Solutions Architect V

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first. Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities. We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day. Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together. The Portfolio Architect plays an integral role in building a holistic view and roadmap of the company’s technology strategy, processes, and information technology roadmap. The architect partners with both business and technology groups to ensure that the proposed technical solutions align with the company’s overall objectives, mission and vision, and develops plans to enable delivery. Key Responsibilities Works with Principal Enterprise Architect, Business and IT leaders to define and develop domain or LOB future state architectures, roadmaps and migration strategies as a basis for focusing IT activities to maximize business value and in support of business capabilities. Partners with business, IT leaders, other architects and technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate ambiguous business and non-functional requirements into a scalable and adaptable architectural solution. Leads the design and modeling of tactical architectures for delivery, development, and support of projects. Provides technical leadership for programs or across a project portfolio. Ensures that business system development efforts comply with strategic architecture principles, standards, and models. Works with peers and IT management to Develop and maintain policies, standards, guidelines (guiding principles), reference architectures / patterns, decision frameworks and metrics to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company. Manages and facilitates architecture and technology decision processes to evaluate project proposals for architectural fit. Mentors and develops the next generation of architects and instill architecture thinking across the enterprise. Education Requirement Bachelor’s in computer science or related field. Advanced degree in Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Statistics, Computer Science or related fields is a plus.  Skills Strong leadership and influencing skills with business and technical groups. Demonstrated ability to build alignment among various stakeholders. Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong organization skills. Ability to “think big” and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology refresh and hype. Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to take principled bets on new technology. Technology knowledge and Experience: Experience in building enterprise architecture roadmaps and with EA methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman etc. Experience in architecting end to end business solutions and developing applications in an agile environment and in financial service industry is a plus. Experience in or knowledge of Azure or AWS. Azure is preferred along with cloud first architecture solution delivery experience. Knowledge of UML or any Modeling tool. Experience in or knowledge of Micro services architecture, Kubernetes containers. Knowledge of Java, Open JDK, .NET C#, Spark, Angular, HTML5 with Responsive Design, REST, API Gateways. Knowledge of Security principles, authentication, authorization and encryption. Experience or comfort operating in a distributed, non-homogeneous technology environment. Knowledge of different types of databases (NoSQL, Relational Data Stores, etc.), Data Architecture and Data Science/Analytics (ADLS, HDI or Databricks is a plus). Experience in a multi-vendor and offshore model is a plus. #LI-Remote Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year. Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance. Salary Range: $159,750.00 - $271,750.00 Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable. The Standard is a family of companies dedicated to helping its customers achieve financial well-being and peace of mind. In business since 1906, we’re a leading provider of group and individual disability insurance, group life, dental and vision insurance, voluntary (employee-paid) benefits, absence management services, and retirement plans and annuities for employers and individuals. For more information about The Standard, visit www.standard.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Salary : $159,750 - $271,750