Solutions Architect - Retail - Agency Management & Backend Solutions

Job Summary

The Solutions Architect provides architectural leadership on multiple business technologies, complex solutions, and projects. This role will strategize with business and technology stakeholders to define future-state business capabilities.  The role will also develop and promote technology-ecosystem roadmaps to modernize and enhance the solutions enabling order entry, distributor integrations, new business case management, underwriting, and policy issuance areas of the Retail life and annuity business.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners to understand business needs and establish a technical vision for the application set supporting their business partners
• Own and be responsible for a cohesive technology landscape of the Retail insurance business domain
• Research current and emerging technology, engaging with other architects and Enterprise Architecture to innovate, in a risk appropriate manner, to accelerate corporate growth
• Engaged at all levels of the SDLC to oversee and guide technology processes and implementation of solutions
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance to IT and business teams, either formally or informally, in support of a defined set of applications
• Develop concepts, ideas and requirements into transitional and target state architectures
• Maintain a close relationship with Enterprise Architecture and ensure Solution Delivery teams are adhering to Enterprise Architecture framework and governance
• Provide support and information to IT and business management on build vs buy decisions
• Serve as the architecture lead on large projects identifying gaps and designing solution components such as user interfaces, middleware, data and integration, and infrastructure
• Assure solutions are fit for purpose and aligned with the organization’s standards and technology ecosystem
• Support and promote technical consistency by following Enterprise Architecture’s guiding principles
• Participate in F&G’s Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions and present solution designs for approval
• Oversee technical builds ensuring quality, timeliness, adherence to business and security requirements
• Communicate technical decisions, issues and risks to program leadership and manage technical dependencies within or external to the program
• Exhibit ownership of technical deliverables from external resources, providing review of deliverables and actively manage an effective feedback cycle
• Support IT leadership in financial planning and timing of solution delivery
• Mentor and coach others and provide input on performance evaluations

Experience and Education Requirements

• Experience with Life/Annuity insurance industry solutions, systems and operations
• Hands on architecture and technical leadership with Life and Annuity new business generation solutions
• Demonstrated understanding of business capabilities for policy acquisition, electronic application, case management, underwriting, policy issuance and delivery
• Demonstrated understanding of data transmissions and exchanges required to support bank, broker/dealer, agency and independent firms selling life and annuity products
• Ability to effectively operate in support of a complex ecosystem of technology platforms managed by internal resources and vendor partners
• Strong knowledge of API concepts, and working knowledge of one or more API integration platforms
• Understanding of secure system design principles, patterns, and practices
• Excellent coding and analytical skills
• Experience with a cloud ecosystems and platforms such as Azure and AWS
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar
• 10+ years of application development domain experience
• 5+ years of experience leading teams (formally or informally)
• 5+ years designing and integrating large complex solutions

Preferred Experience

• MBA, Master of Computer Science, or similar
• Experience in a multi-vendor, TPA environment with multi-day data exchanges and complex integrations
• Experience with electronic order entry platforms such as AnnuityNet, AFFIRM, FireLight, and Resonant
• Experience with DTCC Insurance & Retirement Services (I&RS) integrations
• Experience with ACORD Life & Annuity Data Standards
• Experience with modern cloud-based application development and integration solutions

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