Snowflake Developer - Data Platforms - 12 Month FTC

About Us:

Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd's, the world's specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups.

Our headquarters are in London, and we have international offices in Copenhagen, Miami, Dubai and Singapore to be closer to our clients across the world. To learn more about us please visit our website www.chaucergroup.com

Job Profile Summary

The Snowflake Developer is responsible for designing, developing and implementing technical solutions to secure, harden, monitor and alert for Chaucer Snowflake platforms. The work scope may later extend to other products, platforms and capabilities within Data Platforms.

This role will be responsible for supporting the Data Platforms teams in delivering best of breed, secure technical practice anchored to CIS Cyber Security framework with specific support for COBIT framework. Additionally, the role will liaise with Snowflake technical teams and selectively contribute to Private Preview features, also extending Chaucer Cyber Security coverage for new Snowflake features and enhancements. This role is initially for an individual contributor but may extend to later leading a small team.

Job Description

• Design, develop and implement Cyber Security best practice in accordance with both Snowflake recommendations and Chaucer Cyber Security Policy using agreed tooling and techniques into Chaucer Snowflake accounts specifically addressing:
• Preferred integration patterns
• Advice, guidance and assistance to all integration products and partners
• Contribution to evolving Chaucer Cyber Security policies, processes and procedures
• Deliver dashboard components exposing monitoring, events and alerts for consumption by PowerBI and other tooling
• Integrate and deliver both near real-time events and alerts with Chaucer SIEM tooling
• Ensure all deliverables conform to security, infrastructure, product and other internal requirements as directed
• Maintain and extend system and operational support documentation, liaison and support for the Operational Support team in accordance with Chaucer requirements
• Contribute to the Data Platform teams Cyber Security awareness, training and upskilling delivering both Snowflake SME and Cyber Security framework skill, knowledge and expertise
• Provide frequent reporting to stakeholders

Skills and Competencies

• Relevant industry experience operating within Insurance or Financial Services
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Subject Matter Expertise in Snowflake Cyber Security settings, components, capabilities and features
• Competence with CIS and COBIT Cyber Security frameworks, awareness of alternate frameworks (NIST, ISO, DORA etc)
• Good understanding of data through previous hands-on contributions to design, development and implementation, ability to identify and explain patterns
• Proactive, determined and resilient, with a positive attitude
• Extensive and demonstrable problem-solving capabilities

Why Chaucer

An established market leading Insurer, where over the past 5 years, the Chaucer Group has seen significant and successful growth. In 2019, we wrote $1.4bn of Gross Written Premium, closed 2023 with $2.7bn, and are on track to write well over $3bn in 2024.

This is an exciting time for Chaucer; we have the people, the platforms, the expertise and the relationships to continue our recent success. We will remain focused on the areas where we can provide the most expertise and value to our brokers and clients.

Hybrid working

We have no appetite to change this, whilst the market is steadily moving back to 4/1 working days, we are continuing to operate on a much more flexible hybrid basis with Heads of teams working closely with employees to strike a balance of what works best in their area. Our approach has been immensely popular and a successful way of working for the business and all employees at Chaucer.

Chaucer is committed to diversity, actively values difference and respects people regardless of the protected characteristics which are outlined in the Equality Act 2010 (UK legislation) as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive 2006 (EU legislation).

A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace are core to our success as a business and integral to our winning strategy and culture. We recruit from the widest available pool of talent, and our hiring, assessment and selection process is fair, free from bias and one which ensures we select the right person for the job, based on merit. We are committed to promoting a culture that actively values difference, and recognises that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect throughout their employment.

We are open to considering flexible working arrangements for all roles and encourage you to outline your needs during the interview process.

Benefits – Extensive, non-contributory benefits, including pension, medical insurance, life insurance, flexi benefits, options for buying and selling holidays, not to mention a diverse and inclusive culture, we pride ourselves on managing employees welfare. We have a wide range of other benefits on offer.