What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solutions Architect position at NJM Insurance Group?
This role will be responsible for providing solution and architectural leadership and direction for complex, multi-technology implementations. The Solutions Architect is responsible for the implementation of strategic initiatives from a technology perspective by providing architectural direction, defining technology needs and solutions in a hybrid-cloud environment. Initially, this role will be responsible for maturing NJM's digital marketing architecture and technology capabilities, therefore MarTech background / experience is strongly preferred.
Job Responsibilities :
- Drive and lead the architectural direction, design, and implementation of technology solutions.
- Lead in designing, specifying or selecting system solutions in an Agile environment, considering functionality, front-end development, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance.
- Proactively address business needs and challenges through technological innovation.
- Break down complex problems into manageable deliverables.
- Turn new technology concepts into innovative solutions to address complex architectural challenges.
- Develop, apply, and document architectural patterns to solutions (Contextual, Conceptual, Logical, Physical, Component and Operational)
- Evaluate and recommend alternate solutions across key technology areas. Work cooperatively with technical personnel in other IT teams and functions to accomplish enterprise-wide goals.
- Drive the technology vision for NJM that proactively propels business change and rewards technical excellence.
- Drive simplification efforts throughout the organization by leveraging architecture concepts.
- Follow emerging technologies and changing business needs to ensure they align with the architecture vision.
- Act as change agent for technology teams to deliver on unanticipated technology opportunities and support key business initiatives.
- Work closely with multiple vendors and partners to help drive service level agreements and speed to market.
- Apply industry standard object-oriented programming best practices and design patterns.
- Drive technology / tools evaluation and software technical proof of concepts.
- Provide technical leadership on large scale initiatives.
- Stay current with latest technology trends in order to advance business outcomes where possible.
- Participate and / or drive solution architecture reviews.
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