Digital Architect

Digital Architect at Zurich Life Ireland

The Digital Architect in Zurich Life Ireland is a key role that will contribute to the digital transformation of Zurich Life Ireland. This position offers to shape and direct the organization's digital landscape, by leveraging advanced technical skills and strategic thinking to deliver impactful digital solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive technical and functional skill set, capable of delivering high-quality solutions within a dynamic and fast-moving financial services environment. These solutions will be focused on enabling our customers to interact with us through various digital channels in all aspects of our business processes and offerings. This position requires a deep understanding of digital architecture, a strong technical background, and the ability to drive innovation and efficiency through technology.

Your Role

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership, Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Engage with business units to understand their needs and challenges and propose digital solutions that deliver value and drive efficiency.

Solution Design and Development

• Design and implement scalable, robust, and secure digital solutions that enhance and streamline business processes.
• Ensure alignment of digital solutions with overall enterprise architecture and business goals.
• Utilize modern technologies and frameworks to build solutions that support API-driven design, microservices architecture, and cloud-based deployments.

Integration and Interoperability:

• Implement and manage integrations between new digital solutions and existing systems, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability.
• Leverage enterprise integration tools, middleware, and APIs to connect disparate systems and automate workflows.

Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural standards.
• Mentor and support team members to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Security and Compliance:

• Ensure that all digital solutions meet security and compliance requirements, protecting sensitive data and maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Implement security best practices and conduct regular security assessments.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design documents, and user guides.
• Provide regular updates and reports on the progress of digital initiatives to senior management.

Your Skills And Experience

Digital Architecture Expertise:

• Proven experience in designing and implementing digital architectures that support the digitization of business processes.
• Strong knowledge of modern architectural patterns, including microservices, API-driven design, and cloud-native architectures.

Technical Proficiency:

• Proficiency in a range of technologies, including enterprise integration tools, middleware, APIs, and cloud platforms.
• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of messaging patterns, endpoint security, and data modeling.

Integration Experience:

• Experience in integrating new digital solutions with existing systems using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and integration tools such as Mulesoft.
• Familiarity with data migration and ETL processes.

Project Management and Leadership:

• Demonstrated ability to lead and direct projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in managing cross-functional teams and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Ability to analyse business requirements and translate them into effective digital solutions.

Communication and Collaboration:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Additional Accountabilities

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:

• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in digital architecture and enterprise integration.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement within the digital landscape.

Customer Focus:

• Ensure that digital solutions are designed and implemented to meet the needs of our customers and enhance their experience.

Who we are

Zurich is one Ireland's leading insurance companies providing a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services. The company employs over 1,000 people across its locations in Dublin and Wexford. Zurich is a strong brand, Zurich in Ireland is part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets. Our 55,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, helping our customers in 210 countries and territories to understand and protect themselves from risk. In order to deliver our services, we offer a competitive compensation package and interesting opportunities for further training & development. As a Zurich employee you benefit from a multitude of advantages as well as a strong culture, characterized by acceptance, diversity and team spirit. At Zurich we are an equal opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability. This role may be available part-time or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

Key skills/competency

• Digital architecture
• Microservices
• API-driven design
• Cloud-native
• Enterprise integration
• SDLC
• Agile methodologies
• Data modeling
• Endpoint security
• Mulesoft