Senior Solutions Architect - Data

Physicians Mutual's enterprise technology group is currently searching for a Senior Solutions Architect to join their data team. This candidate would be establishing an architecture runway ahead of development for multiple agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the architectural design, integration, and deployment of the enterprise's overall systems.

• Design and implement system solutions that meet user/client needs, cost constraints, and integration requirements with existing applications, systems, or platforms.

• Champion data strategy across the organization, working with business users and data teams to design, document, review, and negotiate solutions that align with strategic business and technology goals.

• Lead a cross-functional team responsible for the operational excellence of the data platform, including change management, SDLC, and CI/CD.

• Develop and implement a technical roadmap for the continuous improvement of the data platform, encompassing tech stack upgrades, cost optimization, and compliance.

• Researches, identifies, selects, and tests technology products required for solution delivery.

• Establishes, implements, and documents the technology integration or migration strategies.

• Provides governance and oversight as a senior member of the Architecture Review Board.

• Staying on top of the industry trends and new technologies for our given system architecture.

Job Requirements

• 10 years of total IT and Data experience

• 6 years of performing data solution design and data integration is required.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline.

• Experience building and deploying analytic solutions that drive business impact for Sales and Marketing organizations in enterprise settings.

• Deep understanding of public cloud computing providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data and analytics platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, etc), and how to leverage these technologies to build and maintain high-performance data and analytics solutions. Experience with the AWS ecosystem is a significant advantage.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex data insights to a variety of stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to thrive under pressure and function effectively in a fast-paced, agile work environment.

• Strong judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to make quick and informed decisions under pressure.

• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy, with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with others and build consensus to achieve common goals.

• Passion for technology and a commitment to continuous learning.

• Experience implementing operational best practices such as monitoring, alerting, and metadata management.

• Experience managing, measuring, and improving data quality in a data warehouse environment.

• Proven ability to identify and communicate data-driven insights that drive business impact.

• Experience working in an agile development environment, with a focus on delivering value to customers early and often.

• Experience working in large teams using CI/CD practices to automate the development and deployment of software.

• Expertise in Data Integration & Analytic Methodologies, and Data Modeling.

• Strong knowledge of REST API design, Python, PySpark.

• Working knowledge of Microservices and working with data in relational & No-SQL databases, caching strategies, etc.

• Progressive experience in new technology, programming, application analysis, and security/disaster recovery.

• Knowledge of the process and concepts involved in systems implementations, including conceptual design, work process evaluation, cost assessment for development and implementation.

• Must have previous Agile, Scrum or SAFe experience.

Preferred

• MS degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline.

• Insurance Industry knowledge.

About Us

Health. Life. Retirement. The Physicians Mutual family empowers people from all walks of life to enjoy the financial security they deserve. That’s what Insurance for all of us® is about.

The Physicians Mutual family includes Physicians Mutual Insurance Company, Physicians Life Insurance Company and Physicians Select Insurance Company. Physicians Mutual offers reliable dental and supplemental health insurance, and pet insurance. Physicians Life provides important life insurance, Medicare Supplement insurance and coverage for funeral pre-planning. Physicians Select Insurance Company additionally offers exclusive Medicare Supplement insurance.

Since our start in 1902, our dedication to delivering on our promise has helped make us one of the nation’s leading health and life insurance providers. In fact, we are rated in the top 1% of insurance companies. We consistently maintain some of the highest financial strength ratings in the nation from independent insurance analysts, including A.M. Best Company and Weiss Ratings, ensuring we’ll be there for our policyowners and our employees far into the future.

But the achievement we’re most proud of? We have a 95% customer satisfaction rating — a true sign of a company dedicated to embodying its vision.