Solution Architect - Parktown at Hollard Insurance

Job Advert Summary    
Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to drawing up Hollard Insure’s IT Strategy, based on business strategy, as well as giving input into Hollard overall strategy and product development and product development solutions.
• Primary responsible for defining technical solutions
• Design complex systems at the conceptual (business), component (logical) and infrastructure (physical) level
• Facilitate the development and evolution of the architecture and global governance processes
• Facilitate the process for approving architecture standards
• Research and development of new products, that are of competitor edge value to match or better our competitors. Products include but are not limited to; new systems, social media, artificial intelligence, and making using of the best or new systems, social media, artificial intelligence, and making using of the best or new technology
• Development of products for our partners and for their products to interface with policy holders
• Arbitrates disagreements among engineers, vendors, IT and Insurance specialists and make decisions where needed without damaging relationships

Required Knowledge and Experience  

• 8-10 years’ Experience with architecture framework and tools such as TOGAF, Zachman and ArchiMate
• 8-10 years’ Experience in relevant technologies (particularly Microsoft technologies), development, design, architecture and modeling processes
• Domain knowledge of insurance, reinsurance systems and pertinent technologies
• Software development background
• Stakeholder engagement & Strong leadership skills

Educational Requirements    

• Matric
• Relevant degree/diploma, in a technical discipline such as Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent