Assurant, Inc. is seeking a Solution Architect to provide leadership and technical guidance in designing and implementing technology solutions that support business strategy and create competitive advantage. You will translate business requirements into implementable technology solutions, balancing cost, speed, and value effectively.
What You'll Do
- Interact with business and technology management, vendors, and experts to map business requirements into technology solutions.
- Ensure designed solutions are successfully implemented by participating in all phases of the SDLC.
- Provide clear and valuable documentation to support the team and communicate it effectively.
- Conduct research on new and emerging technologies for practical application to business problems and strategic initiatives.
- Review the current technology architecture landscape and seek ways to leverage, improve, and/or extend corporate technology investments.
- Support the team in developing best practices, documentation templates, processes, and workflows to optimize delivery.
- Support the team through mentoring and ongoing guidance for fellow team members.
- Work with business and technology management to help manage and prioritize the team’s engagement with a specific business line or area.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 7+ years of intermediate to senior-level experience in multiple IT disciplines such as Host/Server technology, communications (voice/data), PCs, mobile devices, virtualization, databases, applications, middleware, web technologies, data security, and operating systems.
- Broad experience in different technology stacks such as IBM - Java/J2EE or Microsoft (.NET), Azure Cloud deployment, and AI.
- 2+ years of experience with Microsoft software development.
Nice to Have
- Experience with and understanding of the deliverables and value proposition of Solutions Architecture.
- Experience delivering business-centric, integrated technology solutions at an international scale.
- Understanding of corporate strategy and how technology supports and enables it.
- Deep understanding of technology trends and a broad knowledge of technology products and vendors.
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.
- Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks; strong problem-solving and creative thinking skills.
- Ability to balance the long-term and short-term implications of individual decisions.
- Ability to comprehend rapidly the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills to communicate to peers, management, and business unit staff.
- Knowledge of IT systems technology developments and trends.
- Broad knowledge in technology products.
- Understanding of Agile processes.
- Familiarity with leveraging Microsoft technologies: Azure / cloud, DevOps, .NET, etc.
- Experience with common system integration and services frameworks such as SOA.
- Experience with AI solutions and the use of AI leveraging major providers (i.e., Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI, etc.).
- Experience participating in a diverse team setting.
- Ability to act in a leadership role supporting teams of skilled resources.
- Extensive knowledge of IT development best practices and processes.
- Experience in mentoring and educating fellow technology staff members.
- Ability to manage reporting and metrics for a small set of work efforts.
Technical Stack
- IBM - Java/J2EE
- Microsoft (.NET)
- Azure Cloud
- AI
- DevOps
- SOA
- Azure AI Foundry
- OpenAI
Work Mode
This is a remote position.
