Enterprise Architect

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Job Title: Enterprise Architect (Health Insurance) Location: London - Hybrid, 2 days WFO Duration: 6 months Pay Rate: £545 per day through FCSA Umbrella Job Description:

Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to assess a complex, multi-application enterprise landscape and define a future state target architecture aligned to business and technology objectives. The role requires deep understanding of health insurance business processes, strong architecture fundamentals, and the ability to design solution agnostic target architectures and integration models in a heterogeneous technology environment. The architect will work closely with business and IT stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and future ready architectural designs.

Key Responsibilities Current State Architecture Assessment o Analyse and document the existing application and integration landscape, including multiple core and surrounding systems. o Understand dependencies, data flows, integration patterns, and architectural constraints. o Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for simplification and modernization.

Target State Architecture Definition o Design a future state enterprise architecture that supports business outcomes, regulatory requirements, and long-term scalability. o Define conceptual, logical, and high-level physical architectures across applications, data, integration, and platforms. o Ensure designs are not biased by pre-selected solutions and are driven by architectural principles.

Integration & Event Driven Architecture o Define integration approaches, including API led, event driven, and asynchronous patterns. o Ensure interoperability across packaged platforms, custom applications, and cloud services. o Address nonfunctional requirements such as security, resilience, performance, and scalability.

Cloud & Platform Architecture o Provide architectural guidance across hybrid and multi cloud environments. o Ensure alignment with cloud native principles and enterprise standards.

Stakeholder Collaboration o Lead architecture and design workshops with business, technology, and vendor stakeholders. o Translate health insurance business needs into clear architectural outcomes. o Act as a trusted advisor, providing architectural challenge and direction.

Architecture Governance & Documentation o Produce high quality architecture artefacts, including diagrams, standards, principles, and roadmaps. o Support governance processes and ensure architectural consistency across initiatives.

Required Experience & Skills Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect/Lead Architect in large, complex enterprise environments. Strong health insurance domain knowledge, including experience with payer systems, policy administration, claims, billing, customer servicing, or related processes.

Hands on experience designing enterprise architectures involving: o CRM platforms o Core insurance systems o Cloud based and on-premise applications

Solid understanding of: o API management and integration platforms o Event driven and message-based architectures o Modern application architectures (microservices, UI frameworks)

Experience working with technologies such as: o Enterprise CRM platforms (eg, Client Sales Cloud preferred, Microsoft Dynamics) o Core insurance platforms o Cloud platforms (Azure and GCP) o API management (eg, Apigee) o Custom applications (.NET, React based front ends)

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior business and IT leaders.

Desirable Experience in regulated environments. Exposure to large scale transformation or modernization programmes. Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance models.

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.

Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect/Lead Architect in large, complex enterprise environments. Strong health insurance domain knowledge, including experience with payer systems, policy administration, claims, billing, customer servicing, or related processes.

Hands on experience designing enterprise architectures involving: o CRM platforms o Core insurance systems o Cloud based and on-premise applications

Solid understanding of: o API management and integration platforms o Event driven and message-based architectures o Modern application architectures (microservices, UI frameworks)

Experience working with technologies such as: o Enterprise CRM platforms (eg, Client Sales Cloud preferred, Microsoft Dynamics) o Core insurance platforms o Cloud platforms (Azure and GCP) o API management (eg, Apigee) o Custom applications (.NET, React based front ends)

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior business and IT leaders.

Desirable Experience in regulated environments. Exposure to large scale transformation or modernization programmes. Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance models.