System Specialist
Posted 1 day ago by Maxwell Bond
£50 Per hour
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Polaris Developer role is a 6-month remote contract focused on overseeing the full development lifecycle for an Insurance client. The position requires managing development plans, ensuring quality system changes, and supporting strategic objectives. The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing business needs and providing development estimates while maintaining compliance with governance standards. Strong knowledge of insurance products and development methodologies is essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review Business Requirement Documents and provide development estimates.
- Analyse business needs to recommend appropriate development approaches, strategies, and conditions.
- Take ownership of project/BAU planning, including preparation of development plans, managing conflicts with other activities, and updating plans throughout project lifecycles.
- Ensure development build specifications align with business priorities and governance requirements.
- Identify and document issues, ensuring thorough understanding, governance compliance, and resolution management.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders and management on project and BAU progress, escalating conflicts as needed.
- Safeguard the integrity of development environments and data.
- Document all development requirements, specifications, and variances in line with governance standards, maintaining a clear audit trail and library.
Key Skills:
- Strong working knowledge of host policy administration systems.
- Hands-on experience with Polaris ProductWriter for commercial insurance products.
- Familiarity with development and project methodologies.
- Experience analysing insurance products.
- Understanding of underwriting rules and complex pricing algorithms, with the ability to translate requirements into workable solutions.
Salary (Rate): £50.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Polaris Developer 6 Month Contract Remote My Consultancy client are seeking a skilled Polaris Developer to join their Insurance client's development team on a 6 month contract. This role will involve overseeing the full development lifecycle, covering internal systems, software house changes, scheduled releases, new product launches, product changes, and fault resolution. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the quality of system changes, mitigating risks, and supporting the wider commercial function in achieving strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Review Business Requirement Documents and provide development estimates.
- Analyse business needs to recommend appropriate development approaches, strategies, and conditions.
- Take ownership of project/BAU planning, including preparation of development plans, managing conflicts with other activities, and updating plans throughout project lifecycles.
- Ensure development build specifications align with business priorities and governance requirements.
- Identify and document issues, ensuring thorough understanding, governance compliance, and resolution management.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders and management on project and BAU progress, escalating conflicts as needed.
- Safeguard the integrity of development environments and data.
- Document all development requirements, specifications, and variances in line with governance standards, maintaining a clear audit trail and library.
Skills & Experience
- Strong working knowledge of host policy administration systems.
- Hands-on experience with Polaris ProductWriter for commercial insurance products.
- Familiarity with development and project methodologies.
- Experience analysing insurance products.
- Understanding of underwriting rules and complex pricing algorithms, with the ability to translate requirements into workable solutions.