Technology - Senior Corporate Solutions Architect
Charlotte, NC, United States
Request ID: 7622-1
Start/End Dates: 6/12/2023 - 12/11/2023
Tax Work Location: Charlotte
Job Title: Technology - Senior Corporate Solutions Architect
Job Description: How This Role Contributes to Brighthouse Financial:
The Senior Solution Architect is responsible for planning, defining, and communicating the solution architecture for a project. That architecture depicts the components of the solution from an application, data, integration, infrastructure, network, security and operations aspects and the evolution of those components over time. That solution architecture is used as basis for building and running the solution.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for the development, ownership, and communication of the solution architecture for a project which typically entails modifying existing applications or implementing a SaaS application and integrating it with other applications. This includes developing the application, data, integration, infrastructure, network, security and operations views of the architecture and their alignment with the business architecture
Collaborates with enterprise domain and other solution architects to ensure integrity of solution, alignment with enterprise architecture strategies and adherence to reference architectures and standards
Works with internal and external implementation teams in validating the feasibility of the proposed solution and providing technical guidance to those teams during implementation
Reviews the technical design created by implementation teams and ensures its alignment with the solution architecture
Supports implementation teams by guiding them in building and configuring solutions according to the architecture
Participates in project planning and maintains related project architecture artifacts
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Business knowledge of or experience architecting solutions that support either
o Investments, finance, risk, actuarial, reinsurance, accounting, tax, human resources, logistics, audit, legal and compliance
Experience working in a life insurance / annuities company is a plus
10 years of experience architecting solutions encompassing the application, data, integration, security, operations and infrastructure views of the architecture
Experience architecting the integration of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications with other applications
Knowledge of Azure SaaS and PaaS services is a plus
Ability to understand and apply abstract architectural concepts at a project and enterprise level
Broad understanding of multiple technologies, reference architectures and design patterns in the areas of application, integration, information, security, operations and infrastructure
Knowledge of one or more formal architecture frameworks such as FEAF, TOGAF, or Zachman
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively convey architectural concepts to business and technology peers as well as senior management
Effective influencing and negotiating skills
Ability to work simultaneously on multiple large, complex projects with minimal supervision
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline and/or equivalent work experience, Masters degree in Computer Science is a plus
Desired Industry/ Functional Experience
Corporate Solutions
Financial Systems, Accounting
o Financial accounting, Treasury and Reconciliation domain
o Deep understanding of subledger and general ledger accounting processes will be added advantage
o Can bridge knowledge of other major financial management solutions (i.e. Oracle)
o Financial data mart, reporting and analytics
Actuarial and Reinsurance
o Actuarial valuation and pricing processesActuarial modeling for Insurance products
o Reinsurance administration and processing
Investments
o Investment management processes especially in Variable Annuity area
o Deep understanding of asset and liability management
o Compute technologies will be added advantage
Technology Stack (Knowledge or experience in)
SAP S4 HANA
Python
Microservices architecture
SucessFactors
Cloud Technologies like Azure, AWS