Job Description

The Digital IT Architect is tasked with creating solutions and leading the digital transformation efforts in collaboration with business units, global stakeholders, and regional IT teams. Join a team that is developing a comprehensive digital insurance platform to facilitate innovative distribution models.

• Develop a strong understanding of the digital insurance business and apply to architecture & design artifacts.
• Drive workshops on solution options with IT and & business subject matter experts.
• Investigate new technologies, platforms and design patters as applicable to business focus areas.
• Engage with business stakeholders on digital initiatives and proposed solution architectures.
• Creation of application technical design documents to guide development / delivery.
• Address technical queries from development teams.
• Coach development teams in best practices.
• Ensure development is in line with architectural design.
• Take end to end responsibility for technology solution from design through to delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams - specifically senior developers and business analysts.
• Make pragmatic and delivery focused technical decisions.

Attractive Remuneration Package|Enhance your Development Skills

• 15+ years in IT across multiple IT disciplines.
• Prior experience in Applications Architecture in Insurance / financial services industry.
• Broad experience with recent technologies and applications integration paradigms.
• Recent project experience with UI/UX technologies, APIs and systems integration.
• Development experience in Java & JavaScript preferred.
• Recent experience in Agile delivery / DevOps.
• Sound understanding of Architecture methodologies and standards.
• In depth knowledge of recent UI/UX technologies (eg ReactJS), API design (REST/JSON) and applications integration technologies.
• Knowledge of data modelling / database design.
• Sound experience with Cloud technologies - especially AWS - Containers, Lambda, RDS etc.
• Sound understanding of IT project delivery and agile / DevOps methodologies.
• Passion for new and emerging technologies. Ability to investigate these in depth.
• Ability to understand business requirements in detail.
• Ability to work with both off-the-shelf platforms and bespoke development.
• Strong modelling & UML skills.
• Excellent communication & documentation skills.
• Ability to lead by influence.
• Ability to work across diverse Asian cultures.

Our Client is a major player in the global insurance industry, providing a wide range of services including property, casualty, and life insurance. With a strong presence in both personal and commercial sectors, it operates internationally, offering coverage and risk management solutions to individuals and businesses alike.

• Attractive Remuneration Package
• Enhance your Development Skills
• Build up your stakeholder management skills

Michael Page