SR Architect Rate Quote Bind & Underwriting at Smith Arnold Partners
Hartford, CT 06101
About the Job
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Solutions Architect opportunity with one of the most successful Reinsurance companies in the world! You will design complex architecture and solutions to meet business requirements in a manner that balances architectural standards, and implementation and operational risks
You will ensure the future-state solutions have been fully vetted, are performant and scalable
This position offers many opportunities for advancement, competitive compensation, offers some of the best benefits and 401k plan compared to any other company in the country and has a great reputation
Employee testimonials:
-Outstanding group of professionals
-Excellent benefits including a fantastic 401K match
-Great flexibility to manage work life balance
-Employees go above and beyond to support each other and achieve objectivesTitle: Sr Solutions Architect- P&C Insurance Underwriting Domain
Location: Stamford, CT, Hartford, CT, Morristown, NJ Hybrid
Salary: $150,000 – 170,000 + Bonus Incredible benefits & 401K (200% of the first 5% pre-tax!)Responsibilities:In this role you will have an understanding of our Insurance systems and processes and function as an Insurance architecture subject matter expert for our various projects
Your expertise in Insurance products will help guide and reimagine solutions for Americas: Rate, Quote, Bind and Underwriting processes.
Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments (current state), and translate these into an architecture and road map
Line management responsibility for Americas: Rate, Quote, Bind and Underwriting solution architecture team
Rate, Quote, Bind and Underwriting domain architecture authority & accountability, is self-supervising from a technical perspective
Act as a strategic advisor to management
Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department’s strategy
Work on novel and diverse, “state-of-the-art” issues/problems, and on assignments of large scope, impact and importance
Collaborate with customers, analysts, other architects, modelers, developers, testers, partners and vendors
Guide the full lifecycle of a Solution, including:
Understand the Business Capabilities that are required and translate this to Technical Capabilities and Solution Architecture
Assist the customer (and business solutions analysts) to define and declare non-functional requirements for building out solution capabilities
Design architecture and solutions to meet business requirements in a manner that balances architectural standards, and implementation and operational risks, with restricted parameters such as budget and time
Ensure the future-state solutions have been fully vetted, are performant and scalable, enable agility, can be supported, are cost effective and highly available, and meet the robust needs of the business
Assess vendor tools based on required capabilities, future capabilities, and architecture drivers, and document justification for tool selection
Be hands on to demonstrate tools, patterns, security, performance, scalability, etc
in a lab environment when necessary
Lead design reviews (pre-development) and implementation reviews (post-development) to ensure principles and standards are followed, and that technical debt is managed
Present architecture decisions, explain the end-to-end solution, educate others how they can contribute, and provide guidance on tool usage
Extract best-practice knowledge, reference architectures, and patterns for sharing with the broader community of Architects
Requirements:
7+ years’ experience in relevant architecture rolesPossess broad and deep insurance and architecture expertise and knowledge
Hands-on experience with architecting, implementing, and performance tuning of:
Insurance products & services
Azure cloud platform environment
Container & Orchestration platforms
Relational databases and structured query languages
Message queues, streaming technologies, and event driven architecture
Microservices
Understand & be able to communicate business problems & technical solutions in appropriate terminology and ability to influence across business lines
Excellent presentation, communication (oral & written), and relationship building skills, across all levels of management
Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
Knowledge and active use of Agile, SCRUM and Continuous Delivery
Solutions Architect opportunity with one of the most successful Reinsurance companies in the world! You will design complex architecture and solutions to meet business requirements in a manner that balances architectural standards, and implementation and operational risks
You will ensure the future-state solutions have been fully vetted, are performant and scalable
This position offers many opportunities for advancement, competitive compensation, offers some of the best benefits and 401k plan compared to any other company in the country and has a great reputation
Employee testimonials:
-Outstanding group of professionals
-Excellent benefits including a fantastic 401K match
-Great flexibility to manage work life balance
-Employees go above and beyond to support each other and achieve objectivesTitle: Sr Solutions Architect- P&C Insurance Underwriting Domain
Location: Stamford, CT, Hartford, CT, Morristown, NJ Hybrid
Salary: $150,000 – 170,000 + Bonus Incredible benefits & 401K (200% of the first 5% pre-tax!)Responsibilities:In this role you will have an understanding of our Insurance systems and processes and function as an Insurance architecture subject matter expert for our various projects
Your expertise in Insurance products will help guide and reimagine solutions for Americas: Rate, Quote, Bind and Underwriting processes.
Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments (current state), and translate these into an architecture and road map
Line management responsibility for Americas: Rate, Quote, Bind and Underwriting solution architecture team
Rate, Quote, Bind and Underwriting domain architecture authority & accountability, is self-supervising from a technical perspective
Act as a strategic advisor to management
Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department’s strategy
Work on novel and diverse, “state-of-the-art” issues/problems, and on assignments of large scope, impact and importance
Collaborate with customers, analysts, other architects, modelers, developers, testers, partners and vendors
Guide the full lifecycle of a Solution, including:
Understand the Business Capabilities that are required and translate this to Technical Capabilities and Solution Architecture
Assist the customer (and business solutions analysts) to define and declare non-functional requirements for building out solution capabilities
Design architecture and solutions to meet business requirements in a manner that balances architectural standards, and implementation and operational risks, with restricted parameters such as budget and time
Ensure the future-state solutions have been fully vetted, are performant and scalable, enable agility, can be supported, are cost effective and highly available, and meet the robust needs of the business
Assess vendor tools based on required capabilities, future capabilities, and architecture drivers, and document justification for tool selection
Be hands on to demonstrate tools, patterns, security, performance, scalability, etc
in a lab environment when necessary
Lead design reviews (pre-development) and implementation reviews (post-development) to ensure principles and standards are followed, and that technical debt is managed
Present architecture decisions, explain the end-to-end solution, educate others how they can contribute, and provide guidance on tool usage
Extract best-practice knowledge, reference architectures, and patterns for sharing with the broader community of Architects
Requirements:
7+ years’ experience in relevant architecture rolesPossess broad and deep insurance and architecture expertise and knowledge
Hands-on experience with architecting, implementing, and performance tuning of:
Insurance products & services
Azure cloud platform environment
Container & Orchestration platforms
Relational databases and structured query languages
Message queues, streaming technologies, and event driven architecture
Microservices
Understand & be able to communicate business problems & technical solutions in appropriate terminology and ability to influence across business lines
Excellent presentation, communication (oral & written), and relationship building skills, across all levels of management
Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
Knowledge and active use of Agile, SCRUM and Continuous Delivery
