Position Summary The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for guiding development teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and innovative technology solutions that meet business needs. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders, managing architectural frameworks, and ensuring the alignment of technology strategies with business objectives.
What will your job entail? Job Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain architectural strategies and frameworks that align with business goals and technology standards.
- Work closely with business leaders, project managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Oversee the design of end-to-end solutions, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with best practices.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance solution architecture.
- Provide technical oversight and guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from inception to deployment.
- Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring the robustness and reliability of solutions.
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of architectural designs, decisions, and processes.
- Support enterprise standards and reference architectures in building solutions.
- Promote continuous improvement in architectural practices and processes, staying updated with industry trends and advancements.
Technical Experience: - Full stack development implementing enterprise scale systems. Designing, implementing, and testing all layers of an application including UI, integration, and data layers.
- Working closely with business partners to understand business processes and requirements to design effective solutions
- Designing solutions to use native cloud capabilities. Azure experience is preferred but not required.
- Partnering with other internal IT teams including infrastructure, security, and data to deliver solution designs that align to enterprise standards.
- Working across enterprise teams to identify opportunities for reuse and development of reference architectures.
- Adherence to SDLC and other internal processes and developing required documentation.
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks like TOGAF/Archimate is a plus.
- Partnering with external vendors to deliver solutions.
- Working with offshore teams to deliver solutions
Work Experience and Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with 6+ years of related experience.
3+ years of supervisor or lead experience.
*****Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time** Licenses & Certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ITIL Certification, or Certified Solutions Architect (CSA) is preferred.
Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.
How We Support Our Teammates Ryan Specialty seeks to offer our employees a comprehensive and best-in-class benefits package that helps them - and their family members - achieve their physical, financial, and emotional well-being goals. In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.
The target salary range for this position is $144,000.00 - $180,000.00 annually.
The wage range for this role considers many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, licensure and certification, business needs, and market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time roles are eligible for bonuses and benefits. For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website
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