Enterprise Solution Architect – Cloud & Strategy

AXA Hong Kong and Macau; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 800,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA Hong Kong and Macau is seeking a highly skilled Senior Enterprise Architect to oversee multiple projects within the IT landscape, shaping the big picture and aligning initiatives with AXA's architecture strategy across business, information, and infrastructure layers.

The role requires collaboration with business teams, domain architects, and vendors to define target architectures, ensure compliance with AXA policies, and drive delivery of modern, cloud-first solutions on Azure and OpenShift.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years' experience with 3+ years in a solution architecture role, including 1 year in a leadership role.
• 3+ years' experience in finance/insurance industry preferred.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g., TOGAF).
• Experience across multiple domains and lines of business (Life/Health/General Insurance).
• Experience in core system modernization, especially for Life insurance.
• Experience in designing solutions leveraging Azure Cloud and containerization (OpenShift preferred).
• Cloud-first solution architecture and move to cloud experience.
• Proven enterprise-wide IT systems and applications implementation steering.
• Vendor management experience and stakeholder engagement.
• Understanding of finance and resource estimation.
• Cloud/security certifications advantageous.
• Fluent in English; Cantonese strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with Enterprise Architect peers to analyze business strategy and current/future-state technologies.
• Lead and support solutioning activities for technical and infrastructure solutions.
• Define and present solution options with ballpark cost estimates to business users.
• Assess options from technical and business perspectives to align with strategy.
• Identify risks and mitigation measures for proposed solutions.
• Collaborate with project teams to develop overall solution architecture and capture stakeholder requirements.
• Coordinate multiple technical disciplines and obtain sign-offs.
• Research market trends, run POCs, and report results to stay competitive.

Skills

TOGAF

Azure Cloud

OpenShift

Solution architecture

Leadership

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Cantonese preferred

Insurance domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Azure

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Job description

AXA Hong Kong and Macau is seeking a highly skilled Senior Enterprise Architect to oversee multiple projects within the IT landscape, shaping the big picture and aligning initiatives with AXA's architecture strategy across business, information, and infrastructure layers.

The role requires collaboration with business teams, domain architects, and vendors to define target architectures, ensure compliance with AXA policies, and drive delivery of modern, cloud-first solutions on Azure and OpenShift.