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As a Claims Solution Architect, you will be responsible for designing and governing end-to-end technical solutions across the Claims domain. The role will ensure that solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, performant, and aligned with digital strategy, hybrid cloud principles, architecture standards, and customer-focused delivery. You will provide solution architecture leadership across initiatives, working closely with product owners, delivery teams, subject matter experts, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, and wider stakeholders. The role will translate requirements into pragmatic architecture designs and provide architectural oversight throughout delivery, including MVP implementation and future extensibility.
Job Responsibility
Lead solution architecture design for Claims initiatives, ensuring solutions are aligned to outcomes, customer needs, technology strategy, and regulatory expectations
Design and maintain solution outlines and architecture artefacts that support hybrid cloud strategy and delivery governance
Provide architectural leadership across the Claims domain, including solutions involving Guidewire ClaimCenter 10 and the wider Guidewire suite of systems
Translate requirements into secure, compliant, scalable, and performant technical architectures
Collaborate with product owners, delivery teams, subject matter experts, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, and wider stakeholders to shape and validate solution options
Govern the use of APIs, event-driven architecture, shared services, and integration patterns across Claims and adjacent domains
Provide architectural oversight during MVP delivery, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose while remaining scalable and extensible for future phases
Support delivery teams by clarifying architecture decisions, resolving design issues, and ensuring alignment to agreed architecture principles and patterns
Apply enterprise solution patterns and security patterns to ensure consistency, resilience, and compliance across solutions
Ensure architecture decisions consider the full end-to-end process and operational context
Produce high-quality architecture artefacts, including high-level designs and solution outlines, to support governance, delivery, and stakeholder understanding
Requirements
Hands-on experience with Guidewire ClaimCenter or a similar Claims platform
Knowledge of Guidewire ClaimCenter 10 and the wider Guidewire suite of systems
Experience designing secure, scalable, and performant solution architectures
Knowledge of Azure services such as Blob Storage, API Management, Key Vault, AKS, Event Grid, Logic Apps, or comparable cloud services
Understanding of enterprise solution patterns and security patterns
Previous engineering experience, such as Java, C#, or other programming languages
Ability to produce high-quality architecture artefacts, including high-level designs and solution outlines
Ability to translate requirements into secure, compliant, and practical technical solutions
Experience supporting architecture governance and assurance throughout delivery
Experience designing solutions that support MVP delivery while allowing for future scalability and extensibility
Nice to have
Proven experience designing Claims solutions within the UK General Insurance sector
Strong understanding of Claims lifecycle processes, including FNOL, liability, repair, settlement, and fraud
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks including FCA, GDPR, and PRA, and their impact on Claims systems
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to work effectively with Claims SMEs, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, product owners, delivery teams, and business stakeholders
Experience with cross-cloud architectures, particularly across Azure and GCP
Broader experience across adjacent insurance domains such as Policy, Digital, or shared services
Experience governing API-led and event-driven architectures across multiple domains
What we offer
Up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service
33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays)
Option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave