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# Solution Architect - Individual Markets

- **Company:** The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/solution-architect-individual-markets-new-york-ny-usa-58860608

## About the Role

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 *

## 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 *


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