Application Development Consultant

Role Overview

• Analyze complex business and technical requests and independently design, build, test, and deploy software solutions that support CMD’s evolving objectives.
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to elevate development practices within the team.
• Ensure architecture consistency across platforms by collaborating closely with technology leadership and architecture teams.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps and portfolio planning by identifying long‑term opportunities, risks, and modernization strategies.
• Promote reuse and simplification by identifying opportunities to leverage existing solution components.
• Ensure solutions are built using the appropriate technologies, comply with divisional standards, and meet functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Define solution allocation across application areas, ensuring alignment with business rules embedded in core administration systems.
• Perform deep‑dive analysis of production issues, respond promptly to outages, and partner with business stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve system defects.
• Identify optimization opportunities that enhance resilience, reduce manual effort, or improve system performance.
• Conduct technical evaluations of software components, tools, and patterns to inform modernization initiatives.
• Independently manage priorities, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution across concurrent initiatives.
• Partner with various technology functions to ensure end‑to‑end solution quality and continuity of knowledge across the Life Admin ecosystem.
• Contribute to a collaborative culture that encourages shared learning, broadens team capabilities, and strengthens cross‑functional alignment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in application development or technical support for mainframe applications and databases.
• Experience with Life Insurance processes and platforms.
• Hands-on expertise with Cyberlife, ALIS or Vantage.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and iterative delivery.

Benefits

• Your wellbeing is important to Pacific Life, and we’re committed to providing you with flexible benefits that you can tailor to meet your needs.
• Prioritization of your health and well-being including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Wellbeing Reimbursement Account that can be used on yourself or your eligible dependents.
• Generous paid time off options including: Paid Time Off, Holiday Schedules, and Financial Planning Time Off.
• Paid Parental Leave as well as an Adoption Assistance Program.
• Competitive 401k savings plan with company match and an additional contribution regardless of participation.