Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Full Time Permanent position Hybrid role based in our City Centre offices Role Overview: The Solutions Architect works with business partners and clients to research, evaluate, and recommend technology solutions that best meet organisational requirements.
This role is responsible for designing solutions aligned with business strategies and operational needs, ensuring quality and compliance with defined roadmaps and standards.
They will be expected to conform to the approved methodologies and standards in delivering architecture that is compliant with Enterprise Architecture direction.
The Role: As a Solution Architect, you will: Strategic Leadership & Direction Stay current with technology advancements to optimally leverage new and existing technology for the business.
Provide strategic input to senior IT leadership to drive improvements in delivery, technology, and organisational structure.
Undertake any other duties as assigned by your manager.
Design architectures for Customer Solutions, prioritising Cloud solutions for new initiatives.
Ensure solution designs meet operational requirements, strategic roadmaps, and quality standards.
Embed AI Governance & Regulatory Compliance Provide oversight and governance to projects, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards.
Implement robust Risk Management practices by identifying potential technical risks and architectural challenges within the Customer Solutions domain, and by proposing mitigation strategies to ensure system stability, scalability, and optimal performance.
Shape the AI Use Case Portfolio Consult with business and clients to understand requirements and design solutions that support strategic objectives.
Engage with external vendors and technical experts to identify optimal solutions for business needs.
Lead Architecture of Azure AI & Cloud Native Solutions Foster proactive Stakeholder Engagement by routinely liaising with business leaders, vendors, and fellow architects to comprehend business needs and effectively communicate the technical possibilities and limitations within the Customer Solutions framework.
Contribute to Governance Forums Serve as a member of the Customer Solutions Design Authority to efficiently review solution designs against established principles.
Cross Functional Collaboration Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
Maintain and develop architectural practices within the business, supporting and guiding team members.
Commercial Awareness by Design Exercise Commercial Awareness by Design, ensuring that Solution Architects within the Customer Solutions team are driven by business value and fully consider the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in all design decisions.
Key Skills and Capabilities: Excellent collaboration skills, essential for working within your team and engaging with peers across the IS organisation.
Ability to influence and provide effective support to Senior IS and Business leaders.
Proficient in partnering with senior management both within Irish Life and across the wider group.
Proven track record of delivering high-quality, complex technical solutions within a large enterprise environment.
Good knowledge of Application Engineering, complemented by experience with Dev Ops and Agile practices.
Capable of producing high-quality architectural and design documentation, along with delivering insightful presentations to senior management and project teams.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Experience in designing solutions that drive business value and address complex issues.
Significant experience with integration patterns, security best practices, and applications development environments.
Versatile experience working with various deployment models, including On-Premises, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and Public Cloud.
Skilled in aligning non-functional aspects of solutions with the business's risk appetite.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical design of strategic solutions.
Strong understanding of best practices in Architecture.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and collaborative team practices.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, necessary for articulating complex ideas and demystifying technology and systems.
Sound understanding of current Application, Infrastructure, and Security Frameworks.
An understanding of Microsoft Azure technologies with the technical capability and experience to learn new technologies and understand relevant cloud trends.
Experience with Microsoft Azure Iaa S, Paa S, and Saa S services.
Experience in architecting and designing technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions based on industry standards using Azure Iaa S, Paa S and Saa S capabilities.
Experience in working within the financial services sector, preferably life assurance.
Hold certification(s) for Azure Solution Architect Expert.
About us Irish Life is one of Ireland's largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets.
We are one of Ireland's leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers.
For over 80 years, we've been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.
It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.
We are proud of our culture of developing and supporting the growth and professional development of our people.
The focus has resulted in a team of top talent with high standards, positioning us at the forefront of our industry.
The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process.
Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers.
Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.
Irish Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer.
We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued.
We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.
We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.
ILFS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
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