Hybrid Solution Architect, Claims and Ops

at The Hartford

• Job title: Solution Architect, Claims and Ops
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $125,360 - $188,040 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, Cloud, Microservices, React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hartford, United States

About the role

• Solution Architect leading the modernization of Claims and Operations IT team at The Hartford. Focused on innovative designs using AI and digital technologies in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish and drive clear, effective, and innovative solution designs aligning to The Hartford’s reference architectures, blueprints, and business and IT strategies across our Digital properties, with a focus on AI and strategic thinking.
• Develop architectural standards and designs for our customer-facing digital properties, incorporating a visionary approach and end-to-end solutioning with a big picture mindset.
• Align solutions to The Hartford’s reference architectures, blueprints, and business and IT strategies, ensuring they are plug-and-play and leverage APIs, platforms, and products.
• Ensure alignment with security standards, authentication, and authorization models, while integrating vendor products and services.
• Provide design supporting the migration of platforms and applications to the cloud, taking advantage of modernization and rationalization opportunities to reduce costs and promote a frugal architecture mindset.
• Design solutions leveraging SaaS and Native Cloud architectures and services, focusing on rationalizing and modernizing assets.
• Develop designs and integrations spanning both Mobile and Responsive Web, ensuring they are consumable across all roles.
• Participate with agile teams to ensure architecture standards are being maintained, promoting a platform and products approach.
• Frequently interact with peers and senior leaders as part of a cross-functional team, influencing business leaders and shaping business vision.
• Work within a matrixed environment, expanding knowledge of The Hartford’s lines of business and digital portfolio.
• Emphasize cost-conscious architecture and frugal architecture principles, ensuring that solutions are designed to be cost-effective and efficient.
• Foster a mindset of building platforms and products that prioritize speed to market and lower maintenance costs.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of hands on Solution Architecture experience in an enterprise environment
• Experience with multi-cloud environments and AI technologies, demonstrating the ability to design and implement solutions that leverage these technologies to drive business value and innovation.
• Experience developing or designing single-page applications utilizing contemporary frameworks such as Angular/React.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions utilizing Microservices or API-based integrations with a clear understanding of JSON, REST, and HTTP standards.
• Clear understanding of cloud, hybrid cloud, and container deployment architectures including building cloud-ready applications and container orchestration systems.
• Experience with Micro Frontends (MFEs), demonstrating the ability to design and implement modular and scalable front-end architectures.
• Experience of working with agile development teams.
• Bachelor's degree with hands-on experience in designing and implementing robust enterprise-level digital and web solutions with a broad understanding of traditional and modern software technology frameworks, platforms, vendor software solutions, development tools, and processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and technical writing skills with the ability to effectively communicate solution recommendations and influence key stakeholders.
• Cloud certifications and architecture certifications are a plus.
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Benefits

• Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition