Senior Solutions Architect

at  FBD Holdings

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant experience.
• Relevant architecture certification e.g. TOGAF certification, IASA Core Certification or equivalent).
• Relevant technical certifications e.g. Nutanix, HPE, Azure).

EXPERIENCES

• 7 years + experience in operational topics with 3+ years as an architect/technical lead.
• Hands-on experience of designing solutions for a hybrid environment, particularly with on-premise private cloud solutions such as Nutanix, HPE Greenlake.
• Experience working with M365 or public cloud, particularly Microsoft Azure, including PaaS, SaaS, IaaS technologies strongly preferred.
• Strong experience of architecture governance, compliance and risk management processes.
• Strong knowledge of architectural patterns, IT standards and IT controls (including IT risk management).
• Experience in the use of one or more architecture tools using Archimate.
• Experience in dealing with both internal & external stakeholders, technical & non-technical.
• Experience of working in the insurance industry or other regulated industry would be an advantage.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively supporting the development & enhancement of FBD IT Strategy, designing target states for technology architecture & operating model as needed.
• Facilitating the evaluation and selection of software/hardware product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.
• Define and drive best-practices in a hybrid infrastructure environment, adopting industry best practices and providing architectural support to project teams during implementation phase.
• Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and driving these through to delivery.
• Promote collaboration and engagement across the team by facilitating knowledge transfer and ensuring improvement initiatives are documented and actioned.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creating deliverables including architecture diagrams and descriptions, solution blueprints and high and low-level solution designs for secure, scalable and reliable solution architectures and presenting solution designs to FBD’s Design Authority.
• Understanding end-to-end business and technical requirements and determining corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements.
• Work in a highly collaborative way with cross-functional teams on projects, providing support to project teams to ensure the project is aligned with the overall target enterprise architecture and target integration architecture.
• Managing the delivery of architecture governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements including:
• management of the FBD Design Authority,
• delivery of compliance reporting,
• delivery of risk control self-assessments & risk metrics,
• supporting risk IT management through risk identification & assessment,
• managing architecture governance artifacts including standards, principles & guidelines,
• driving improvements to existing architecture GRC processes,
• supporting regulatory and internal audits of IT practices & processes.