Senior Solution Architect Location: UK (Hybrid)Sector: Specialty Insurance & ReinsuranceType: Permanent Senior Leadership Are you a future-focused Solution Architect who thrives on tackling complex challenges, modernising legacy ecosystems, and influencing enterprise-wide technology strategy? A global, financially rock-solid specialty insurer is expanding its Architecture function and is looking for a Senior Solution Architect to drive major transformation across underwriting, claims, policy administration, and digital customer platforms. This is a role for someone who wants to own the blueprint, champion best practice, and set the direction for a multi-year modernisation journey.Why This Opportunity Stands Out Enterprise influence - You'll shape the roadmap for multiple business domains and play a key role in retiring legacy systems and designing modern, modular, cloud-ready platforms. True architecture ownership - From concept to approval, you are the accountable design authority for critical initiatives. Innovation-driven - The organisation actively invests in emerging tech, Agile, DevSecOps, and architectural excellence. Global exposure - Work closely with a mature enterprise architecture community, sharing patterns, frameworks, and innovation across regions. Impact at scale - Your designs will directly influence underwriting efficiency, customer experience, and strategic growth.What You'll Lead As Senior Solution Architect, you will:
* Build system & application roadmaps that transform current-state platforms into cloud-enabled, future-proof solutions
* Create flexible, modular, reusable designs aligned to enterprise standards
* Provide architecture governance, design assurance and technology oversight
* Mentor engineering teams, review designs & code, and champion best practice
* Align tech direction with business outcomes, security standards and global governance
* Support Agile delivery teams and embed DevSecOps principles into solution design
* Evaluate new technologies and drive innovation through the organisation
* Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, engineering & security teams
* Own all non-functional requirements and ensure solutions meet operational expectations
What You Bring This role will suit an architect with:
* Deep experience in insurance (Underwriting, Claims, Policy Admin, PAS, portals)
* Architectural leadership across transformation and modernisation programmes
* Expertise in Cloud, APIs, Microservices, Integration Patterns, Eventing & DevSecOps
* Experience with custom-built + COTS/MOTS application landscapes
* Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF is a plus)
* Strong analytical thinking, communication excellence, and technical authority
* Ability to mentor teams, challenge assumptions and guide delivery at pace
* A hands-on mindset paired with strategic architectural thinking
Guidewire or large-scale policy administration experience is a significant advantage, but not essential.Who This Role Is Perfect For Architects who enjoy: Owning big design problems Influencing senior stakeholders Working across multiple teams & streams Bringing structure, governance & clarity to complex landscapes Balancing legacy modernisation with new tech innovationIf you're energised by building the future rather than maintaining the past - this will feel like home.Please apply now for immediate consideration