IT Business Analysis Sr. Specialist

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Act as the senior technical analyst and process team lead for projects in functional area. Work collaboratively with stakeholders and plan and conduct working sessions to elicit and review business requirements as approved by senior management. Develop strategy and implement approach for creation of deliverables and all supporting documentation for the concept and definition phases of the project. Perform necessary research to fully understand the business issues, develop possible solutions and to support development of innovative, cost effective solutions, and recommend most viable business/technology solutions to management for approval. Ensure appropriate resources are assigned to project teams, manage resources and teams, and review and provide input on performance of team members as appropriate. Oversee design reviews to ensure project/system designs meet business needs. Define business requirements for API solutions integrating Guidewire policy center, ensuring seamless data flow and system compatibility. Design Google Cloud – hosted API’s, optimizing for scalability, security and performance and utilizing IICS for ETL processes and data transformation. Perform API validation, analyzing JSON based API payloads, troubleshooting data integrations issues and collaborating with QA teams for defect resolution and system stability. Leverage insurance domain expertise in policy administration, underwriting, claims processing and regulatory compliance supporting rating models, premium reporting and downstream analytics. Act as technical resource on best practices, which may include technology or other business/functional areas. Continuously learn new trends and developments within functional area of expertise and the insurance industry. Participate in or lead the evaluation of software packages as they relate to the project/functional area.

100% telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the US.

Reporting Relationship

Typically Director or above

Education & Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, informatics, business or related and 5 (five) years of experience as a business analyst, consultant, project manager or related.

Must have some work experience with each of the following: 1.) Define business requirements for API solutions integrating Guidewire policy center, ensuring seamless data flow and system compatibility; 2.) Design Google Cloud – hosted API’s, optimizing for scalability, security and performance and utilizing IICS for ETL processes and data transformation; 3.) Perform API validation, analyzing JSON based API payloads, troubleshooting data integrations issues and collaborating with QA teams for defect resolution and system stability; and 4.) Leverage insurance domain expertise in policy administration, underwriting, claims processing and regulatory compliance supporting rating models, premium reporting and downstream analytics. 100% telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the US.

Primary Location:  United States – Chicago, IL

Organization – Technology

Mon-Fri., 8:30am – 4:45pm, 37.5 hours/week, $133,182 to $177,965 per year, overtime exempt.  This position qualifies for CNA’s employee referral policy program. 

Apply:  CNA offers a standard benefits package.  See a full list of benefits here:  https://www.cna.com/careers/benefits.  Submit cover letter and resume at www.cna.com

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