Solution Architect Full Time

Coforge U.K. Ltd

• Proven technical solution skills, working at various levels to implement and deliver commercial insurance software solutions within the London and global markets
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to write high quality architecture documentation requiring little or no amendment
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to credibly and confidently present complex and detailed technical solution content to multiple levels of stakeholders and audiences including CxO both internally and externally.
• Experience running customer workshops, gathering requirements, reviewing and writing up solution documentation.
• Pre-sales experience including software demonstration capability.
• Ability to be the lead solution architect within a Programme or Project ensuring that output is clear, consistent and concise.
• Experience with operating with an offshore model and collaborating with multi-location teams.
• Knowledge of the insurance & reinsurance industry advantageous
• Ability to build and develop robust working relationships
• Ability to challenge conventional practices
• Strategic thinker, considers the long term value whilst meeting short term needs
• Excellent understanding of the implementation of enterprise wide Insurance software solutions
• Extensive experience in the application of technologies
• Excellent understanding of development methodologies such as Waterfall, Scrum, XP, Kanban
• Excellent understanding of Data Migration strategies and technologies
• Experience of working in large programmers to deliver complex commercial insurance solutions
• Experience of architecting a solution for large scale, high capacity and high availability services
• Able and willing to travel to support customer delivery.
• Need Core Insurance Sector Experience

Major Tasks And Responsibilities Solution Architect

• Take the Solution Architecture role on implementation projects and programmers
• Organise, run and write up requirement gathering technical/solution workshops with the customer as part of an Implementation Study.
• Demonstrate technical solutions as part of an implementation.
• Oversee and review technical and functional content created by the team as part of the full implementation life cycle.
• Manage day to day technical customer interactions during an implementation.
• Assist in the preparation of the implementation study document and subsequent written output required on the project or programme.
• Contribution to Business & Delivery
• To work alongside the Offshore Delivery