Technical Architect

Munich Re Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Munich Re Group is seeking a senior architect to lead technical direction across a suite of business applications. You will define modular architectures, collaborate with stakeholders and IT teams, and drive governance and best practices.

You will review designs, enforce performance testing, and stay current with cloud-native technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7 years of hands-on experience in system design, systems integration or software development at senior level.
• Strong Azure Cloud architecture styles and design patterns.
• Experience in a Global Delivery Model with a major IT Services organization.
• Experience developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS capabilities (App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, AzureFunctions, Containers, AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, API Management).
• Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (RBAC, Networking, Cost management).
• Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle: DevOps, UML, Agile development practices.

Responsibilities

• Take a technical lead role in implementation projects and guide the work of the team.
• Own the technical architecture across a suite of business applications and off-the-shelf products.
• Develop flexible, adaptable, modular architectures in collaboration with stakeholders and IT teams.
• Set standards and patterns for application development across multiple disciplines.
• Review high-level designs, enforce best practices, and ensure performance testing.
• Stay current with cutting-edge technologies and assess business value of new solutions.
• Support requirements gathering to size initiatives and solution strategy.
• Collaborate with teams to apply Agile and DevSecOps techniques.
• Create architecture specification documents and maintain architectural assets repository.
• Promote reuse across the organization.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Azure PaaS

Azure Governance

APIs/Logic Apps

Cloud architecture

Enterprise integration

DevOps practices

UML

Agile development

Web-based systems

Tools

Azure API Management

Service Bus

Event Grid

AKS

Logic Apps

Key Vault

App Services Plans

SQL Azure DB

Job description

Responsibilities:

• To assume technical lead role in implementation projects and guide the work of the team.
• Responsible for the technical architecture across a suite of custom business applications and off the shelf products.
• Develop flexible, adaptable, modular, and reusable architectures in collaboration with business stakeholders and IT teams while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Develop the standards and patterns for application development across a series of different technology disciplines including: quality profiles, coding standards, configuration standards and unit testing.
• Review high-level designs with technical leads and developers, review code, enforce best practices, and enforce performance testing to deliver efficient and performant applications.
• Stay current on, evaluate and recommend the use of cutting-edge technologies and methods, considering their technical pros and limitations. Leverage market and technology trends to identify the business benefits of alternative technical solutions.
• Support the requirements gathering process to right-size initiatives and solution strategy.
• Collaborate with development teams and assist with the application of Agile and DevSecOps techniques within architecture and designs.
• Create comprehensive architecture specification documents and other required documentation.
• Help maintain a business unit-level repository of architecture assets (platforms, services, APIs, technical debt, etc.) and promote reuse across the organization.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong project delivery background (ideal 7 years of hands on experience in system design, systems integration or software development as a senior developer / architect)
• Well versed with Azure Cloud architecture styles and design patterns
• Should have worked in a fast-paced growth organization and have experience working in a Global Delivery Model with a major IT Services organization

• Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities (App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, AzureFunctions, Containers, AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, API Management)
• Experience in Enterprise Integration Technologies such as Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus
• Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (Role Based Access Control, Networking Architectures, Cost Management controls, etc. )

• Strong knowledge of the processes of the entire software development and product life cycle: DevOps principles, patterns, UML, agile development practices
• Deep technical knowledge in web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture, enterprise application architecture, cloud architecture as well as experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints.

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!