Senior Solution Architect

Senior Solution Architect

Position Responsibilities:

• Responsible for architectural designs, issues and solutions to support required hardware and software architecture; analyze system requirements, design, and review new systems, drive change and integration projects to incorporate new components

• Define desired platform, analyze, design, and implement new technologies as required by evolving user needs

• Design and maintain complex component architectures.  Assist with design of application architecture

• Design templates and complex solution components for software and platform engineers to use

• Troubleshoot mis-specified component architectures and rapidly correct them

• Has positive impact to specific organizational entities

• Work across small to medium sized teams with common purpose setting guidelines and clarifying outcomes

• Evaluate and build a network of third-party suppliers

• Seek coaching from experts in specific areas of capability building

• Introduce new developments and innovation into technical discipline within the segment

• Use and combine knowledge of discipline and leading market trends to formulate the right approach

• Fit for purpose solutions, tailored to business needs

• Link actions to longer-term goals and strategy

• Collaborate across multiple domain areas to achieve common technology roadmap

Required Qualifications:  

• Familiar with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features

• Familiar with modern software architectures and API-driven development, scripting languages and platform technologies

• Deep understanding of business strategy and ability to craft software/platform/infrastructure architecture plans to support business outcomes

• Understand the corporate climate & culture

• Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods

• Strong interpersonal skills to coach others and constantly learns from both success and failure

• Good organizational and problem-solving abilities that enable you to manage through creative abrasion

• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes

• Experiments with emerging technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next

• Able to achieve tasks using own judgement with limited supervision

• Knowledge in leading small to medium sized groups and coaching others within discipline to grow skills, talent, and best practices

• Strong analytical skills, copes with complex situations through deliberate analysis and planning, strong problem-solving skills

• Continuous improvement mindset and certification on multiple domains of expertise is preferable

• Knowledge in insurance business is preferable

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

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