SAS Developer

ERGO Technologies and Services IndiaERGO Technology & Services India (ET&S India) is the newest part of the ERGO Technology & Services Management the main outsourcing provider of IT for ERGO worldwide. It is backed up by ERGO an 18 Billion Euro Organization with a presence in 15+ countries have a charter to provide technology services to the ERGO countries in multiple countries.

Role Description:

The Developer will be responsible for developing new system functionality, providing system maintenance & enhancements in SAS projects to ensure that the initiatives and internal customers are provided full lifecycle support, from implementation through on-going support. This person will be responsible for coding, unit testing, bug-fixes a day-to-day basis.

• Creation of functional and/or technical concepts
• Development or modification of SAS databases
• Changes to interfaces
• Technical review of requirements
• Documentation of operational knowledge
• Design, development and maintenance of SAS databases to meet support and/or project requirements.
• Liaising with business and IT teams to understand business requirements and translate them into formal technical requirements and application code.
• Collaborate with IT support teams (I&O, SAS) to ensure that support and project requirements are developed and successfully implemented
• Develop and execute unit tests and integration plans/scripts to verify that application changes meet technical specifications
• Responsibility for the entire system development lifecycle
• Collaborate with the business team to perform acceptance testing and participate in integration testing
• Participate in production support/service rotation, including weekend and after-hours support
• Provide solution delivery methodology artefacts (ERGO Essence Model) in conjunction with application components.
• Participate in technical reviews at appropriate stages of development

Key Competencies & Skills requiredTechnical:

• Experience in all components of software delivery with concentration in requirements, design and development.
• Quick starter to troubleshoot/resolve incidents and business support items
• Experience in SAS / Datawarehouse Tecnologies
• Has knowledge in all common MS-Office products, Jira, Confluence, Enterprise Architect
• Knowledge Test Tools for Support (e.g. ALM)

Nice to have:

• Insurance Know How Basic knowledge of Cobol / Mainframe
• Exposure to collaboration tools like SharePoint, Fileshare, Agile Methodology, Confluence, KanBan Knowledge
• Insurance Know How

Behavioral Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working in a global environment
• Experience working with technical support team(s).
• Being customer oriented.
• Very good English (speaking/writing) skills.
• Willingness to learn and quickly adapt to changing requirements
• Proactive approach to identifying issues and presenting solutions and options
• Prioritize business impact and urgency
• Ability to learn new technology and methodology quickly.

Soft Skills:

• Very good knowledge in handling application support and maintenance projects with different skills.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills in a short time frame
• Detail orientation
• Initiative, reliability and dedication
• Very good communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to deal with conflict
• Flexibility
• Ability to work under pressure

Previous Experience & QualificationsEducation/Qualification:

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent or a related discipline; or equivalent work experience

Knowledge & Experience:

• 2-3 years of SAS and Datawarehouse Development background in design, analysis and coding, bug fixing
• Financial Services background appreciated
• Experience of working within multi-location teams
• English