Solution Architect - Financial Services at Legal & General, Hove/Remote, 27 Weeks, to £800 per day

Legal & General are currently looking for a Solution Architect to join an underwriting project within our retirement income portfolio. The role holder will be responsible for supporting the architecture evaluation and implementation of the replacements for 2 legacy solutions in regards to Underwriting and annuity calculation/quotation.

Principal Accountabilities

• Design Ownership
  • Producing and owning the end-to-end design of the solution spanning multiple software components (evidencing at all points how the design answers the requirements - clear traceability).
  • Working with development teams to ensure detailed component-level design responds to the end-to-end design.
  • Working with the Senior Architects to ensure that data and functional architectures adhere to the high-level architecture principles and support target state vision for the enterprise.
  • Working with the IT Infrastructure implementation team to make sure that planned infrastructure adequately supports the software components of the solution.
• Requirements
  • Working closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts to help translate desired business outcomes into robust system requirements, both functional and non-functional.
• Development & Testing
  • Facilitate and participate in detailed design reviews and ensure that all components of the solution are aligned to the target state vision.
  • Working with the testing team to support the definition and implementation of the testing strategy for the initiative.
• Software Delivery
  • Working with component developers to elicit, validate and refine estimates for developing the software components.
  • Planning and coordination of deployment activities across multiple technology platforms.
  • Overall accountability for delivering technology change is shared with IT project managers.

Requirements

• Proven experience in selecting / implementing an Annuity Calculation or underwriting solution would be advantageous.
• Understand Micro services implementation paradigm to stitch together potential inhouse solution using the rules engine product.
• Experience of delivering high-level architecture documentation and submitting thorough an architecture governance process is must.
• Experience in complex calculations and deterministic modelling from underwriting or annuity calculation will be advantageous.
• At least 5 years ' experience working on similar projects within Financial Services, ideally Underwriting, but if not pensions and/or insurance.
• Excellent understanding and practical experience of defining, designing, and implementing Microservices in an enterprise environment.
• Excellent understanding and practical experience of cloud technologies, including Azure, PaaS, container platforms (Docker and Kubernetes), Serverless, etc.

Additional Information

• Initially a temporary contract for 27 weeks, with a view to extend, subject to business requirements.
• Day rate of up to £800 (dependent on experience, inside of IR35 and uplifted rate of 18.55% will apply if going via an Umbrella company).
• This is a hybrid role based out of the L&G office in Hove, the role holder is expected to attend the office, for collaborative purposes, 1-2 times a week.

Desired Skills and Experience

*Proven experience in selecting / implementing an Annuity Calculation or underwriting solution would be advantageous.
*Understand Micro services implementation paradigm to stitch together potential inhouse solution using the rules engine product.
*Experience of delivering high-level architecture documentation and submitting thorough an architecture governance process is must.
*Experience in complex calculations and deterministic modelling from underwriting or annuity calculation will be advantageous.
*At least 5 years ' experience working on similar projects within Financial Services, ideally Underwriting, but if not pensions and/or insurance.
*Excellent understanding and practical experience of defining, designing, and implementing Microservices in an enterprise environment.
*Excellent understanding and practical experience of cloud technologies, including Azure, PaaS, container platforms (Docker and Kubernetes), Serverless, etc.