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Solutions Architect

1 month ago

Haywards Heath, United Kingdom First Central Services UK Ltd Full time

We’re First Central Insurance & Technology Group (First Central for short), an innovative, market-leading insurance company. We protect the things customers love so they can get on with what matters to them in life. 

Data drives us. It fuels our outstanding distribution, finance, technology and legal services. Our underwriting skills are built on data expertise; it creates the insights we need to give the right cover to the right customers at the right price. But, it’s the people inside and outside our business that power us. They make us stand out, help us succeed. We’re ambitious. We’re growing. We’ve won awards.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Solutions Architect to join our Technology and Data team , This is a flexible hybrid working role with occasional visits to our offices, when required, in either Salford Quays, Manchester, or Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

Our Architecture team are currently working on some fantastic projects and are looking for someone who is pro-active, creative, self-motivated, who loves to deliver business success and can drive the technology solutions forward supporting our highly ambitious and exciting plans. This role is pivotal in engaging with delivery teams and leveraging Agile development methodologies, whilst effectively documenting and communicating technical solutions. You will be working in a highly empowered environment, your input and expertise will be valued, as you own the solutions from inception to delivery, involving enterprise-class internal platforms, COTS (Customisable Off the Shelf) products and cloud services, whilst collaborating with Programme and Engineering teams and third parties.
 
You will work closely with business stakeholders at all levels translating business objectives into operational, functional and technical solutions, as well as supporting the lead Solutions and Application Architect through recommendations and enabling the governance of internal and external solutions.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to:

Engage with senior stakeholders, translating business goals to deliverable solutions and outcomes. Have experience of the full SDLC process, gained within regulated and consumer-focused industries at volume. It’s likely you’ve worked as a software engineer earlier in your career. Integrate internal and external systems. Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams remotely. Ideally have an understanding of defining solutions for (and understanding the dynamics of) an insurance business. Possess SAFe, architecture frameworks and EA tools experience.

Skills, knowledge & experience

Knowledge of analysis, design and modelling techniques, ideally within a formalised framework (TOGAF, Zachman etc). Experience of architecting within Agile delivery methods - e.g. scaled Agile (SAFe) or scrum. Experience in creating target architectures and transition states based on desired business outcomes, delivering solutions from inception through to implementation. Experience of defining technical solutions including integration with enterprise class COTS (ERP, CRM etc) and cloud services. Must have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to convey technical terms to a non-technical audience. Experience of working for high-volume, data-driven organisations. Understanding of retail insurance business would be advantageous. Experience of technical product delivery within Microsoft technical stack would be advantageous. Experience of architecting with cloud technologies highly beneficial, particularly in the Azure space. An interest and exposure in emerging and maturing technologies (IOT, Blockchain, RPA, AI, etc.).

What can we do for you?

People first. Always. We’re passionate about our colleagues and know the best people deserve an extraordinary working environment. We owe it to them so that’s what we offer. Our workplaces are energetic, inspirational, supportive. To get a taste of the advantages you’ll enjoy, take a look at all our perks in full .

Intrigued? Our Talent team can tell you everything you need to know about what we want and what we’re offering, so feel free to get in touch.

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