Produce and own end-to-end architecture for multiple portfolio initiatives.
Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects and global development teams to define and describe high-level designs, align / review detailed designs and resolve any deviations. Make sure designs are aligned with the strategic target state vision, with the wider Global Risk Solutions & Liberty Mutual technology framework, standards and principles
Understand the individual application projects and products to refine the existing detailed designs (based on the high-level design considerations and transition states) to a sufficient level of detail for translation into technical deliverables
Work closely with software architects, challenging their decisions and collaborating with them to optimise technical designs and translate them into technical deliverables
Drive / document key architectural decisions for the projects and align key stakeholders to the proposed options
Document, present and gain approval for your high-level designs at the Architecture Review Board
Be able to define and assess non-functional requirements and participate in RFP processes to provision new software
Define and document application security requirements as part of non-functional requirements, including authentication, access control, API security and threat modelling. Produce and assess threat models to identify and mitigate security risks within proposed solutions
Technology Capabilities & Standards
Provide application design and engineering expertise and guidance to IT professionals involved in the development and enhancement of business applications, as needed
Work with IT functional areas to identify, propose, assess and support the implementation of new technologies / off-the-shelf systems as solutions to business needs, based on strategic direction and priorities
Create technical documentation for development solutions, future reference and reporting
AI
Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply AI - including generative AI, multi-agent systems - within products and solutions to deliver measurable business outcomes and drive operational efficiency
Supporting the Portfolios
Support Agile development teams to build and enhance a growing software portfolio, providing technical leadership throughout the technical design and sprint process and ensure the team delivers high quality work that aligns with the strategic standards within the global organisation
Become a technical advocate improving communications with developers, analysts and have a good understanding of their challenges
Be able to recommend and implement improvements in the development process and conduct peer reviews of developers’ code if required
Support the team in working towards continuous integration and continuous deployment, work to remove technical impediments raised by the team and proactively escalate relevant issues
Primary Skills and Experience
Proven experience (a minimum of three years) as a Solutions Architect or similar role, working within Agile frameworks and associated architectures, design, testing & deployment tools, including the following:
CI/CD pipeline build & deployment tools
Cloud experience (AWS & Azure) and serverless code deployment
API (REST), API integration experience and API security experience, including OAuth 2.0
Understanding of even-driven architecture
Different deployment methods
Understanding of application security principles and practices, including authentication, access control, Single Sign-On (SSO), OAuth 2.0, threat modelling and integration with identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID
Experience of architecture modelling, e.g. UML, C4, business process modelling
Familiarity with design thinking, behaviour and test-driven development, test-and-learn approaches
Experience of SQL databases, Data warehouses
Experience of Cloud migration (Azure, AWS)
Knowledge of containerised deployments and optimisation techniques & tools
Experience in using Jira & Confluence
Experience of working within the full development lifecycle i.e. development, unit testing and release management
Experience of source code repositories, branching and version control systems e.g. GIT
A good understanding of AI concepts such as prompt engineering, LLMs, multi-agent systems and the broader AI ecosystem
Experience in financial services or insurance is desirable but not essential - we welcome applications from strong technologists across all sectors
