A cloud technology- focused individual providing design and delivery expertise for forward- looking solutions in a modern cloud- based insurance environment. The successful candidate will work directly with clients, assessing their needs, designing tailored solutions, and supporting business initiatives in alignment with defined roadmaps. This role is technology agnostic but emphasizes solutions leveraging heavily on AWS and GCP environments, incorporating elements of open- source, PaaS, and SaaS components.
What You Will Do
Assist in identifying, specifying, and selecting off- the- shelf components to meet client needs
Ensure that designed solutions are implemented in accordance with client expectations and company standards
Maintain awareness of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve solutions
Provide ongoing support and guidance to clients throughout the implementation process
Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure alignment between client needs and solution design
Engage with clients to understand their requirements and advise on appropriate solution architectures
Work closely with Delivery Managers to oversee the architecture approach during solution deployment
Explore a range of possibilities and creative alternatives to identify the most effective solutions
Required Skills and Knowledge
Ability to translate client requirements into actionable steps and solution architectures
Understand the optimum approaches for cloud- based applications with high availability and highly scalable solutions
Experienced in designing solutions in a Relational DB and noSQL environment
Ability to assist in defining and socialising a product/enterprise roadmap
At least 6 years of professional experience in solution architecture design and delivery roles in the insurance vertical with exposure to multiple lines of business
Experienced in delivering cloud- based technology product solutions in an enterprise environment
While the Solution Architect is not expected to build the solutions experience of multiple development languages & various DB engines will be advantageous
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Ideally has experience or understanding of the benefits of low- code platforms
Can think "outside the box", but also be able to understand the business constraints that lead to “in the box” approaches
Experienced in designing for API & Micro- services centric environments
Has designed and implemented innovative and creative solutions to business problems
Exposure to authentication and authorisation concepts (SSO, SAML integration, identity federation etc)
Demonstrated capability to self- learn new technology trends and approaches
Understand business architecture models & patterns
Required Competencies
Understanding of insurance business processes across all areas and at least two lines of business
Strong analytical skills & ability to understand and collect business requirements from corporate clients.
Strong ability to build the value proposition and solution documents, and in some cases, the business case for a corporate client.
Excellent organisational, interpersonal & communication skills and an ability to engage audiences
Maintains direction and focus through proactive planning and organized approaches to work
Excellent decision- making and judgment skills
Certification in one cloud environment is a distinct advantage with a broad knowledge and experience of the cloud platform’s capabilities
Must be equally comfortable discussing the solution strategies and enterprise roadmap withpeople at all levels of our organisation and CxO to project- level teams in our clients
A high proficiency in working in English as your primary language
Relationship management experience with corporate clients.
Certification in one architecture discipline (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) is a distinct advantage
