Solution/Enterprise Architect with P&C Insurance domain
Location Preferred : Purchase, NY → Morristown, NJ → Charlotte, NC.
Alternate Locations : Alpharetta, GA; Chicago, IL; Conshohocken, PA; Denver, CO; Fargo, ND; Garden City, NY; Houston, TX; Lubbock, TX; Mt Juliet, TN; New York, NY; Topeka, KS
Experience: Minimum 12+ Years
Type : Contract / Full-Time
Requirements :
- Any tech stack is fine like (.net or Java or Guidewire, SAP etc.)
- P&C Insurance Domain Expertise across the insurance value chain.
- Solution / Enterprise Architecture experience in P&C insurance.
- Solution Building Experience, from initial solutioning through architecture.
- Build vs. Buy Advisory, with strong knowledge of insurance products and platforms.
- AI & Automation, focused on improving operational efficiency and business value.
Technical Qualifications:
Insurance Domain & Platforms
- Strong knowledge of Global Commercial, Specialty Insurance, and Reinsurance business and technology landscapes.
- Understanding of key insurance capabilities including:
- Submission, Quote, Bind and Policy Issuance
- Underwriting and Risk Assessment
- Policy Administration
- Billing and Premium Processing
- Claims Management
- Ceded and Assumed Reinsurance
- Treaty and Facultative Reinsurance
- Reinsurance Accounting, Recoveries and Settlements
- Insurance Finance and Accounting
- Broker, Delegated Authority and Bordereaux processes
- Experience with global insurance markets, preferably including US, UK/London Market, Europe, Singapore, and/or Australia.
- Experience with insurance technology platforms such as:
- Guidewire PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter and BillingCenter
- SAP Insurance / Reinsurance / Finance solutions
- VIPR and/or Specialty/London Market platforms
- Underwriting, Reinsurance, Finance and Claims platforms
Architecture & Technology
- Strong experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture and/or Technology Architecture.
- Ability to develop:
- Business and technology capability maps
- Current and target-state architectures
- Solution and integration architectures
- Technology option assessments
- Transition architectures
- Dependency and system interaction models
- Architecture-driven project plans
- Multi-year technology and transformation roadmaps
- Good understanding of API-led integration, enterprise integration, messaging/event-driven architecture, and distributed enterprise systems.
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and/or AWS, including cloud-native and SaaS architectures.
- Understanding of enterprise data architecture, analytics, security, IAM, DevSecOps, CI/CD, resilience, and regulatory requirements.
- Experience supporting legacy modernization, application rationalization, platform transformation, cloud migration, and large-scale integration programs and AI.
General Qualifications:
- Typically 12+ years of enterprise IT experience, including significant experience in insurance technology environments.
- 7+ years of experience performing Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Architecture, or equivalent responsibilities.
- Demonstrated ability to move between business strategy, architecture, technology planning, and delivery execution.
- Proven ability to take an ambiguous problem or idea, structure it, develop solution options, and transform it into a delivery-ready technology initiative.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance business value, cost, technology strategy, delivery risk, and speed-to-market.
- Experience working within complex global organizations involving multiple business units, systems, vendors, and geographically distributed teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with CIO/CTO leadership, business executives, architects, engineers, Product Owners, and Program/Project Managers.
- Ability to influence architecture and technology decisions without necessarily having direct organizational authority.
- Strong documentation and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex technology topics for business audiences.
- Experience facilitating architecture workshops, discovery sessions, solution reviews, and technology planning discussions.
Education Qualifications:
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Preferred
- Master's degree in Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or Business Administration.
- Relevant architecture certifications such as TOGAF, Azure/AWS Architecture, or equivalent enterprise/solution architecture certifications.
- Insurance industry certifications or demonstrated deep experience within Commercial, Specialty, London Market, and Reinsurance environments.
“Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.”
