Azure Solutions Architect

Job Title: Azure Solutions Architect

Location: Morris Plains, NJ (Hybrid)

Term: Contract

Job Description

As we develop an enterprise-wide data and digital strategy that moves us toward greater focus on the use of data and data-driven insights, we are seeking a Data & Digital Solutions Architect focused on Cyber Data, Analytics and AI Strategy. The Data & Digital Solutions Architect is a hands-on, execution focused role helping translate the data and digital strategy to architecture and to execution. In this role you will understand our data and analytical systems at a granular level, and function as organizational data and digital architecture subject matter expert for our various projects related to Cyber Program.

Cyber Data, Analytics and AI function within Group Cyber Center of Expertise (CoE) is responsible to align and drive the management of data and analytics related to cyber insurance and services globally. This function is responsible for building a roadmap to create best-in-class cyber risk analytics and AI solutions to ensure connectivity across all entities.

We’re looking for someone who has following qualifications, abilities, and skills:

• Moderate to Extensive years of experiences in relevant architecture roles; possess broad and deep expertise in insurance (especially cyber) data strategy and architecture.
• Working experience with organizations with multiple entities operated globally is preferred.
• Understanding of security committees such as CIFIUS
• Deep expertise in distributed and decentralized domain design to support multi entity model architecture.
• Understanding of data mesh concepts and applicability to support multi entity architecture.
• Understanding of federated governance approaches to support multi entity model
• Hands-on experience with architecture and design with:
• Azure cloud platform environment
• Big data technologies
• Machine Learning, AI, LLM knowledge, especially on how to apply the concepts and capabilities to Cyber Data Analytics solutions.
• Message queues, streaming technologies, and event driven architecture.
• Unstructured data management
• O365 environment
• Container & Orchestration platforms
• Relational databases and structured query languages
• Microservices
• Integration and ETL/ELT technologies
• Data management and analytics
• Reference & Master Data Management
• Access control and security
• Effective management and leadership skills with the ability to influence department’s strategy
• Outstanding organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to handle change
• Excellent presentation, communication (oral & written), and relationship building skills, across all levels of management
• Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
• Knowledge and active use of Agile, SCRUM and Continuous Delivery

We seek an experienced architect with following responsibilities:

• Understand user requirements (desired output & outcome) and existing environments (current state), and translate these into an architecture roadmap.
• Guide the full lifecycle of a Solution, including:
• Understand the Business Capabilities that are required and translate this to Technical Capabilities and Solution Architecture
• Assist the customer (and business solutions analysts) to define and declare non-functional requirements for building out solution capabilities.
• Document solution interactions and relationships, along with basic infrastructure and application onboarding requirements
• Ensure security by design to meet Information Security policies, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Regulatory requirements, and industry best practice.
• Be hands on to demonstrate tools, patterns, security, performance, scalability, etc. in a lab environment when necessary.
• Participate in the definition of adoption and experience metrics for the solution to measure the success of the solution
• Present architecture decisions, explain the end-to-end solution, educate others how they can contribute, and provide guidance on tool usage
• Act as a strategic advisor to management
• Contribute to the development of the Strategic Architecture
• Understand & be able to communicate business problems & technical solutions in appropriate terminology and ability to influence across business lines

Job Skills

• IDS/IPS Management
• SIEM & Log Management
• WSO2 Integration and API
• Web App Firewall Management

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $80.00 - $100.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Azure: 8 years (Preferred)
• AI models: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $80 - $100