Provide solutions and guidance for complex programming solutions.
• Analyse and design test scenarios and test cases based on business and/or technical requirements. Consolidate, report and recommend follow on actions based on test results obtained.
• Plan in advance base on business and technology trends.
• Lead a team to conduct complex feasibility studies on strategic IT solutions that has critical or long term impact to GE business.
• Define, design and apply enterprise architecture
• Planning & Organisation (Night batch job support / Conduct walkthrough of requirements and preparation of documentation for users' sign-off)
• Identify/Analyse/Document business requirements.       
• Maintain awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company
• Highlight any potential concerns /risks and proactively shares best risk management practices
• Other responsibilities entailed

The Person:

 

• Degree in Computer Science/IT/ IS or its equivalent. Alternatively, Higher Diploma in the same discipline with at least 3 years working experience in software development.
• Minimum 4-6 year experience in applications development.
• Experience in insurance is an added advantage.
• Key Skills:

• COBOL/400 Programming (*4)
• IBM AS/400 iSeries (*4)
• AS/400 Control Lanuage (CL) (*4)
• CSC SMART/400 (*3)
• CSC AS/400 Insurance system (*4)
• CSC FSU/400 (*3)
• AS/400 work query (*4)
• SQL (*4)

• Able to work independently, detail-oriented, analytical, resourceful and have strong problem-solving skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to produce high quality work under pressure
• High level of integrity, takes accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork
• Takes initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes

 

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

 

Location: HQ, Kuala Lumpur

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

 

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

 

 

About Great Eastern

 

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

 

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

 

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

 

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.