Technical Analyst

About Kuvare

Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service.

Kuvare Family Of Companies

Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions:

• United Life Insurance Company
• Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company
• Lincoln Benefit Life
  
  

Institutional Insurance

• Kuvare Life Re
  
  

Bespoke Insurance Solutions

• Ignite Partners
  
  

About The Role

• The Technical Analyst is responsible for serving as a liaison between the IT department and other areas of the business, as well as provide support for IT functions. This includes working with members of IT to translate business functional requirements into usable technical business requirements / user stories for projects in support of core organization objectives. In addition, this individual will apply analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve systems issues to maximize the benefit of IT systems investment.
  
  

What You'll Do

• Translate business functional requirements into usable technical business requirements / user stories for projects in support of core organization functions for new applications and enhancements to existing applications.
• Meet with decision makers, systems owners, members of IT, and end users to define technical business requirements and systems goals. Identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Ensure compatibility and interoperability of applications.
• Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
• Conduct research on hardware and software products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
• Create systems models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmers.
• Assist in testing for modified and new systems.
• Coach, mentor, and motivate team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Develop business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, project business owners, SMEs, IT Development, QA, and vendors to determine project scope and define technical project requirements.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, information systems, computer engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five or more (5+ years) of Analyst experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile development methodology and concepts. 
• Experience in overseeing the design, development, and / or implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems, or products.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Strong familiarity with applicable data privacy practices, regulations, and laws. 
  
  

The Pay Range For This Role Is

70,000 - 115,000 USD per year (Des Moines)