Job Summary
This dynamic role is critical to Nassau’s ability to maintain and enhance its IT production systems. This hands-on position requires a mix of technical acumen, infrastructure awareness, critical thinking, strong communication skills, business partner and vendor management, and ability to manage issues and work efforts from start to finish. The Senior Technology Lead serves as a technical expert and mentor to platform developers.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Assess project and defect workload requirements
- Develop comprehensive technical specifications and solution architectures
- Ensure compliance with coding standards, change management protocols, release processes, and audit controls
- Integrate and provide ongoing support for vendor and third-party technologies
- Conduct unit and system testing; confirm readiness for testing and production environments
- Support deployment processes, production releases, and operational preparedness
- Maintain thorough documentation for applications and defects
- Adhere to audit controls and regulatory standards
- Offer subject matter expertise across Finance, Human Resources, and Business Services
- Engage with architecture and security teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards
- Participate in on-call rotations and deliver off-hours support as necessary
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related discipline.
- Over 5 years of experience as a technology developer, with a background in implementing and supporting production systems within Financial, Human Resources, or Business Services areas, particularly in regulatory environments such as Insurance, Investments, or Finance.
- More than 5 years’ experience utilizing Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Structured Query Language (MS SQL/Oracle), or comparable programming languages.
- In-depth technical expertise with PeopleSoft FSCM 9.1 or higher, including Integration Broker, PeopleTools, Application Engine, Component Interface, PeopleCode, PeopleSoft Query, BI Publisher, SQR, and PeopleSoft AWE/Workflow.
- Proficient in the latest strategic technologies, including AWS cloud and data services.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve technical and production issues efficiently.
- Strong critical thinking skills and the capacity to synthesize information effectively.
- Demonstrated commitment to comprehensive technical problem-solving.
- Superior communication and organizational abilities.
- Experience delivering complex solutions successfully.
- Availability required for on-call and off-hours support.
Compensation
Nassau maintains a holistic compensation philosophy focused on competitive base salaries, performance driven incentives, and unique professional development opportunities. The combination of compensation, benefits, and an entrepreneurial culture along with related experiences is key to recruiting and retaining talent. Our compensation system is designed to reward performance, support development and job growth, and compensate individuals relative to their contribution to our organization. The base salary for this position falls within Nassau’s salary band E: $95,000-$125,000 depending upon experience.
Visit our Careers page and apply online at www.nfg.com (http://www.nfg.com/).
Based in Hartford, Connecticut, Nassau Financial Group is a growth focused and digitally enabled financial services company with a fully integrated platform across insurance and asset management. Nassau was founded in 2015 and has grown to $1.6 billion in total adjusted capital, $24.4 billion in assets under management, and 350,000+ policies and contracts as of March 31, 2026.
As part of a young and growing financial services enterprise, our employees are tapping into a new entrepreneurial spirit while they build on a long track record of putting customers first, understanding the evolving income and protection needs, and developing quality products to meet those needs.
Nassau provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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