Solution Architect

About AXA:

AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.

AXA Health supports members to put their health first, from individuals to huge corporates, with fast access to diagnosis and treatment when they need it.

We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join our architecture and analysis function. This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a broad range of initiatives and technologies working with enterprise architects, solution architects, product owners and engineers in a mixture of more traditional and agile delivery teams. Our change portfolio includes initiatives to improve our legacy platforms (predominantly Azure hosted .net), implement new SaaS/PaaS technology solutions and a broader digital transformation program introducing a new strategic Salesforce centred digital platform.

• Responsibility for the definition, design and communication of complex IT solutions across a range of technology platforms
• Evaluating solution options, integration patterns and recommending the right one for a given situation ensuring compliance with company standards
• Assessing new technology solutions to meet business requirements
• Ensuring the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications through the solution design
• Working within both agile programs and teams, adhering to Scrum or Kanban principles and a more traditional waterfall style projects
• Contributing to the architecture runway and target architecture
• Working in a multi-vendor environment, providing direction a support to the delivery teams
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives within the team and across the IT department
• Working with security and data protection officers so that solution is secure by design and compliant

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

• Experience and knowledge working as a solution architect, or senior engineer with a desire, aptitude and ability to move into solution architecture
• Proven experience across a range of technologies including Azure, .NET, React, Salesforce, SaaS and PaaS solutions
• Deep understanding of frontend digital architecture, design patterns, and interaction design principles
• Good knowledge of enterprise integrations patterns and technologies
• Experience of API architectural design standards including RESTful APIs and Open API
• Hands on experience integrating digital solutions with salesforce and salesforce marketing cloud
• Understanding of current and emerging technologies and their potential to deliver business benefits
• Influencing and negotiation skills, managing effective stakeholder relationships
• Ability to translate business strategy into technical solutions and business requirements into technical design

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

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