Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities

• Provide feedback to overall 3-5-year architecture strategy, including technology investment and lifecycle goals.
• Contribute to the development, management, and ongoing maintenance of a business and technical capability model.
• Create supporting architecture documentation and artifacts on a consistent basis.
• Consulting / Guidance: Provide consulting and guidance services to development and infrastructure teams as well as other architects in the development of solutions.
• Present recommendations and solutions clearly and concisely to multiple audiences (including SVPs, business/segment Presidents, and CIOs); emphasizing capability development and value creation over technology specific results.
• Participate in technology and tool evaluations, including some hands-on engineering and proof-of-concept work.
• Lead architecture projects and technical adoptions across BTS and WRB; effectively manage change management for impacted groups.
• Be visible and inspire others to engage with and follow WRB’s technical strategy.
• Identify pattern and standard gaps and determine potential options to address.
• Research, develop, and drive the adoption of design patterns and standards.
• Contribute to a catalog of design patterns and standards and socializing them with the architecture community.
• Participate in the architecture review process for patterns, standards, and solutions.
• Rationalize technology and tool recommendations.
• Develop strong relationships with other business and technical teams and mentor less experienced developers and/or engineers in the development of their skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years progressive engineering experience developing/engineering solutions and leading multiple cross-domain technical or engineering initiatives.
• 6+ years in multiple (minimum of three) Architecture domain roles (Software, Application, Solution, Integration, Data, Cloud, Platform, Systems, Desktop, Security, Business, and/or Enterprise) leading multiple architecture initiatives.
• Significant hands-on technical base across multiple technical domains.
• Ability to thrive and produce results with little or no supervision in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to interact seamlessly at all levels with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong customer service focus and sense of urgency.
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn modern technologies and systems.
• Superior problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to create an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration.
• Ability to look at the “big picture” and see opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to break opportunities for improvement down into bite-sized chunks that can be pursued on a project-by-project basis.
• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in computer science, engineering, business, or other related field or equivalent work experience.
• Open to remote candidates; however, individuals residing within 50 miles of our Wilmington, DE; Manassas, VA; or Urbandale, IA offices may be required to follow a hybrid schedule.
• Preferred: 3+ years using public cloud platforms and architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• 3+ years using Agile development methodologies.
• 2+ years as an Enterprise Architect.
• Work history in the financial services or insurance industries.

Benefits

• Base Salary Range: $99,000 – $187,000 annually.
• Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Wellness, Paid Time Off, 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans.