Cloud Data Architect for London Market PAS Modernisation

TESTQ Technologies LTD.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 185,000; Part time

Job summary

TESTQ Technologies LTD. seeks an experienced Cloud Data Solution Architect for the POLARIS programme. The role focuses on shaping underwriting technology, defining solution architectures, and aligning with enterprise standards within a London Market PAS replacement context.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, external consultancies, and delivery partners to design migration strategies and modernisation roadmaps, while supporting architecture governance and choixing technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Solution Architect within the London Market insurance sector.
• Experience delivering or supporting a London Market PAS implementation, replacement, or migration programme.
• Strong understanding of underwriting processes and operating models.
• Experience developing migration strategies, transition architectures, and modernization roadmaps.
• Experience documenting current-state and target-state technology landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-level and detailed solution designs, architecture decision records, and supporting design documentation.
• Develop target-state, transition-state, and interim-state architecture models.
• Define migration strategies and transitional architectures to support platform modernization.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and solution design sessions.
• Translate business requirements into practical and scalable technology solutions.
• Review solution designs produced by delivery partners and vendors.
• Support technology selection and proof-of-concept activities.

Skills

API-led architecture

REST APIs

Event-driven integration

Microservices architecture

Docker

Azure cloud

Security IAM

DevOps CI/CD

PAS platforms knowledge

Architecture diagrams

Tools

AKS

Service Bus

Snowflake

SQL Server

Job description

TESTQ Technologies LTD. seeks an experienced Cloud Data Solution Architect for the POLARIS programme. The role focuses on shaping underwriting technology, defining solution architectures, and aligning with enterprise standards within a London Market PAS replacement context.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, external consultancies, and delivery partners to design migration strategies and modernisation roadmaps, while supporting architecture governance and choixing technologies.