What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solutions Architect position at The Baldwin Group?
Job Purpose:
The Solution Architect plays a critical role in designing and implementing solutions that meet the needs of the Insurance Advisory Services (IAS) business unit. This role involves collaborating closely with both business and IT stakeholders to define and deliver technical solutions that align with business objectives. The Solution Architect ensures that these solutions are feasible, scalable, and effectively address business challenges while maintaining alignment with overarching IT strategies. This position requires hands-on application development experience, having developed at least one application from scratch — from conception, requirements gathering, design, build, testing, release, and adoption.
This position is hybrid, based out of our Tampa, Florida office.
Primary Responsibilities:
Develop and design solutions that align with business goals and objectives, ensuring the technical architecture meets the needs of the business. Act as a solution expert with a focus on understanding business processes, identifying challenges, and designing technical solutions to address them. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure clear communication and effective solution delivery. Provide expertise in defining and documenting solution architectures, ensuring they are in line with industry standards and best practices. Work closely with IT business partners and leadership to design and implement solutions that drive business value. Participate in the prototyping of new solutions, ensuring component compatibility, and adopting solution patterns that are aligned with business objectives. Ensure the design of scalable and adaptable solutions that support business agility and operational efficiency. Maintain and ensure the quality of solution documentation, including design specifications, technical standards, and implementation patterns. Oversee the design and integration of cloud solutions, particularly focusing on AWS and Azure, ensuring rapid deployment and system reliability. Stay current with emerging technologies, including Generative AI, to assess their potential impact and opportunities for the business. Design and implement effective CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth integration and deployment of solutions. Ensure that solutions adhere to best practices for Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and information security management. Assist in evaluating and selecting third-party products or technologies, ensuring their fit within the solution architecture and business needs. Support the development of data processing patterns and data integration strategies to improve data management capabilities. Demonstrate hands-on application development experience, having designed, built, and released at least one application from scratch, including the full development lifecycle (conception, requirements gathering, design, build, test, release, and adoption).
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Strong problem-solving abilities to break down complex business challenges and design technical solutions. Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions that are feasible and aligned with business objectives. Proactive in identifying potential challenges within solutions and developing strategies to mitigate risks. Analytical mindset with the ability to identify root causes of issues and design effective, scalable solutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong relationship-building skills to foster collaboration and maintain positive interactions with key stakeholders. Analytical skills to provide data-driven insights and recommendations. Skilled in negotiating and resolving business conflicts to achieve optimal solutions. Ability to influence and persuade others to achieve alignment on solution strategies and goals. Flexibility and adaptability to work in a rapidly changing technological and business environment.
Education & Experience:
A bachelor’s degree is required. Ideally, 12 to 18 years of overall experience in software development, design, or solution architecture fields, with a strong background in business and technical solution delivery. Demonstrated application development experience, having developed at least one application from scratch across the full development lifecycle.
About Us:
The Baldwin Group (previously Baldwin Risk Partners) is a cohesive group of experts in business insurance, employee benefits, retirement planning, and all areas of private and personal insurance. Since 2011, we’ve evolved from a local business into a national firm with a vast network of specializations serving two million clients across the country.
At The Baldwin Group, we provide solutions so our clients can pursue what’s possible for themselves, their families, and their businesses. Whether renting a first apartment, opening a small business or taking a company public, we offer solutions to support clients at every step of their journey giving them peace of mind to pursue their purpose, passion, and dreams. We Protect the Possible.
