COBOL Tech Lead – Insurance Pricing System (M/F)

Background

As part of a strategic transformation programme run for one of our clients, a major player in the insurance sector, we are looking for a COBOL Tech Lead to support the gradual transformation of its motor insurance pricing system.

The programme aims to gradually replace a legacy pricing engine with a new architecture, while ensuring processing continuity throughout the transition period.

You will work at the heart of the legacy system and play a key role in mastering it, evolving it and gradually decommissioning it, in coordination with the teams in charge of the new pricing solution.

Your responsibilities

• Take technical leadership of development on the legacy pricing engine.
• Understand and master the existing architecture, its components and its dependencies.
• Lead a team of COBOL developers technically.
• Take part in the development and changes required while the old and new systems coexist.
• Analyse the technical impacts of the pricing engine transformation.
• Secure changes to the existing system until it is decommissioned.
• Help define and execute the decommissioning roadmap.
• Work on data migration and conversion.
• Guarantee the quality of the code, development work and technical documentation.
• Work closely with the functional, Data and architecture teams, and with the teams building the new solution.

Your profile

• Significant experience in COBOL development and on mainframe systems.
• Experience as a Tech Lead, technical referent or senior developer.
• Ability to understand and map complex legacy systems.
• Experience of transformation, migration or legacy decommissioning programmes.
• Ability to lead developers technically and structure development practices.
• Experience in the insurance sector is a major asset.
• Knowledge of insurance pricing would be particularly appreciated.

Key skills

• COBOL / Mainframe
• Legacy system analysis
• Technical leadership
• Data migration and conversion
• Application decommissioning
• Code quality and code review
• Application dependency management
• Complex IT environments

Terms

• Contract: permanent (CDI)
• Location: Lyon
• Start: as soon as possible
• Long-term assignment
• Strategic IT transformation programme in the insurance sector