Solutions Architect

Pay Philosophy

The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.

Description

Are you excited about building robust software platforms that enable the customer journey? If so, the U.S. Retail Markets (USRM) Claims Tech organization is looking for two motivated team players to drive the future of our technology solutions. You will also participate in the overall USRM Claims Tech modernization efforts and contribute to our transition to cloud-based architecture.

As a Solution Architect, you will be at the forefront of tackling the intricate challenges inherent in shared platform dynamics. Your core mission is to design and deploy robust solutions that safeguard the shared platform's infrastructure, ensuring reliability, performance, stability, and observability.

In this fast-paced team, you will help shape the ongoing evolution of our technology strategy and roadmap by delivering key data solutions that align with our business objectives. You will join a talented and empowered agile Claims portfolio dedicated to building next-generation solutions while partnering with business stakeholders and collaborating with the USRM Technology Architecture teams to develop cost-effective, speed-to-market solutions. Specifically, you will define and maintain architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, models, patterns, guidelines, and roadmaps related to the Claims domains.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of the technology strategy and technology roadmaps that enable the business.
• Provides consultation and collaborates with Engineering Managers, business partners and peer groups regarding long and short-range product features. Provides oversight at the business capability domain level influencing decision-making and prioritizing the business and architecture backlog for the aligned development squads.
• Educates and drives adoption of the well-architected framework in order to promote Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization into cultural norms.
• Contributes to the design and development of architecture (integrated process, methodology, framework, software/applications, data, information, and technology) scalable solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards.
• Influences and partners with the Product Owners and engineering teams to align the technical design and strategy with the product roadmap.
• Connects Solution Engineering with Technology and Portfolio Architecture work to ensure sound roadmaps which deliver business value.
• Responsible for prototyping complex, cross platform business solutions to validate newer technologies. Reviews and ensures major architectural designs are consistent, maintainable, flexible and cost-effective solutions. Participates with application and infrastructure design architects to provide guidance for development and releases.
• Maintains collaborative and strategic partnerships between customers, vendors, business partners, and technology teams.
• Shares expertise ensuring that teams are continuously improving and learning together to meet current and future engineering and architecture needs.

 

Qualifications

 

• Advanced knowledge of agile development methodologies as typically acquired through a Bachelor`s or Master`s degree in technical or business discipline or equivalent experience

• At least 10 years of related experience
• Knowledgeable in software engineering languages and tools; proficient in new and emerging technologies
• In-depth knowledge of diverse and emerging technologies and new architectural concepts and principles
• In-depth understanding of layered solutions and designs; in-depth understanding of shared software concepts and product features, as well as security minded
• Proficient in all product and system components of technical architecture
• In-depth knowledge of business operations, objectives and strategies; in-depth understanding of global business and technology trends and the financial services industry
• Strong influencing and consensus building skills, and the adaptability to respond to change quickly
• Strong communications skills, both writ