MI Solution Architect

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The role is responsible for leading the solution architecture design within the Transformation Programme. The individual will work with the FFP Performance Management workstream and under the guidance of the MI Product Owner to implement the solution design for the Finance function and long-term technology delivery roadmap. Working collaboratively with various workstream, Delivery Leads and Tech Product Owners to formulate solution design options and long-term technology delivery roadmap. The role will require experience and technical knowledge across several data related domains, including cloud data platform architecture, data engineering and integration, data quality, master data management, data governance & management. The individual will be expected to understand Insurance Finance & Actuarial business requirements and analytic use cases, translating them into architecture solution designs, and formulate recommendation for both target and transition states for the Programme.

Job Description

• Development of architecture solution designs to support the Performance Management workstream.

• Work closely with a project team including MI Tech Product Owner, Solutions Analysts and members from other workstreams to align on architecture designs and application standardization.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and analyze business needs from around the region, translating them into architecture solution designs for implementation.

• Drive the development of future-ready Finance data systems, emphasizing data process automation, scalability, application standardization and single unified data source.

• Validate and test implemented solutions to ensure these conform to overall architecture designs and meet SLAs.

• Provide thought leadership and challenge proposed solutions within the Future Finance Programme (FFP).

Qualifications

• Experience Level: Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience and proven track record as a Solution Architect with Finance and insurance domain experience.

• Education Level: Bachelor’s degree (2:1 honor or higher) or equivalent level

• Personal Attributes: Strong analytical skills, leadership capabilities, effective communication, and problem-solving ability.

• Specific Skills: Expertise in data architecture design, data governance, and data enablement.

• Certifications: Relevant certifications in data architecture or related domains.

Mandatory skills

• Deep technical skills in cloud-based architecture solution design and delivery, on MS Azure and Databricks

• Experience with data architecture, data engineering and integration in Insurance / Actuarial sectors, especially systems integration with third-party software.

• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD practices, master data management, and data governance.

• Technology delivery project management experience, especially legacy systems migration.

• Awareness of Insurance Finance and Actuarial data requirements

Preferred skills

• Accreditation in MS Azure, Databricks

• Project Management Qualification

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.