Senior Solution Architect – Data, Integration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Are you a versatile architect seeking your next opportunity?

• Intelligent, pragmatic, and someone who truly delivers results?

• Do you enjoy navigating various domains, being the primary contact for both business and technology, and mentoring others in the process?

• Our mission is straightforward: assist our clients in maximizing the value of their technological investments.

• We evaluate enterprise architectures, design intricate integrations, and offer architectural leadership for significant, complex initiatives such as mergers, modernizations, and cloud migrations.

• We do not engage in software development or manage infrastructure.

• We are the trusted authorities our clients rely upon for the two critical questions:

• What actions should they take (enterprise architecture and planning), and how should they execute them (solution architecture)?

• Frequently, you will be leading solution design for substantial, intricate projects: crafting end-to-end solutions and navigating integration patterns, data flows, modern data patterns, APIs, security, and the non-functional aspects that can make or break a design.

• This role encompasses both a hands-on position and a strategic oversight role.

• You will be part of an enterprise solution architecture group, providing guidance to a decentralized team of solution architects and reviewing their designs and documentation for compliance with processes and strategies, ensuring alignment without becoming a bottleneck.

• However, your primary focus will be in tackling the most challenging solution designs personally and stepping in when a domain requires additional support, a decision is stalled, or a design needs a second opinion from an expert.

⛳️ Requirements

• You are an experienced solution architect who has operated within large, complex organizations and possesses the technical expertise to design authentic solutions, rather than merely dictating principles.

• You have experience in personally designing end-to-end solutions, including integration patterns, data flows, APIs, security, and the non-functional elements that can significantly impact a design.

• You establish and carry enterprise standards and strategies into the projects you engage in, ensuring designs remain aligned with them, without needing to control or enforce the governance framework.

• You can quickly familiarize yourself with new business capabilities and processes, swiftly bridging knowledge gaps to collaborate with business users and design solutions that align with their operational methods.

• You possess a broad understanding of application, data, and integration architecture, with substantial depth in data and modern data patterns, and are comfortable working within both cloud and on-premise environments, with the discernment to assess vendors and platforms based on their merits.

• You can translate fluently between executive/business perspectives and engineering realities, supporting your recommendations with facts and trade-offs in discussions with either audience.

• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries is a significant advantage.

• Bonus points (particularly relevant to our current needs, but not mandatory):

• Experience in the insurance sector and the complex financial processes/data related to actuarial modeling and management/external financial reporting.

• Developing a cloud-based enterprise analytical data repository or a single source of truth for finance: layered/medallion architecture, data lineage, and reconciliation across upstream sources.

• Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms, particularly AWS.

• Effective execution of data governance: source-to-target mapping, master/reference data, lineage, and data quality controls in a regulated setting.

• A talent for collaborating with finance and actuarial professionals to create self-service capabilities that they will genuinely utilize instead of relying on Excel.

• Any experience with AI is beneficial, particularly practical applications rather than broad claims about AI.

• Please note: At this time, we do not sponsor immigration applications (H-1B, etc.) and are only considering direct candidates (no agencies). A background check is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays

• Company-funded health reimbursement (QSEHRA) for your insurance premiums and medical expenses

• 401(k) plan with company contributions

• Fully remote work with a consistent flow of diverse, high-impact projects and intelligent colleagues to collaborate with