Solution Architect

Position Summary – Claims IT Solution Architect

This position is accountable for effectively guiding Claim systems design, development and ongoing system performance by defining and driving a core set of architecture design artifacts using architecture best practices and strategy.  This role is responsible for aligning the application architecture with the Claims target architecture. Critical to this role is an in-depth understanding of modern enterprise application architecture, system integration architecture and information systems.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Provide end to end application architecture and design for complex business solutions
• Lead application architecture deliverables consisting of multiple disciplines of architecture such as technology, platform and information architecture
• Drive high throughput, highly scalable and high performing applications.
• Target the development and use of reusable designs and shared services 
• Deliver conceptual and high-level designs incorporating appropriate input from various platform specialists and domain experts.
• Communicate effectively with development team, business analysts and IT managers, Business stake holders to assess support needs, assist in the identification of application needs, and to get buy-in to application architecture direction and strategy.
• Govern the application life cycle through governance tool called Build Permit and also to get buy-in from Architects in other specialties (security, data, infrastructure)
• Familiar with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning such as Infrastructure Resilience, Backup and Recovery, Testing and Drills
• Familiar with data security concepts, including encryption, column-level encryption, and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Technical Experience

• Up to date knowledge and experience of industry best practices, technologies and frameworks needed to deliver modern application architecture such as: microservices, Cloud platforms, SOA, multi-tier applications, web-based applications, Workflow automation, Object Oriented design.
• Experience designing highly scalable platforms using concepts such as clustering, load balancing, fault tolerance and on demand resource management
• Experience with applying architecture analyses to evaluate alternative options based on their impacts.
• Experience with trouble-shooting application performance and other application stability issues.
• Experience with utilizing modern SDLC processes and Agile methodologies to support iterative and incremental delivery.
• Prior experience with the Duck Creek Claims platform or other Claims platforms would be a plus.
• Experience with using DevOps and continuous integration for delivery would be a plus.
• Strong business acumen, instinct and understanding of products, risk appetite and niches.

Technical Skills

1. Azure Cloud Platform: 

• Compute: Azure Virtual Machines, Azure App Service, Azure Functions 
• Networking: Azure Virtual Network, Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway 
• Storage: Azure Blob Storage, Azure Table Storage, Azure SQL Database 
• Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, Application Insights 
• Security: Azure Active Directory, Azure Key Vault, Azure Security Center 

1. Microservices Architecture: 

• Containerization: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances 
• Service Discovery, Load Balancing, Scaling 

1. DevOps Practices: 

• Jira / Azure Pipelines, Github Repos, Azure Artifacts 
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM templates – Good to have

1. Integration Best Practices and Patterns: 

• Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid 
• Azure API Management 

1. Azure Integration and Analytics Stacks (Strong Plus): 

• Azure Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics 

1. Microsoft .NET: 

• ASP.NET Core, C# Programming, Entity Framework 
• Azure Functions with .NET, Azure SDK for .NET