Enterprise Architect Lead - ILFS

At OneAmerica, we deliver on promises when customers need us most. We believe the best way to serve our customers is to know that every individual, employee, family and business we work with has unique personal and financial goals. We keep our promises, so we can help them achieve their goals and realize their definition of financial success.

Job Summary

The Information Technology department at OneAmerica is currently on a journey to transform our current capabilities to become a digitally enabled organization. We are shifting from stand-alone systems to collaborative intelligent solutions that work together to deliver workflow management, customer engagement, data and innovation. Our Enterprise Architecture team have the potential to shape the future by solving thought-provoking problems and using transformational technologies to further enhance our integration capabilities in this journey. You'll have the chance to thrive in a culture of ownership and delivery as these efforts continue to expand. These opportunities can enable you to be at the center of a groundbreaking transformational success story at OneAmerica. Fueling this transformation are our greatest assets, our people, who are key to the success of delivering on our promises when customers need us most. As a result, we remain committed to embracing the values of our associates while advancing OneAmerica's goals of Growth, Strength, and Excellence.

The Enterprise Architect Lead will be responsible for driving OneAmerica's enterprise architecture and roadmap development and adoption with a focus in Individual Life & Financial Service (ILFS) areas. This leader will be the key advocate for ILFS-related strategy, standards, best practices, patterns and enable the adoption of such in various enterprise programs. The leader will be part of the architecture leadership supporting our application to (policy) issue modernization (AIM) program, a multi-year program to transform our new business acquisition and underwriting systems. The Enterprise Architect Lead stays abreast of both business and technology in ILFS space and uses that knowledge to define and drive new solutions to deliver value for our business faster and more cost efficiently.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead & support the strategic planning efforts for OneAmerica's ILFS portfolio
• Provide technology vision, strategy, direction and coordination among OA and vendor partner teams to drive for clarity and alignment, as well as design and solution risk mitigation and issue resolution
• Collaborate with other EAs, infra, application and data architects, Solution Architects, Cloud Architects to advocate/promote standards and best practice, and develop re-useable patterns and drive solution pattern adoption within OA
• Perform feasibility studies of potential solutions
• Identifying the best technical solutions that can be rolled out efficiently and, in a cost-effective manner
• Lead and advise teams building solutions on various ILFS platforms including design, planning, management, maintenance and assessing systems for potential weaknesses or issues.
• Collaborate across organizational functions to identify communications, change management and training needs driven by the adoption of new solutions
• Facilitate technical and design discussions with IT executives to help the enterprise improve outcomes through new technologies and best practices
• Lead the evaluation of technology/platform choices through the larger EA team and collaboration with other part of the enterprise.
• Ensures appropriate operational procedures, processes and tools are in place and appropriately managed.

Job Requirements

Required Education and/or Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related business discipline or equivalent work experience in addition to role specific certifications and education

Required Work Experience

• 10+ years' experience with IT Infrastructure, Operations, Application development, or Integration engineering
• 10+ years' experience in designing and implementation of complex IT systems or consulting experience with distributed applications or systems architecture
• 3-5 years of experience in solution architecture
• Experience in implementing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS Architectures
• Experience driving discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation
• An expert communicator up, down, and across reporting lines
• Organized and detail-oriented, able to work well under deadlines in a changing environment
• Ability to coordinate between cross-functional teams
• Well organized and possess outstanding follow-through and attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal communication and diplomacy skills, as well as a passion for leading
• Past working experience in finance, actuarial, or investments a plus
• Familiarity with accounting, investment, financial management business processes a plus
• Or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background

Salary Band: 07C

This selected candidate will be expected to work hybrid in Indianapolis, IN.The candidate will also be expected to physically return to the office in CA, WI, IN or ME as business needs dictate or for team-building and collaboration.

If you are offered and accept this position, please be advised that OneAmerica does not have any offices located in the State of New York and OneAmerica associates are not permitted to work remotely in the State of New York.

Disclaimer: OneAmerica is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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