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For more than 125 years, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has been delivering exceptional property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses and individuals around the world.

Today, we are the 11th largest property and casualty insurer in the United States and have a worldwide network of some 120 offices in 27 countries staffed by 10,400 employees. The Chubb Corporation reported $48 billion in assets and $13.2 billion in revenues in 2008. According to Fortune magazine, Chubb is the 203rd largest U.S.-based corporation. The magazine also includes Chubb in its list of “America’s Most Admired Companies.” Forbes listed Chubb as one of America’s 400 Best Big Companies.

Chubb has maintained its reputation and financial stability with underwriting expertise, unparalleled customer service, unique industry-specific specialization and a deep respect for all of our employees.

Currently, Chubb is seeking a Technical Lead-Java for the Whitehouse Station, NJ office.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary:
• Lead a team of Application Developers comprising the Java discipline within the IT department of Chubb Personal Insurance (Personal Lines IT). This team will specialize in thin client technologies including Java, Rational Application Developer, WebSphere Application Server, and Java Server Faces,.
• Oversee the application development process, including design, construction
and test task
• Lead development and maintenance work for Personal Lines IT based applications
• Maintain a detailed production schedule that includes time estimates for each task, check points, deliverables and reviews to be included in the overall project plan
• Drive and measure leveraging of talent, solutions and best practices across development teams, Personal Lines IT and Chubb IT

Primary Job Responsibilities:
• Accountable for leading the development and unit testing according to SDLC standards for Personal Lines IT systems and applications
• Responsible for staff management functions in unit. Accountable for managing/monitoring staff performance in accordance with Corporate HR guidelines
• Work with Personal Lines IT Development Senior Manager to understand Personal Lines IT and business unit strategy and their implication to the platform, technology or application under responsibility
• Ensure a good balance of team composition and where applicable use outsourcing staff augmentation
• Participate in project planning sessions with Personal Lines IT Development Services team members to analyze business and technology requirements and outline the proposed technology solution
• Prioritize, manage and ensure the development and implementation of enhancements and changes
• Translate technical requirements into programmed application modules
• Manage, design, measure, code, integration, performance tuning and testing reviews
• Ensure small changes (that do not fall under the PMO) are tracked and managed to timeline and scope
• Participate (as needed) in code reviews and ensure that all solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications
• Review and provide feedback to the final user documentation
• Establish strong working relationships with technology team members, functional counterparts, vendors and related business partners
• Collaborate closely with technology management in project prioritization/ planning to understand future resource needs
• Promote effective teamwork and manage the resolution of interpersonal issues
• Promote the use of knowledge management processes and tools
• Ensure clear metrics are defined, implemented and tracked to measure performance, skills, throughput and quality of development work


Recommended Qualifications:
• College degree, specialized training or equivalent work experience
• 5 – 7 years progressive experience with thin client systems and applications development including systems/ application analysis and design
• Expertise in Java application development and maintenance
• Experience with the project lifecycle and the application development lifecycle
• Knowledge of design and programming techniques
• Experience with staff augmentation with the IT Industry
• Knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures
• Hands on knowledge of the Java programming language
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels within the organization
• Experience leading a team of application developers
• Experience with providing guidance and direction to staff
• Experience in initiating, conducting and facilitating discussions with multiple stakeholders, and ability to translate the results and issues at hand to the business and to the IT teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Chubb prides itself on the ability to provide all employees with an extraordinary work environment which promotes teamwork, diversity and incentives for those who exceed expectations. Chubb has been recognized as one of the top 50 companies for diversity by DiversityInc magazine, one of America’s most admired companies by Forbes, and one of the top 100 companies to work for by Fortune.

Chubb's compensation and benefit plans work together to create a Total Rewards Program for our employees that is among the best in our industry. As a global organization, we work hard to achieve our goal of providing flexible and competitive compensation and benefits packages in each local market in which we operate. Our goal is to exceed average market practices for our performers. For more information about Chubb and our benefits, visit our website at www.chubb.com.

All interested applicants must apply online at www.chubb.apply2jobs.com Reference Requisition number 8477.

http://www.chubb.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=8477&CurrentPage=2

Chubb & Son, Inc., a division of Federal Insurance Company, does not accept resumes from unsolicited third party agencies or recruiters. No fees will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates in this manner.

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