Solution Architect - Individual Markets

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Bethlehem, PA, United States
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Applications Architecture Sound Recording and Reproduction Cloud Computing Data Integration Software Design Documents Software Design Patterns Code Structure Technical Debt

Job description

Experteer Overview As a Solution Architect, you will own and shape technical solutions at the value-stream level, ensuring architectural alignment, security, and scalability. You will work closely with Tech Leads, Product Owners, and delivery teams to translate business needs into sound technology solutions within a federated Enterprise Architecture model. You’ll help design, document, and guide delivery of end-to-end architectures, reusing enterprise capabilities where possible. This role blends hands-on design with coaching, shaping patterns, and mitigating risks to enable faster, reliable delivery. Compensation / Benefits * Own product- and team-level solution design and delivery architecture * Collaborate with Principal Solution Architect, Head of Portfolio Architecture, and Principal Enterprise Architect on patterns and priorities * Design and document architectures including application, integration, data, and infrastructure components * Align roadmaps and MVP scope with Product Owners and Tech Leads; assess technical trade-offs * Ensure solutions comply with Guardian standards, security requirements, and design patterns * Reuse enterprise capabilities via Enterprise Architecture and platform teams * Identify and resolve technical dependencies and impediments * Provide hands-on guidance on design quality, code structure, and technical approaches * Lead PoCs for new business capabilities and influence technology strategy and standards * Mentor engineers on architecture principles and problem-solving * Seek simplifications, reduce technical debt, and improve delivery efficiency * Build scalable solutions aligned with business and technology needs * Be available for production incidents with major business impact Tasks * Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions * Working knowledge of cloud platforms, APIs, data integration, and modern application architectures * Experience in Agile/product-based delivery models * Experience designing hybrid on-premise and public cloud architectures and understanding cloud provider services * Proven track record architecting large-scale, mission-critical systems in Insurance domain * Good understanding of GenAI frameworks, tools and best practices * Ability to balance speed, quality, risk, and sustainability in technical decisions * Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts for stakeholders * Experience producing product- and team-level technical design documentation Key requirements *

Requirements

Owners and Tech Leads; assess technical trade-offs * Ensure solutions comply with Guardian standards, security requirements, and design patterns * Reuse enterprise capabilities via Enterprise Architecture and platform teams * Identify and resolve technical dependencies and impediments * Provide hands-on guidance on design quality, code structure, and technical approaches * Lead PoCs for new business capabilities and influence technology strategy and standards * Mentor engineers on architecture principles and problem-solving * Seek simplifications, reduce technical debt, and improve delivery efficiency * Build scalable solutions aligned with business and technology needs * Be available for production incidents with major business impact Tasks * Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions * Working knowledge of cloud platforms, APIs, data integration, and modern application architectures * Experience in Agile/product-based delivery models * Experience designing hybrid on-premise and public cloud architectures and understanding cloud provider services * Proven track record architecting large-scale, mission-critical systems in Insurance domain * Good understanding of GenAI frameworks, tools and best practices * Ability to balance speed, quality, risk, and sustainability in technical decisions * Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts for stakeholders * Experience producing product- and team-level technical design documentation Key requirements *

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