Vantage One/wmA - Software Engineer (Canada Remote)

DXC Technology Inc.; Ontario; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Software Engineer to join their dynamic team, focusing on enhancing insurance operations through innovative technology solutions. This role involves collaborating with clients to gather requirements, develop robust software, and mentor junior team members. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in mainframe technologies and analytical skills to drive process improvements and deliver exceptional results. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in the insurance sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Life Insurance Annuity Platforms.
• Strong development experience in COBOL and mainframe technologies.

Responsibilities

• Mentor the team for timely delivery of assignments.
• Develop interfaces using Mainframe COBOL and JCL.

Skills

Mainframe COBOL

DB2

SQL

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Tools

Microfocus

Job description

Job Description:

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) empowers global companies to operate their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private, and hybrid clouds. Many of the world’s largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deliver exceptional service across the Enterprise Technology Stack, driving performance, competitiveness, and customer experience. Discover more about our commitment to excellence for customers and colleagues at DXC.com.

At DXC, we harness the power of technology to deliver essential IT services that help our clients modernize operations and drive innovation across their entire IT infrastructure. Our services span the Enterprise Technology Stack and include business process outsourcing, insurance, analytics and engineering, applications, security, cloud, IT outsourcing, and modern workplace solutions.

Our DXC Insurance Services support clients in optimizing and transforming operations, reducing costs, and building agile channels for growth. Leveraging our people, technology, and best practices, we improve and automate complex business processes across middle and back offices—while enhancing customer experience transformation.

As a Software Engineer for wmA, you will work closely with one of our largest insurance clients, contributing across various stages of the software development lifecycle. Your responsibilities will include requirements gathering, design, development, testing, maintenance, version upgrades, conversions, and migrations.

You’ll be expected to take ownership of your role by driving process improvements and implementing best practices, as well as sharing knowledge within the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

Representing DXC in front of our client, you will leverage your understanding of their needs to deliver robust, clean, and scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor and guide the team to ensure defect-free and timely delivery of assignments.
• Take ownership of tasks, coordinating with the team to meet project schedules and milestones.
• Support the BA team in query resolution and defect analysis.
• Develop interfaces between multiple systems and wmA using Mainframe COBOL and JCL.
• Participate in requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, planning, investigation, development, testing, and maintenance.
• Understand and analyze user and business needs to align with vision and business strategy, bridging current and future business models.
• Share knowledge and mentor less experienced team members.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Life Insurance Annuity Platforms, specifically wmA/Vantage-One (DXC IP).
• Strong development experience in mainframe technologies (COBOL, DB2, SQL) with analytical skills for wmA development.
• Working knowledge of Microfocus (emulator for COBOL development).
• Experience with system migrations and integrations.
• Exposure to conversion and transformation projects is a plus.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to guide clients on business queries, solution design, and independently handle wmA development for medium to large projects.
• Experience with new business proposals and estimations to support DXC business growth.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) with direct client interaction experience.
• Strong analytical skills for structuring complex business challenges.
• Capability to break down high-level information into detailed business requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for professional interaction with diverse groups, including executives, managers, and subject matter experts.

Nice to have

• Ability to work from customer location and relocate to customer location (if required)
• Willing to overlap with India time zone for critical business activities and work extra hours (including weekends) to support critical go live activities
• Willing to travel as per business requirement

Work Environment

This role offers a remote work opportunity within the United States.

DXC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome the many dimensions of diversity. Accommodation of special needs for qualified candidates may be considered within the framework of the DXC Accommodation Policy.

In addition, DXC Technology is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance in filling out the employment application or require a reasonable accommodation while seeking employment, please e-mail AODA Canada Requests.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing a reasonable accommodation related to a disability.