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IT Analyst – Developer

Job Description

Within the IT department of Athora Belgium, you will join the team of analysts/developers for Group Life Insurance applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the back-end Group Life application on the mainframe.
• Perform reverse engineering to generate technical and functional documentation.
• Serve as a liaison between Business Analysts and users by explaining IT features and documenting them functionally.
• Develop and manage BAU (Business-As-Usual) requests.

Your Profile

• Fluent in French or Dutch, with a good command of the other national language.
• A good knowledge of English is also required.

Mainframe Knowledge:

• Programming languages: COBOL and/or Mantis
• Databases: DB2 and IMS (DL1)
• Transactional System: CICS

Business Knowledge:

• At least some knowledge of Individual Life Insurance.
• Knowledge of Group Life Insurance is a major asset.

Your Strengths:

• Ability to work independently on all aspects of projects and BAU tasks in a mainframe environment.
• Skilled in reverse engineering and documenting parts of applications.
• Capable of interfacing with various stakeholders (functional analysts, project managers, testers, business analysts, users, etc.).
• Strong communication skills with both internal and external contacts.
• Good problem-solving abilities and a proactive attitude toward new tasks and challenges.
• Pragmatic and results-oriented
• Detail-oriented, with good organizational and critical thinking skills.
• Able to balance detail with a big-picture view.