IT Programmer III

As one of the leading writers of Federal Crop Insurance, AgriSompo North America combines industry experience, resources, capital and talent to deliver both traditional and innovative crop insurance and productivity tools to farmers, ranchers, insurers and agribusinesses in the United States. Our organization operates within a culture rooted in ethics, integrity and a belief that accountability, collaboration and agility are crucial to long-term success. AgriSompo North America is a part of AgriSompo, Sompo International’s global agriculture platform. This platform is an integrated underwriting, technology and distribution platform delivering innovate insurance and reinsurance solutions to agriculture partners worldwide.  Sompo International, AgriSompo’s parent company, is a global organization driven by its core values, a carrier that holds promise, trust and the commitment to protect.  Through operating subsidiaries, Sompo International writes agriculture, casualty and other specialty, professional lines, property, marine/energy and aviation lines of insurance and catastrophe, property, casualty, professional lines and specialty lines of reinsurance.As a leading provider of crop insurance and other agricultural risk management tools, we recognize that our success is derived directly from those whose contributions matter most: our people. AgriSompo North America has major offices in Lenexa, Kansas and Des Moines, Iowa as well as regional offices around the country.  A shared commitment to integrity, accountability, collaboration and agility define our culture, and we strive to create exceptional value for our clients and shareholders and maintain AgriSompo North America as a desirable place to work.

Job Description

AgriSompo is seeking IT Programmers to maintain and enhance our custom-built crop insurance application. The system, called AgriNet, is considered one of the leading crop insurance applications in the industry. It supports all of the insurance functions including policy administration, quoting/rating, GIS mapping of cropland, claims, accounting, reporting and transmission of data to the U.S. Government. We have approximately 3,000 Agents and 900 employees using the system to support approximately 80k policy holders and 90m acres of farmland.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with Technical Leads and Senior Engineers in defining, designing, building, managing, and maintaining technical solutions in accordance with the IT SDLC processes, standards and best practices.

• Ensure that functional and non-functional requirements are clearly understood, designed against, tested and documented for performing, reliable, scalable, portable and highly available applications
• Participate in code reviews and validations for engineers’ deliverables, and ensure that proper level (as required by SDLC) of design documentation, traceability and test coverage are in place for functional and non-functional requirements and use-cases
• Manage enhancements and changes, and resolution of incidents and problems for technical solutions in accordance with IT service delivery and support principles and SLAs.

This description reflects the assignment of essential functions and is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities oof the job. Nothing in this job description restricts the organization’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Sompo International offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Qualifications Include:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or similar
• 5-10 years software development experience
• Extensive knowledge of .NET language
• Web UI/Java Script Frameworks)
• SQL - Strong database development skills (SQL Server)
• SSIS
• Knowledge and experience with integration architecture patterns, standards, frameworks or tools.
• Hands-on experience is required with design and implementation of security standards and patterns.
• Good understanding and hands-on experience in designing, implementing, deploying and maintaining public facing, high performing and scalable enterprise web services and APIs.
• Working knowledge / experience is required in SOA, WCF, Web Services (SOAP, REST, XML, JSON) and various transport and security protocols.
• Working experience with application development tools (e.g. GIT, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, etc.)
• Experience is required for employing Test Driven Design, with demonstrable experience in translating requirements into use-cases and into unit / functional test cases
• Demonstrated experience is required in designing and building testing facilities and applications that target end-to-end testing of technical solutions / applications.
• Experience is preferred in implementing or use of web services platforms that enable mediation for integration and security requirements for web and mobile open interfaces.
• Experience in supporting life-cycle management of enterprise web services, packaged applications, and supporting technologies and platforms.
• A team player with solid communication skills, excellent at problem solving, troubleshooting, and embracing new challenges
• Positive attitude and the ability to remain flexible in a dynamic environment
• Ability to manage time across multiple, simultaneous projects
• Must demonstrate the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, as well as the maturity to work independently.

Salary Range: $65,000– $125,000 Actual compensation for this role will depend on several factors including the cost of living associated with your work location, your qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.

At Sompo International, we recognize that the talent, skills, and commitment of our employees drive our success. This is why we offer competitive, high-quality compensation and benefit programs to eligible employees.

Our compensation program is built on a foundation that promotes a pay-for-performance culture, resulting in higher incentive awards, on average, when the Company does well and lower incentive awards when the Company underperforms.  The total compensation opportunity for all regular, full-time employees is a combination of base salary and incentives that gets adjusted upfront based on overall Company performance with final awards based on individual performance.

We continuously evaluate and update our benefit programs to ensure that our plans remain competitive and meet the needs of our employees and their dependents.  Below is a summary of our current comprehensive U.S. benefit programs:

• Two medical plans to choose from, including a Traditional PPO & a Consumer Driven Health Plan with a Health Savings account providing a competitive employer contribution.
• Pharmacy benefits with mail order options.
• Dental benefits including orthodontia benefits for adults and children.
• Vision benefits.
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Company-paid Life & AD&D benefits, including the option to purchase Supplemental life coverage for employee, spouse & children.
• Company-paid Disability benefits with very competitive salary continuation payments.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with competitive employer contributions.
• Competitive paid-time-off programs, including company-paid holidays.
• Competitive Parental Leave Benefits & Adoption Assistance program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tax-Free Commuter Benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement & Professional Qualification benefits.

Sompo International is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. M/F/D/V