**NEW ROLE - Solutions Architect - Contract - London - £700-900 per day PAYE*
**NEW ROLE - Solutions Architect - Contract - London - £700-900 per day PAYE**
A leading Insurer based in the City are currently looking for a Solutions Architect to join a 3 year Programme and be a key role in delivering this business critical programme.
The candidate will be an experienced Architect with strong integration experience including familiarity with cloud integration methods, an ability to consider the overall picture in a complex environment, the gravitas to deal with high level stakeholders and experience of working in regulated environments with appropriate levels of governance. They will consider the overall solution from a technology, data and integration perspective.
The key responsibilities are:
- Formulate High Level Solution Designs and assist in obtaining relevant signoffs throughout the review process
- Ensure appropriate governance in the creation of architecture artefacts
- Represent solution design to key stakeholders
- Implement and run Design Authorities - ensure KDDs are formulated for Key Design Decisions
- Participate in solution option investigations and liaise with system and business owners across the end to end solution
- Contribute to detail design of solution components applying recognised solution and implementation design patterns
- Ensure design proposals for technology that is new to the company are taken through wider review process and appropriately socialised/agreed
- Contribute to and support the formulation of Business, Data and Non-Functional requirements
Key Skills:
- Deep understanding of solution architecture standards, principles and solutions available in the market
- Commercial (Re)Insurance experience
- Experience in designing and implementing multi component applications/systems based around packages and in-house developed software
- Experience of complex integrations involving on premise and cloud applications
- Ability to understand the end to end architecture in terms of technology, data and integration - ensuring that point solutions fit in the overall picture
- The ability to formulate prototypes, technical and functional solutions to inform the design
- Demonstrable understanding of the service/cost implications of IT design in cloud to allow for appropriate management of live services
