Senior Solution Architect – Hybrid at Smith Arnold Partners
Stamford, CT 06901
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- Reinsurance P&C Insurance
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:
This SR Solutions Architect is a hands-on, execution focused role helping translate the Reinsurance strategy, define architecture, and deliver the solution
In this role you will have an understanding of our Reinsurance systems and processes and function as a Reinsurance architecture subject matter expert for our various projects.
Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments (current state), and translate these into an architecture and road map
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
Document solution interactions and relationships, along with basic infrastructure and application onboarding requirements
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
Ensure security by design to meet Information Security policies, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Regulatory requirements, and industry best practice
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
Work with quality assurance team to ensure the testing approach is appropriate for the given architecture and solution
Lead design reviews (pre-development) and implementation reviews (post-development) to ensure principles and standards are followed, and that technical debt is managed
Create a feedback loop for those who are implementing and interacting with the solutions
Participate in the definition of adoption and experience metrics for the solution to measure the success of the solution
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
Engage with tool vendors on their roadmaps and appropriate usage of their tools
Engage with industry experts to validate the architecture and designs, and understand industry trends
Reinsurance domain architecture authority & accountability, is self-supervising from a technical perspective
Act as a strategic advisor to management
Work on novel and diverse, “state-of-the-art” issues/problems, and on assignments of large scope, impact and importance
Contribute to the development of the Strategic ArchitectureRequirements:
7+ years in relevant architecture roles; possess broad and deep Reinsurance architecture expertise
Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Hands-on experience with architecting, implementing, and performance tuning of:
Azure cloud platform environment
Container & Orchestration platforms
Relational databases and structured query languages
Message queues, streaming technologies, and event driven architecture
Microservices
Integration
Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department’s strategy
Strong Organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to handle change
Excellent presentation, communication (oral & written), and relationship building skills, across all levels of management
Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
Practiced at working as part of a global team (including outsourcing) spanning multiple time zones
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- Reinsurance P&C Insurance
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:
This SR Solutions Architect is a hands-on, execution focused role helping translate the Reinsurance strategy, define architecture, and deliver the solution
In this role you will have an understanding of our Reinsurance systems and processes and function as a Reinsurance architecture subject matter expert for our various projects.
Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments (current state), and translate these into an architecture and road map
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
Document solution interactions and relationships, along with basic infrastructure and application onboarding requirements
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
Ensure security by design to meet Information Security policies, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Regulatory requirements, and industry best practice
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
Work with quality assurance team to ensure the testing approach is appropriate for the given architecture and solution
Lead design reviews (pre-development) and implementation reviews (post-development) to ensure principles and standards are followed, and that technical debt is managed
Create a feedback loop for those who are implementing and interacting with the solutions
Participate in the definition of adoption and experience metrics for the solution to measure the success of the solution
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
Engage with tool vendors on their roadmaps and appropriate usage of their tools
Engage with industry experts to validate the architecture and designs, and understand industry trends
Reinsurance domain architecture authority & accountability, is self-supervising from a technical perspective
Act as a strategic advisor to management
Work on novel and diverse, “state-of-the-art” issues/problems, and on assignments of large scope, impact and importance
Contribute to the development of the Strategic ArchitectureRequirements:
7+ years in relevant architecture roles; possess broad and deep Reinsurance architecture expertise
Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Hands-on experience with architecting, implementing, and performance tuning of:
Azure cloud platform environment
Container & Orchestration platforms
Relational databases and structured query languages
Message queues, streaming technologies, and event driven architecture
Microservices
Integration
Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department’s strategy
Strong Organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to handle change
Excellent presentation, communication (oral & written), and relationship building skills, across all levels of management
Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
Practiced at working as part of a global team (including outsourcing) spanning multiple time zones
Knowledge and active use of Agile, SCRUM and Continuous Delivery
