Enterprise Solution Architect - Cloud, API & Modernization

Munich Re Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Munich Re in London, England, United Kingdom, is seeking a senior solution architect to lead application transformation and modernization. You will create modular architectures, guiding IT development teams and business stakeholders toward enterprise alignment and reuse.

The role emphasizes governance, best-practice design, and cloud-native, API-driven, microservices architectures, with TOGAF certification valued and insurance-domain experience advantageous.

Qualifications

• We have experience in insurance domain areas including underwriting, claims, or policy issuance with Guidewire preferred.
• Strong analytical, planning, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience designing system architectures for policy administration systems, ERP, and customer-facing portals.
• Substantial knowledge of SDLC and scaled agile methods, including governance and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• We develop roadmaps for application transformation and modernization.
• We design modular, reusable solution designs with business and IT teams, aligned to enterprise standards.
• We support high-level operational models and prepare business cases with IT security guidelines.
• We present cases for approvals, funding, and prioritization.
• We uphold architecture governance and act as the accountable owner for solution acceptance.
• We enable Agile and DevSecOps practices with delivery and operations teams.
• We explore technology innovation and review designs with leads and developers.
• We identify risks and mitigation plans for architecture initiatives.
• We stay current on trends to recommend cost-effective solutions.
• We assist requirements gathering to shape strategy and reuse architecture assets.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Planning

Documentation

Problem-solving

Mentoring

Agile methods

DevSecOps

Architecture governance

Solution design

Guidewire experience

Cloud technologies

API-based / microservices

Enterprise alignment

Technology risk assessment

Education

TOGAF certification

Tools

TOGAF

Job description

Munich Re in London, England, United Kingdom, is seeking a senior solution architect to lead application transformation and modernization. You will create modular architectures, guiding IT development teams and business stakeholders toward enterprise alignment and reuse.

The role emphasizes governance, best-practice design, and cloud-native, API-driven, microservices architectures, with TOGAF certification valued and insurance-domain experience advantageous.