Technical Architect

General Accountabilities

• Own and contribute towards new and ongoing initiatives in the development of business application and data solutions
• Provide technical leadership across distributed teams spanning multiple geographies, ensuring alignment on design patterns, coding standards, and delivery practices
• Capture and prioritize market and technology trends on a corporate level, review technical strategies and objectives, and identify the business benefits of alternative technical solutions
• Derive data management structures to support consistency of information retrieval, combination, analysis, pattern recognition and interpretation, throughout the organization
• Adhere to and promote corporate compliance and security standards minimizing opportunity for breach or compromise
• Provide technical guidance, leadership, coaching and mentoring to resources on product team
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with various delivery frameworks to deliver on strategies and designs

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of information systems experience, including 3+ years in technical and/or solution architecture roles
• Experience designing, developing and supporting systems that facilitate operational business processes
• Demonstrated experience designing enterprise IT solutions, SaaS platforms, and cloud-based applications
• Working knowledge of legacy application architectures, design patterns, and development technologies
• Proven experience with systems integration in a development and technical leadership capacity, including digital strategy adoption and integrating current/future technologies to legacy platforms
• Conduct and facilitate design reviews, code reviews, and technical governance checkpoints to ensure quality and consistency
• Strong technical foundation across Microsoft platforms, as well as other vendors
• Preferrable experience in Inspection & Scheduling processes
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements in insurance, reinsurance, or financial services preferred

Skills

• Strong understanding of system design, integration patterns, and architectural best practices
• Practical development experience across .NET ecosystems
• Applied knowledge of database technologies, both relational and document
• Applied knowledge of APIs, data analytics, and digital transformation enablement
• Knowledge of Integration and storage Patterns, including Event handling and messaging systems
• Working knowledge of Cloud environments notably Azure and / or AWS
• Working knowledge of traceability frameworks (Logging & Performance)
• Ability to evaluate system architectures, e.g. monolith vs microservices, scalability, resilience
• Proficiency with Agile and Kanban delivery models, including associated tools and techniques
• Hands-on experience operating and supporting enterprise systems in complex, regulated environments
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Proven stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing across global business and technical teams
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making capabilities
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions at multiple organizational levels
• Proficiency with productivity tools for documentation, analysis, and presentation development
• Demonstrated ability to quickly adopt and leverage new tools and technologies
• Strong grounding in usability principles and customer-focused design