Zurich North America · 22 hours ago
Sr. Enterprise Architect
Schaumburg, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $239K/yr
8+ years expZurich North America is currently hiring a Sr. Enterprise Architect to work in a hybrid schedule at their Schaumburg North America HQ. The role involves collaborating with IT and business stakeholders to deliver business value through effective architecture and alignment with IT strategy and business objectives.
CommercialFinancial ServicesInsurance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Conduct in-depth analyses of business challenges and IT capabilities to drive business and IT alignment. Identify critical gaps and opportunities to recommend architectural solutions that deliver tangible business outcomes
Collaborate across organizational boundaries to drive trade-off discussions, facilitate informed decision making and risk mitigation via well-researched and robust IT solutions
Maintain alignment, integration, and coordination of architecture activities across different programs, projects and products
Evaluate COTS software and lead PoC/PoT to select fit-for-purpose solutions aligned to ZNA IT strategy
Strong knowledge of system engineering concepts and data integration patterns like APIs, event-driven architecture, ETL etc., across diverse cloud platforms like Azure/AWS PaaS, SaaS and Vendor solutions
Drive business and IT adoption of technology solutions, including AI/ML, DevOps, IoT, OCR, Cloud, RPA, etc
Adhere to a set of standards, reference architecture patterns, principles, and guardrails
Collaborate with infrastructure teams, Group EA team and Security team to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is vital to modify the enterprise architecture
Rationalize technology landscape by leveraging capability mapping, evaluating technical debt, and recommending solutions towards cost optimization, improved operations, and solution sustainability
Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and achieve buy-in of complex concepts through timely and high-quality verbal/written communication
Manage, mentor, and provide architectural guidance across the organization by communicating the value of Enterprise Architecture, service offering, and instilling architectural and design thinking approaches
Manage the delivery by successfully planning, running and completing projects. Will collaborate with all the teams involved in a project to ensure the project produces the necessary outputs while meeting deadlines and staying within budget
Will interact with stakeholders to make sure the project meets their requirements and that they agree with the project's current direction
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree and 8 or more years of experience in the Information Technology area OR
High School Diploma or Equivalent and 10 or more years of experience in the Information Technology area
IT Strategy
Strong knowledge of system engineering concepts and data integration patterns like APIs, event-driven architecture, ETL etc., across diverse cloud platforms like Azure/AWS PaaS, SaaS and Vendor solutions
Drive business and IT adoption of technology solutions, including AI/ML, DevOps, IoT, OCR, Cloud, RPA, etc
Adhere to a set of standards, reference architecture patterns, principles, and guardrails
Collaborate with infrastructure teams, Group EA team and Security team to ensure consistency with the enterprise architecture, as well as to identify when it is vital to modify the enterprise architecture
Rationalize technology landscape by leveraging capability mapping, evaluating technical debt, and recommending solutions towards cost optimization, improved operations, and solution sustainability
Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and achieve buy-in of complex concepts through timely and high-quality verbal/written communication
Manage, mentor, and provide architectural guidance across the organization by communicating the value of Enterprise Architecture, service offering, and instilling architectural and design thinking approaches
Manage the delivery by successfully planning, running and completing projects. Will collaborate with all the teams involved in a project to ensure the project produces the necessary outputs while meeting deadlines and staying within budget
Will interact with stakeholders to make sure the project meets their requirements and that they agree with the project's current direction
Preferred
Knowledge of Insurance industry
8+ years of experience in roles creating architecture and strategy, performing business analysis or experience as an Enterprise Architect
8+ years of experience as IT Business Architect or Solutions Architect role preferably with experience in large business process or organizational change initiatives
Working knowledge of Salesforce, Guidewire Policy Center and low-code platform like Mendix, Innoveo
Delivery management experience
Project Management experience preferred
Masters degree preferred
Benefits
Short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 20%
Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for employees and their families
Company
Zurich North America
Zurich American Insurance is an international commercial property-casualty insurance provider. It is a sub-organization of Zurich Insurance Group.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
James Bracken
Chief Financial Officer
Ann Chai
Chief Risk Officer
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