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Western National Insurance is Hiring an Infrastructure Architect Near Edina, MN

Overview

Western National is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join our team and provide technical leadership, standards and blueprints for Infrastructure platforms and services. We are The Relationship Company®, and we strive to provide best-in-class service to all our agency partners and policyholders while promoting a culture of work/life balance to our employees.

This is a great opportunity for the right person to design and build fit-for-purpose, cost-effective and robust Infrastructure Technology Solutions. This role will support the delivery of business and IT programs and projects to meet business and non-functional requirements and will uphold and promote the Western National high standards of reliable customer service.

If you are interested in joining a growing company, and are passionate about providing exceptional IT service, we invite you to apply today!

Responsibilities

  • Drive the definition of infrastructure architecture and roadmap including:
    • Architecture vision, principles, standards (including standard products and platforms) and policies.
    • Target state blueprints and roadmap for infrastructure architecture strategy.
    • Maintain and facilitate the process for infrastructure lifecycle management.
  • Define and champion the use of the infrastructure standards, procedures, and best practice within the team.
  • Work closely with Enterprise Architects to align the infrastructure strategy with the enterprise architecture (all technology domains) and business strategy.
  • Socialize and secure support for infrastructure architecture strategy and roadmap from key stakeholders.
  • Ensure the infrastructure team fully understands, follows, and champions the technology standards and patterns as defined within Enterprise Architecture.
  • Lead analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
  • Monitors and ensures compliance to corporate control standards for quality and security.
  • Participate in relevant solution design review activities to ensure alignment to infrastructure architecture, infrastructure strategies and architecture principles.
  • Support Infrastructure and Solution Architects and technical teams in identifying and assessing options.
  • Lead analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the infrastructure architect.
  • Provide technical leadership and escalation support for the resolution of defects, incidents and problems during the testing, implementation and transition phases of the programs and projects.
  • Proactively draw out all types of requirements on the IT Infrastructure from stakeholders by using a variety of elicitation techniques such as interviewing, modelling, and surveying).
  • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high level information into details and distinguish users requests from the underlying business problems.
  • Provide technical advice to colleagues on the use of the IT Infrastructure and integration of various business applications onto the Western National Infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • Experience building and maintaining relationships at a senior level and having the ability to influence at all levels.
  • Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally, and in written form to a broad range of audiences.
  • Ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations.
  • Ability to focus on the business/end user’s or customer’s needs and set expectations and understand end user behavior.
  • Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking skills, leveraging both logic and creativity.
  • Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
  • Ability to identify patterns and generate informed ideas.
  • Minimum 10 years of IT experience.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in infrastructure strategy and architecture design.
  • Professional competency in at least three technical specializations, with a broad understanding of other current and emerging technologies, such as Storage, Network, Telecom, Server, and Cloud.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline preferred, or experience in lieu of degree
  • TOGAF certification is preferred.

CULTURE AND TOTAL REWARDS:

Currently ranked as the 37th largest private company by revenue in Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal), Western National has earned accolades year-over-year as an employer of choice and garnered multiple awards for wellness in the workplace including the Wellness by Design Platinum Green award from Hennepin County and is a mspWellness Champion. Western National was also named a Star Tribune Top Workplace in 2021 and 2022. The company is also consistently recognized as a Ward’s 50 property-and-casualty insurance company for its outstanding financial results.

Western National has long been known as “The Relationship Company®,” and caring for our employees is a part of that relationship commitment. Western National values connectiveness, empowerment, and accountability. Western National offers competitive pay, advancement opportunities, a generous benefits package, a robust wellbeing program, and a commitment to a healthy work/life balance. These attributes are just some of the reasons why nearly half of our employees choose to stay on the Western National team for ten years or more!

Western National offers full time employees a significant Total Rewards Package, including:

  • Medical insurance Plan options
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
  • Flex Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) Plan (plus company match)
  • Wellbeing Program
  • Onsite Fitness Studio
  • Paid volunteer time
  • Time Off – including vacation and holiday pay
  • 100% company-paid tuition reimbursement for approved job-relevant coursework and access to The Institutes (Risk & Insurance Education)
  • Discounts on personal auto and homeowner's insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Profit-sharing bonus
  • Other standard employee benefits – including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, and more.

Western National believes in supporting balance between work and life by providing a flexible work environment with includes a variety of hybrid and remote work arrangements designed to balance individual, job, department, and company needs.

Western National provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Other

INDUSTRY

Insurance

SALARY

$125k-150k (estimate)

POST DATE

12/02/2022

EXPIRATION DATE

04/03/2023

HEADQUARTERS

ORLAND PARK, IL

SIZE

500 - 1,000

FOUNDED

2014

REVENUE

$500M - $1B

INDUSTRY

Insurance

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