VP, Solutions Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Solutions Architect to join our Global architecture team. Reporting to the Head of North America Solution Architect, Senior solution architect will play a crucial role and be responsible for driving systems architecture towards to an end-state vision that modernizes, transforms and simplifies the General insurance Underwriting systems landscape., * Collaborates with business stakeholders to understand requirements and align solutions with business goals

• Responsible for developing solution architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with IT target architecture while aligning to the business requirements.
• Understand the current North America underwriting landscape problems and business priorities to facilitate the development of a holistic roadmap.
• Communicates the architecture objectives to business and IT stakeholders and consults during the development of requirements. Provides oversight throughout design implementations into the productive solution.
• Ensure the solution meets functional, non-functional and regulatory requirements especially in insurance domain.
• Designs the overall architecture that includes system, components, application, data and infrastructure ensuring it aligns with enterprise standards in the organization
• Presentations to Business Partners that clearly defines the technology solutions aligning to the business requirements.
• Deals with cross domain challenges, ensuring different components work together as a cohesive system

Core Responsibilities include

Focuses heavily on designing solutions to demonstrate how technology supports business outcomes and work closely with non-technical teams

Responsible for bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders

Do you have experience in Systems integration?, * 8+ years of experience as solution architect, delivering solutions for large and complex projects. Experience working with insurance platforms including COTS products Duck creek, Guidewire is a significant advantage.

• Strong knowledge of IT architecture principles, enterprise frameworks, and various technology platforms combined with the ability to develop architecture strategies using reference architectures, domain architecture patterns and technology frameworks.
• Ideal candidates should have a strong understanding of the insurance industry, particularly Property & Casualty as well as hands on experience of architecting, solution and tuning insurance platforms.

• The ability to understand business requirements and convert them into technology solution specifications and create a blueprint for development and integration team to follow.

• Experience in design cloud-based solutions (AWS, Azure) and implementation of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and hybrid models. Strong Knowledge of Cloud architecture patterns, principles and best practices and emerging technology in insurance industry.
• Experience in MuleSoft, AWS integration patterns, Spring boot framework, Java, Rabbit MQ, Kafka, Angular, AI/ML solutions.
• Technical certifications TOGAF, AWS solution architect is highly valued.
• Able to monitor market trends and to guide on the future technologies and capabilities to help business value at AIG
• Strong communication and presentation skills

3.73.7 out of 5 stars 300 Kimball Drive, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ 07054 $126,000 - $171,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• Volunteer time off

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance in approximately 70 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets and manage risks., Global architecture team with the right architecture-based competencies and all the industry-standard / the above-said emerging technology-based skill sets, is here to help AIG to thrive to give a complete meaning for successful delivery execution. Along with collaborating with regional architects across the global, architecture team build strategies and road map, product evaluation, creating reference architectures, new technology & framework evaluations etc., We also religiously follow the Architecture Governance, within the region, by strongly adopting not only the architecture standard processes, but we do also follow Security Architecture, Technology Risk & Controls, Risk Assessment, Technology on-boarding processes etc., At AIG, we value in-person collaboration as a vital part of our culture, which is why we ask our team members to be primarily in the office. This approach helps us work together effectively and create a supportive, connected environment for our team and clients alike.

Enjoy benefits that take care of what matters

At AIG, our people are our greatest asset. We know how important it is to protect and invest in what’s most important to you. That is why we created our Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security-as well as your professional development-to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Reimagining insurance to make a bigger difference to the world

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions; we are one of the world’s most far-reaching property casualty networks. It is an exciting time to join us - across our operations, we are thinking in new and innovative ways to deliver ever-better solutions to our customers. At AIG, you can go further to support individuals, businesses, and communities, helping them to manage risk, respond to times of uncertainty and discover new potential. We invest in our largest asset, our people, through continuous learning and development, in a culture that celebrates everyone for who they are and what they want to become.

Welcome to a culture of inclusion

We’re committed to creating a culture that truly respects and celebrates each other’s talents, backgrounds, cultures, opinions and goals. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging through learning, cultural awareness activities and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). With global chapters, ERGs are a cornerstone for our culture of inclusion. The talent of our people is one of AIG’s greatest assets, and we are honored that our drive for positive change has been recognized by numerous recent awards and accreditations.