Lead creation of repeatable architecture patterns and infrastructure solution designs with strong security and service focus. Provide architectural assurance, QA peer deliverables, technology governance, stakeholder influence, and research market technologies to produce business cases. Advise SMEs during implementation while reporting to Principal Architect.
This is a senior Technical Role within Allianz Technology (Working for Allianz Personal, part of Allianz UK Holdings), with a high level of accountability and responsibility, working in a very dynamic environment. The main activities of this Role are to create repeatable Architecture Patterns, and produce Infrastructure Solution Designs. Security and Service are key aspects of these Designs. The Role entails working closely with and influencing a wide variety of Business and Technical Stakeholders, understanding overall Business and IT Strategy, organisational fit, compliance and on-going business change requirements. In addition to the above, the Role is responsible for the Architectural Assurance of Deliveries and for the QA of Peer Deliverables. A key element of the Role is the research of market leading Technologies and Technology Services, along with the generation of Business cases to present to Architectural Design Authorities, to justify purchase / implementation. The Role is not ‘hands-on’, nor is it a Technical Lead Role as you will report to the technical lead, but it may entail working with SME’s to provide Advice & Guidance during implementation. The Role includes Technology Governance across multiple Technology areas to ensure that the right decisions are being made, and are for the benefit of the Company. The Role sits in a small team of Technical Architects, reporting to the Principal Architect for Technology. The TA’s work closely with Solution and Integration Architects in the wider team to deliver IT Solution Architecture. You will: • You will have a very broad experience of Enterprise Technologies, having previously worked in a wide variety of SME roles
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