If interested in this role, please send us your CV and covering letter outlining why you would be suitable for this position and your salary requirements to recruitment@shipownersclub.com.

Salary is dependent on experience.

We are now seeking a Solutions Architect to join our Transformation & Change Team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and a quick learner with a desire to develop in a friendly and supportive Insurance company. This is a great opportunity for someone to join an experienced team of ten, whilst building on their previous experience. This is a great time to join an evolving team where your input can really make a difference.

We also have a hybrid working model (minimum 2 days in the office).

Overall responsibility of the Role:

To lead the architecture function, ensuring resilient, scalable, and secure technology aligned with the Club’s business strategy.

Role Responsibilities:

Enterprise Alignment: Understand business drivers and capabilities, and translate them into effective enterprise system designs that drive targeted business outcomes.
Architectural Assessment: Continuously assess and document the current and future state of our architecture, ensuring alignment with SPL’s roadmap and optimising our technology stack accordingly.
Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce security measures and compliance controls throughout the architecture process, ensuring adherence to governance standards.
Solution Design: Design and document comprehensive solution architectures, including system components, interfaces, data flows, and integration points. Ensure these solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
Risk Management: Identify, manage, and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring proactive issue resolution and minimising potential project disruptions.
Technical Guidance: Provide clear guidelines and support to engineering, development, and deployment teams, ensuring successful implementation of architectural solutions.
Innovation & Modernization: Research and evaluate emerging technologies, recommending those that align with industry trends and project goals.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Build strong relationships with business and IT stakeholders, ensuring alignment between business objectives and architectural solutions. Engage with third-party vendors to integrate and optimise solutions.
Azure Cost Management: Collaborate with the infrastructure team to review and optimise Azure spending, supporting the governance model for cost management.

Experience Required:

Expertise in architecture, with a strong grasp of how infrastructure, systems, data, and applications integrate to form solutions.
Extensive experience in Enterprise and IT Solutions Architecture, especially within the Insurance sector.
Qualified Azure Solutions Architect.
Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum, and a deep understanding of the Solutions Architect's role within Agile projects.
Comprehensive knowledge of the London Insurance Market, including its practices, processes, regulatory environment, and stakeholders.
Good knowledge of insurance systems, particularly in the London Insurance Market, and expertise in ongoing and planned change initiatives.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure technologies, modern data platforms, and Business Intelligence technologies.
Experience with .NET, Angular, and Microsoft Power Apps.
Ability to work with developers in an in-and-out outsourced environment.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.

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