Solution Architect , Group Benefits Technology
Job Location:
Stamford, CT - USA
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Job Summary
Position Overview:
The Solution Architectis responsible forowning and shaping technical solutions at the value-stream and product level ensuring architectural alignment scalability and adherence to Guardian standards. This role ishands-on and execution-oriented partnering closely with Tech Leads Product Owners and delivery teams to translate business needs into sound secure and resilient technology solutions.
This roleoperateswithin a federated Enterprise Architecture (EA)model partnering closely with business technology and platform teams to shape solutions in real time while improving accountability speed and delivery alignment. The architectremainsconnected to the central EA core through enterprise standards governance communities of practice and cross-functional collaboration to ensure consistent risk-aware technology decisions across domains.
The Solution Architect focuses onsolution design delivery enablement and technical problem solvingbuildingsolutionswhile collaborating withBusinessstakeholdersEnterpriseArchitectureand platform teams to align with broader enterprise patterns.
Key Responsibilities:
Ownsproduct/team-level solution design and delivery architecture
Works withPrincipal Solution Architect for patterns/guardrails; Head of Portfolio Architecture for BU priorities; Principal Enterprise Architect only when enterprise exceptions or cross-domain conflicts arise
Ownproduct- and team-level technical architecture decisionswithin a value stream.
Design and document solution architectures includingapplication integration data and infrastructure components.
Partner with Product Owners and Tech Leads to alignroadmaps MVP scope and technical trade-offs.
Ensure solutions followGuardian architecture standards security requirements and design patterns.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and platform teams toreuse enterprise capabilitieswhereappropriate.
Identify manage and help resolvetechnical dependencies and impedimentsimpactingdelivery.
Providehands-on guidance to teams ondesign quality code structure and technical approaches.
Lead proof-of-concepts for new business capabilitiesInfluencingTechnology Strategy Solution Design Architecture Standards.
Mentor engineers on architecture principles design decisions and problem-solving techniques.
Continuously look for opportunities tosimplify designs reduce technical debt and improve delivery efficiency.
Where applicable the role will be accountable to build solutions that scale and algin to business and technology requirements.
Available for production incidents with major impacttobusiness operations
You Have:
Strong experience designing and deliveringenterprise-scale technology solutions.
Working knowledge ofcloud platforms APIs data integration and modern applicationarchitectures.
Experience collaboratingwithinAgile / product-based delivery models.
Experience in designing hybrid architectures where applicationsresidebothon-premiseand publiccloudincluding understanding of cloud provider services.
Proventrack recordof architecting solutions that demand operating large scale business critical systems inInsurancedomain.
Good understanding of GenAI frameworkstoolsand best practices
Ability to balancespeed quality risk and long-term sustainabilityin technical decisions.
Strong communicationskills to translatetechnical concepts for business and delivery stakeholders.
Experience producingproduct-level and team-level technical design documentation.
Location: 3 days per week in New York NY Holmdel NJ Bethlehem PA or Stamford CT
Salary Range:
$118980.00 - $195465.00The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education experience knowledge and abilities of the successful addition to salary this role may also be eligible for annual sales or other incentive compensation.
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