Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect – Information Technology

Are you looking for your next opportunity? Sompo has a unique opportunity for an Enterprise Architect to join our Information Technology team.

The Enterprise Architect (EA) is a senior technology leader responsible for defining, governing, and driving the technology strategy and architecture for a large, global commercial insurance enterprise. This role ensures that the organization’s systems, platforms, and application landscape are integrated, scalable, secure, and aligned to business priorities.

The EA will work closely with business leaders, product owners, engineering teams, security, and infrastructure to deliver modern, cloud‑ready solutions leveraging the Azure and AWS ecosystems, contemporary integration patterns, intuitive user interfaces, and modern workflow automation capabilities.

Location: Conshohocken, PA;
Morristown, NJ;
Purchase, NY;
Charlotte, NC.

What you’ll be doing Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Governance

• Define and maintain enterprise technology architecture, standards, roadmaps, and reference models across the organization.
• Lead architecture review boards and govern adherence to architectural principles, cloud best practices, and cybersecurity standards.
• Align architectural decisions with enterprise strategy, operational efficiency goals, and regulatory/compliance requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR, data residency for insurance).

Cloud Architecture (Azure & AWS)

• Design and oversee hybrid cloud and multi‑cloud architectures leveraging Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Architect solutions using cloud‑native services such as:
• Azure:
  Functions, Logic Apps, APIM, Event Grid, Service Bus, Azure SQL, AKS, Synapse, ADF
• AWS:
  Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SQS/SNS, Event Bridge, RDS, EKS, Step Functions
• Drive cloud modernization initiatives, including legacy application re‑platforming, containerization, serverless patterns, and infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC).

Integration & API Architecture

• Develop enterprise integration strategies using modern interfaces including REST, Graph
  
  QL, event‑driven architecture, and microservices.
• Lead the design and governance of enterprise integration platforms (e.g., Azure API Management, Camel, Snap Logic, Boomi, or similar).
• Establish standards for API design, versioning, security, reusable services, and data movement across core insurance systems (policy, claims, billing, underwriting workbenches, etc.).
• Architect real‑time and asynchronous integration patterns supporting global operations and high‑volume transactional systems.

UI / UX Architecture

• Provide guidance on modern UI frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Blazor) and set enterprise standards for front‑end development.
• Partner with design teams to ensure consistent, intuitive, responsive interfaces across underwriting, claims, actuarial, and customer‑facing portals.
• Promote modular front‑end architecture, micro‑frontends, and reusable UI components.

Workflow & Automation Architecture

• Architect enterprise workflow solutions using platforms such as n8n, Power Automate, Appian, or similar tools.
• Define workflow orchestration patterns, business rule engines, case management models, and automation frameworks.
• Lead initiatives to digitize manual processes, streamline underwriting/claims operations, and deliver straight‑through‑processing.

Enterprise Data Architecture (Supporting)

• Influence and collaborate on data architecture, including data lakes, reporting pipelines, MDM, and data governance.
• Promote data accessibility through well‑architected APIs, event streams, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Act as a trusted advisor to CIO, Division Managers, and business domain leaders.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide guidance on architectural decisions, tooling, Dev Ops, and best practices.
• Lead technical assessments, RFP selections, cloud/security reviews, and POC evaluations.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or architecture, with at least 5 years as an Enterprise Architect or senior solution architect.
• Deep…