Solution Architect

 

Description:

The Solution Architect will work collaboratively with Business and delivery teams to provide detailed technical design knowledge, recommendations on patterns/best practices and implementation decisions.  The architect will author solution & technical design documents and provide technical leadership to implementation teams.  The ideal candidate will be experienced with solutioning, estimating, best practices, implementation patterns & conformance reviews.


Job Responsibilities

  • Defining the solution architecture for projects across several business domains through understanding functional, non-functional requirements and Business strategy.
  • Driving alignment and consistency of the solution design by working with the regional and global architecture teams.
  • Owning and governing the solution design through the entire project implementation phase including guiding and mentoring the team.
  • Producing all architecture related artifacts required as part of the SDLC.
  • Effectively communicating the architecture to business and IT partners.
  • Working with Project Managers, Scrum Masters and Business Analysts to contribute to high level project schedules, resource plans for the project, and project costs
  • Supporting multiple concurrent project implementations where applicable.
  • Engaging with in-country systems teams as necessary


Required Skills and Experiences

  • Bachelor of Science Degree – Computer Science or related field
  • Communication skills – verbal communication is clear, professional and persuasive in positive and negative situations; listens and gets clarification.
  • Manage all aspects of transformation program delivery, including inception, requirements definition, development, integration, testing, release management, financial management, user acceptance, transition to BAU support.
  • Overall accountable for program portfolio solution & design.
  • Partner with Business and IT delivery teams to successfully deliver transformation programs.
  • Ensure alignment to architecture & delivery standards and transformation delivery guidelines
  • Strong IT Architecture experience
  • 10+ years or more architecture or delivery experience
  • Involvement in multiple policy administration implementations for Tier 1 insurance carriers
  • Modern IT architecture, development methodology and automation skills
  • Ability to operate and have credibility with senior business executives (e.g. BU CEOs, COOs etc..)
  • Consulting or project transformation experience at an expert level
  • Leadership – Exhibits confidence in self and others; inspires and motivates others to perform well.  Excellent team building and coaching skills.  Can successfully organize and direct large teams of people.  Energetic leader with a positive attitude and a go-getter drive.  Ability to effectively interact with senior management
  • Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and ability for productive collaboration across varying departments.  Comfortable building relationships, internally and externally
  • Self-motivated and self-sufficient
  • Comfortable in voicing his/her opinion and representing the viewpoints of others in a productive manner
  • Ability to deal well with ambiguity, conflict and difficult situations, and ability to deal with change in a pro-active and positive manne

 

Organization AIG
Industry IT / Telecom / Software
Occupational Category Solution Architect
Job Location Dublin,Ireland
Shift Type Morning
Job Type Full Time
Gender No Preference
Career Level Intermediate
Experience 2 Years
Posted at 2023-08-17 3:50 pm
Expires on 2025-01-22