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AXA · 10 hours ago

Guidewire Technical Architect

Hartford, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$106K/yr - $186K/yr

AXA is a leading company known for solving complex risks and providing innovative insurance solutions. The Technical Architect role involves leading the design and architecture of internal assets, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance application performance and reliability.

BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyInsuranceInsurTech

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Specification of technologies, application architectures and data structures as a basis for application change for internal assets

Producing quality, secure, scalable, high-performing, and resilient designs for new or improved services

Lead the systems analysts, developers, and testers in sympathetic change to the applications

For internal assets, support Application Managers to develop and maintain the Product Roadmap

Define and maintain development standards such as system and data design, coding, etc

Maintain a capacity plan with historical performance metrics, a future forecast, and a capacity model to ensure services and infrastructure deliver performance and growth targets in a cost effective and proactive manner

Manage architecture exceptions for the application, including identifying, documenting, taking through exception approval process, and remediation where and when possible

Monitor application services to ensure performance consistently meets non-functional requirements (response time, security, etc.)

Work with the Application Manager & Delivery Lead(s) in defining, analyzing, planning, measuring and improving product availability and continuity

Leads the DevOps team and developers in targeted use of DevOps for their application platform assets

Qualification

GuidewireCloud-based applicationsDevOps practicesEnterprise integration patternsBillingPayment solutionsScalable architecturesTechnical documentationAgile methodologiesCross-functional collaborationAdaptability

Required

A moderate amount of Cloud based insurance applications (Ex. Guidewire, DuckCreek, etc.) and DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code and containerization

Demonstrated experience in billing and payment solutions within the insurance domain, including integration with external applications

Proven experience in designing complex, scalable architectures for large enterprise environments

Ability to break down complex problems, evaluate multiple solutions & choose the most suitable outcome based on tradeoffs

Uphold technical integrity of internal assets at the logical and physical level, ensuring designs and changes done based on an outstanding architectural foundation

Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns (API, middlewear and/or data migration)

Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and operations to ensure alignment on technical goals and priorities

Develop, own and publish the product technical architecture and design documentation

Identify technical resources required to deliver the service and maintain plans for the short-, mid-, and long-term to support business cases for technical investments (upgrades, etc.)

Translates the high-level designs into the technical specifications to facilitate efficient and effective development and unit testing

Proficiency with multiple application delivery models including Agile, iterative and waterfall

Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions

Advanced skills in developing tools, frameworks and processes intended to maximize software quality and minimize time-to-delivery

Bachelor's degree in the field of computer science, information systems, business management, or a related field preferred

Benefits

Competitive retirement savings plan

Health and wellness programs

Wide range of learning opportunities

Company

AXA

Glassdoor4.0

As one of the largest global insurers, our purpose is to act for human progress by protecting what matters.

Founded in 1816

Paris, Ile-de-France, FRA

10001+ employees

https://www.axa.com/

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