Lead Solutions Architect

Lead Solutions Architect: Azure, Applications, Integration, Data, Insurance

This organisation is a leading Specialist insurer based in the city of London, who are undergoing a major IT transformation - establishing an agile framework and specialised product teams across the business.

You will join a specialised Product team as the embedded Lead Solutions Architect, embarking on a transformative period, growing their digital platform & product offerings. Reporting into the Chief Architect, you will take ownership for product solution architecture for the underwriting, actuarial & business functions.

This is a transitional environment, so an agile approach to architecture is a necessity. You will have worked in an Azure environment, with deep knowledge in application architecture and middleware and integration.

This is the ideal opportunity for a flexible Architect who thrives on developing new solutions for business challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture design for applications, integrations and data solutions that align with business goals and technology strategies.
• Develop and support low-level architecture design for business products
• Develop strong relationships with Data & Analytics, IT and Security and Engineering teams
• Play a leading role in the development of business Architecture Standards and Patterns
• Ensure and maintain Governance standards are adhered to when developing architectural frameworks

Requirements:

• Commercial Insurance or London Markets experience is required
• Experience developing IT architectures across Applications and Data that operate through SaaS
• Demonstratable experience designing & developing Cloud Solution Architecture, preferably Azure
• Ability to work in sprints and adopt an agile approach to architecture design
• Excellent communication, ability to effect change and promote technology solutions across the wider business

Lead Solutions Architect: Azure, Applications, Integrations, Data, Insurance