Solution Architect for Local Core Norway

If Skadeforsikring, filial af If Skadeförsäkring AB; Oslo; Hybrid; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Health and wellness initiatives

Insurance benefits

Job summary

If Skadeforsikring, filial af If Skadeförsäkring AB is seeking a Solution Architect to guide Local Core Norway's architecture across mainframe and modern environments. You will translate business needs into scalable, maintainable designs and collaborate with business and engineering teams to drive modernization while balancing delivery and long-term strategy.

You will work within IT Claims & Frontline Architecture, contributing to a Nordic architecture community and supporting both today’s

Qualifications

• Proven ability to design solution architectures in complex enterprise environments.
• Translate business needs into sustainable and practical designs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, integrations, APIs and event-driven architecture.
• Experience guiding agile product teams and making architecture decisions in iterative delivery environments.
• Professional working proficiency in English; Norwegian is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a deep understanding of the Local Core Norway application landscape.
• Translate business needs into architectural designs and high-level designs.
• Guide agile product teams in architectural decision-making.
• Ensure alignment with If's enterprise architecture principles and reduce technical debt.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, and architecture communities.

Skills

Mainframe knowledge

Architectural design

Distributed systems

APIs & event-driven

Agile product teams

English proficiency

Norwegian language

Tools

IBM Z

COBOL

CICS

IMS

DB2

VSAM

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Do you enjoy solving complex architecture challenges and helping organizations find the right balance between modern technology and business needs? Help shape the future of business-critical insurance systems as Solution Architect for Local Core Norway. At If, you'll have the opportunity to influence the future of some of the Nordic region's most business-critical insurance and claims solutions. We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our Claims & Frontline Architecture organization and play a key role in guiding the evolution of Local Core Norway systems. In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, and fellow architects to create sustainable solutions that support both today's delivery needs and our long-term technology strategy. If you are motivated by complex environments, architectural decision-making, and modernization journeys, this could be the right next step in your career.

About the role

As a Solution Architect, you will provide architectural guidance across Local Core Norway systems and help ensure that business requirements are translated into scalable, maintainable, and fit-for-purpose solutions. You will work across both mainframe-based and modern technology environments, supporting teams in making sound architectural decisions while balancing business value, delivery feasibility and long-term direction. Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Building and maintaining a strong understanding of the Local Core Norway application landscape
• Translating business needs into solution architecture and high-level design
• Guiding agile product teams in architectural decision-making
• Ensuring alignment with If's enterprise architecture principles
• Helping determine where functionality should reside across the application landscape
• Reviewing, challenging and improving proposed solution designs
• Supporting modernization initiatives and reduction of technical debt
• Facilitating collaboration between business, engineering, and architecture communities

We offer

In the same way that we place high demands on you as an employee, we also expect you to place high demands on us as an employer. Here are some of the benefits of working at If:

• An inclusive work environment where everyone is welcome
• Career and development opportunities in the biggest insurance company in the Nordics
• The opportunity to influence business-critical solutions used by millions of customers
• Collaboration with highly skilled colleagues across business, engineering, and architecture
• A role with high visibility and impact across both technology and business organizations
• Possibility of a hybrid workplace
• Health-promoting workplace with wellness initiatives and sports activities
• Great insurance benefits

About the team

You will join IT Claims & Frontline Architecture, part of If's architecture organization. We work closely with business, product and engineering teams across the Nordics. Our team combines deep architecture expertise with strong business understanding and an enterprise-wide perspective. We value collaboration, knowledge sharing and finding pragmatic solutions that create long-term business and customer value. You will become part of a Nordic architecture community where different perspectives are welcomed and where we learn from one another. Together, we are evolving business-critical platforms and our ways of working, while ensuring stability and continuity for our customers and operations.

Who are you?

You are an experienced solution architect who enjoys navigating complex legacy core application landscapes and translating business needs into practical and sustainable solutions. You build trust and guide decisions among business and technical stakeholders without relying on formal authority. You can explain complex architecture topics in a way that different audiences understand and can act on. When priorities compete, you make pragmatic judgments that support delivery without losing sight of the long-term direction. You approach complex topics in a structured way, are curious about business processes and technologies, and respectfully challenge assumptions when another approach could create a better outcome.

• Strong knowledge of mainframe environments and development, including technologies such as IBM Z, COBOL, CICS, IMS, DB2 and VSAM.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure is an advantage.
• Proven ability to design solution architectures in complex enterprise environments
• The ability to translate business needs into sustainable and practical solution designs
• A strong understanding of distributed systems, integrations, APIs and event-driven architecture
• Experience guiding agile product teams and making architecture decisions in iterative delivery environments
• Professional working proficiency in English.
• Fluency in Norwegian is considered a strong advantage.

Additional facts and the recruitment process

Application deadline: September 30, 2026

Work location: Oslo, Vækerø

Travelling: Occasional travel within the Nordics may be required.

Start: By agreement.

For more information about the position, please contact Marko Lindqvist.

We use Semac for background checks for the final candidates.

If is an insurance company that helps a lot, and many. 4.5 million customers in seven countries, to be fairly precise. In order to help a lot, it is of course a given that we also support and uplift each other, no matter who we are and where we come from. We give each other boost, trust, and space so that we can reach new heights, together. And everyone of us can come to work every day feeling insured of growth.