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This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital - a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance.  We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture.  As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any basis prohibited by the laws that govern its operations.

How does this role contribute to our collective success?

The Azure Integration Services (AIS) Developer is responsible for new and existing development. This role reports to the AIS Lead Developer and is accountable for delivering various business solutions. Day to day activities for this role include consulting with business partners and other team members, detailed design, code, configurations, unit testing, system documentation, and support of production deployments. The AIS Developer must be proficient with Azure platform and various development languages. A successful candidate will combine hands on functional/technical skills and experience with their ability to collaborate with other technical and non-technical roles.

What will you do in this role?

• Applies technology to business processes in order to develop new, or enhance existing, solutions

• Consults and closely works with Application Delivery Leads and Architects to develop appropriate technical solutions

• Advises on options, risks and impacts on business processes and technical architecture

• Designs, Develops and Implements solutions that are efficient, maintainable and scalable

• Designs cost effective solutions residing primarily on Azure platform

• Responsible for integration with multiple hybrid (on-prem) and native cloud solutions

• Designs and implements for security in order to avoid data breaches and exposure

• Designs/considers scalability and incorporates performance and load testing in the solution

• Defines, designs and Implements AIS development, testing and security best practices

• Implements deliverables using an appropriate solution for the task at hand

• Manages, leads and collaborates with development resources, both onshore and offshore

• Engages in maintenance and support activities, as required

• Maintains system documentation - including diagrams, knowledge base, other design artifacts

• Analyzes and tunes for application performance, supportability and manageability

• Liaises between technical and non-technical resource team members to answer day to day business questions

You may also be required to take on additional responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.

About You:

We encourage you to bring your own experience and expertise to the table, so while there are some qualifications and experiences, we need you to have, we are open to discussing how your individual knowledge might lend itself to fulfilling this role and help us achieve our goals.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or related field, preferred

• 4+ years of development experience working with Microsoft development languages

• Expertise in analysis, design and development of custom solutions using Microsoft technology stack

• Extensive and diverse experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing, SQL Server, .Net technologies

• Hands - on experience with Azure Cloud Services (PaaS & IaaS), Storage, Web Apps, Active Directory, Application Insights, Traffic Manager, Azure Monitoring, OMS, Key Vault, Visual Studio Online (VSO)

• Hands-on experience with Azure Serverless computing (Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Database)

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (strong code and WIT management experience)

• Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD using Azure Pipelines

• Hands-on experience with .NET Core/Frameworks (C#, Python preferred)

• Experience with Agile, Scrum and Waterfall software development methodologies

• Experience with SharePoint and Dynamics a strong plus

• Experience building ARM templates

• Experience with Azure networking a strong plus

• Experience with APM tooling with Dynatrace being preferred

• Microsoft Azure Developer certificate a strong plus

• Dedicated and conscientious team player

• Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently across the organization on a regular basis

• Excellent Analytical skills

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Role Factors:

In this role, you will typically be required to:

Be in the office 3 days per week.

What we offer:

For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of $90,000 - $110,000 CAD (Nova Scotia). Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location.

You will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid annual leave, and much more.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.