Solution Architect - Personal Lines Insurance Experience
Our client, a global Insurance company, are currently looking to hire a Solution Architect with experience of Personal Lines Insurance to join the team on a contract basis. This role would be hybrid working, with the client site based in London.
As the ideal candidate, you will be a self-sufficient solutions expert that communicates well at all levels; in addition to creating solutions, the new Solution Architect contributes to and/or creates architectural standards that support the business now and into the future.
Principal Responsibilities:
* Create technological solutions to business propositions utilising available applications, platforms, and standards; collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure the solution is of high quality
* Work with various governance bodies to ensure their solutions comply with their standards and guidance
* Lead infrastructure, development, and project teams in the implementation of their solutions ensuring the solution as designed is implemented; actively participate in sprint planning and retrospectives
* Present at forums to seek approval from fellow stakeholders in the solution, which includes colleagues from the business, operations, and IT
* Present at Architecture Review Boards to seek approval of architects, platforms owners, and other impacted stakeholders at group level
* Review the solutions of peers and provide constructive feedback
* Lead the non-functional evaluation of new applications and platforms, highlighting the benefits and risks of each candidate offering and making a recommendation as to which should be implemented
* Evaluate vendors on the quality of their products, support, skill, and capabilities
Qualifications & Experience:
* Expertise and awareness of trends across technology and enterprise solutions
* Experience implementing and integrating SaaS applications
* Experience with applications and integrations developed on .Net
* Experience with Azure both as IaaS and PaaS
* Experience with Databricks and PowerBI
* A working knowledge of cloud platforms as well as traditional development platforms with exposure to a variety of technologies
* Experience in at least one major transformation programme
Desirable Traits:
* Strategic thought leadership: ability to collaborate and build relationships across business units and locations
* Experience working in the insurance industry, with Personal Lines MGA experience being beneficial
* Experience delivering at high velocity using modern methodologies
* Experience delivering applications with modern architectures such as distributed applications and cloud-native deployment
* Experience and fluent understanding of the TOGAF domains
Please apply!