About us
Since Aspen was founded in 2002, we have become a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company. We respond thoughtfully and creatively to find the best outcomes for our clients and business partners through carefully-tailored solutions.
We believe the way we work is just as important as the work we do, and we are guided by our core values of respect, honesty, trust and professionalism.
Aspen is a great place to develop your career offering an exciting and challenging environment where achievement is rewarded.
The role
Leads the strategic design of highly secure, well-architected solutions. Design, build, and own enterprise-grade solution accelerators that facilitate business processes. Our Aspen Values are expected to be reflected in the delivery and performance of every role.
Key accountabilities
Strategy and Planning
- Contributes to functional strategy development and prioritises operational deliverables and activities of team to support delivery of overall business targets
- Responsible for the technology roadmap that covers the transitional architecture solutions leading towards a target state architecture. Partners with technology teams, responsible for end-to-end technical solution to enable users and business.
- Subject matter expertise in value creation and business model concepts.
Policy, Process and Procedures
- Designs, creates, deploys, and manages the blueprint of organization’s enterprise software solutions.
- Identify use cases that are important to insurance and reinsurance stakeholders.
- Research, define, and develop solutions accelerators and other assets that can help speed our business areas and partners in their efforts to develop innovative solutions.
- Understand the unique technical requirements and work closely with internal engineering teams to make best use of their services in the insurance industry assets, and to provide feedback on how to enhance services to better address customer requirements.
- Engage with Infrastructure Architects and Operations teams to review performance metrics of the Enterprise Application platforms enabling visibility for new features or enhancements and monitoring the outcome of new or upgraded systems on business operations.
- Prepare and present technical reviews on the state of the insurance assets, and business reviews on the use of those assets.
- Help develop, document, and monitor our reference architecture, and help develop and monitor governance processes to ensure our architecture stays on track.
- Evaluate requests for new systems and applications, helping determine whether requests adhere to reference architecture, determine whether potential solutions may currently exist within the organization, and architect solutions based on requests.
Skills & experience
Knowledge And Experience
- Good knowledge of ITIL Service Delivery processes (preferably with formal certification)
- Significant knowledge and evidence of the use of common web services (Azure) and application programming language.
- Excellent knowledge of technical management, information analysis and of computer hardware/software systems.
- Detailed knowledge of the industry’s best practice processes.
- Deep understanding of the architecture discipline, processes, concepts, and best practices
- Sound knowledge of problem analysis, structure analysis, and design techniques
- Strong understanding of underlying needs of the business and how own role contributes to these.
- Business and financial awareness of the impact of Service Levels and any associated failures
- Specific professional qualifications at the level of degree or equivalent (e.g., computer science, management of information systems or similar).
- Qualified within own personal discipline, with extensive post-qualification work experience to include:
- Evidence of supporting technical and operational strategy.
- At least 10 years of solutions architecture experience preferably in an insurer or reinsurer.
Other
We're committed to making Aspen a great place to work, where you're rewarded and recognised for your efforts. As well as your pay and discretionary performance related bonus, you'll also enjoy a huge range of benefits. There are plenty of options available with our exciting benefits package, designed for your health, your family and to help ensure that you enjoy the most from your lifestyle.
Solutions Architect in London employer: Aspen Insurance
Aspen is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work environment, where respect, honesty, trust, and professionalism are at the core of our values. As an Actuary in our UK Actuarial Function, you will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful projects, develop your skills, and collaborate with talented colleagues while being rewarded for your achievements. Our commitment to employee growth and a supportive culture makes Aspen a fantastic place to advance your career in the insurance industry.
