Position Overview:
As an Exstream Development Team Lead, you will lead a small team of remote Exstream developers to support the transformation of correspondence for the Group Absence products. This involves working with business leaders and colleagues to advance the modernization of Group correspondence. You will collaborate with the core Exstream development team on platform strategy while using your innovative engineering skills and technical expertise to execute the Group Absence vision to support enterprise growth and align with Guardian’s consumer centric digital strategy.
You Will:

• Perform development activities to construct documents in Exstream Cloud per agreed upon requirements.
• Lead team of Exstream Developer resources for business need deliverables and application support.
• Resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical problems.
• Conduct research and analysis; make recommendations.
• Mentor/trainer and provide guidance and assistance to team members.
• Develop and maintain solution documentation.
• Applying innovative approaches to solve technical design issues.

You Have (Required Skills):

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university.
• 5 years of relevant experience in OT Exstream & Exstream CN and strong understanding of other CCM solutions.
• Design solution for OT Command Center, Content Author, OTDS, TeamSite, LiveSite and Empower.
• 3 years of experience in Java/java script.
• Must have experience working with XML, CSV, JSON data files.
• Experience handling Section data, data mapping.
• Must have good hands-on experience on template development, gathering requirements for business, applying logic and writing rules and formulas.
• Experience with AFP, PDF, XML, PS.
• Basic understanding of Operating System (AWS, Linux, HP Unix/ IBM AIX, Windows).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 3 years’ Experience in ITIL framework and processes – incident, problem and change management.
• Knowledge of the System Development Life Cycle and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

You Have (Desired Skills):

• Configure, Maintain and Support CMOD reports processing.
• Experience troubleshooting CMOD issues related to indexing, ingestion, retrieval etc.
• Other scripting or programming language experience (Awk, Shell, Python).
• Experience in AWS cloud services EC2, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL.
• Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors.
• Mainframe experience.
• Knowledge and experience in Insurance, familiar with terminology, concepts and business processes and systems.

Location:

• Two days a week at a Guardian office in Pittsfield, MA

Salary Range$95,060.00 - $156,170.00
The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.
Our PromiseAt Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
Inspire Well-BeingAs part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
Health Care

• Choice of [high deductible/copay] medical plans* with prescription drugs, including coverage for fertility and transgender inclusive benefits
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• Health care accounts – flexible spending, health reimbursement, and health savings accounts
• Critical illness insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

• Company-paid Life and Disability insurance plus voluntary supplemental coverage
• Accident insurance

Retirement and Financial

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match, plus an annual age/service-based Company contribution and an annual profit-sharing contribution, if applicable
• Complimentary 1:1 financial guidance with a licensed Fidelity representative

Time Off and Remote Work

• Flexible work arrangements (part in-person/part remote)
• Unlimited paid time off for most roles plus time off for volunteering, jury duty, voting, and bereavement
• Personal holidays for colleagues to use in recognition of religious, cultural, or civic days
• Paid parental leave and paid family and medical leave policies

Emotional Well-being and Work-Life

• Emotional well-being, mental health, and work/life resources powered by Spring Health
• Wellness programs, including fitness program and equipment reimbursement
• Child, adult, and elder back-up care support through Bright Horizons
• Adoption assistance
• College planning
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan assistance
• Commuter benefits in select metropolitan areas

Equity & InclusionOpportunities to build inclusive and meaningful connections through involvement in colleague-led affinity groups:

• Employee Resource Groups:
• Colleague Connection Committees
• Community Involvement Committees

A culture that encourages colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work

• Voluntary self-ID
• Pronunciation and phonetic spelling of names

Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.Equal Employment OpportunityGuardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
AccommodationsGuardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact applicant_accommodation@glic.com.
Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.