GenAI‑Ready Solution Architect, Enterprise Cloud

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Stamford (CT)

On-site

USD 119,000 - 195,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive compensation

Guardian benefits

Job summary

The Solution Architect in Guardian Life Insurance Company of America will own and shape technical solutions at the value-stream and product level, ensuring alignment with Guardian standards and security requirements. This hands-on role collaborates with Tech Leads, Product Owners, and delivery teams to translate business needs into scalable, resilient technology solutions.

Operating within a federated Enterprise Architecture model, you will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and

Qualifications

Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions.
Cloud platforms, APIs, data integration, and modern application architectures.
Experience in Agile / product-based delivery models.
Experience in designing hybrid architectures where applications reside both on-premise and public cloud.
Proven track record of architecting solutions for large scale, business-critical systems in Insurance.
Good understanding of GenAI frameworks, tools and best practices.
Ability to balance speed, quality, risk, and long-term sustainability in technical decisions.
Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts for business and delivery stakeholders.
Experience producing product-level and team-level technical design documentation.

Responsibilities

Owns product/team-level solution design and delivery architecture.
Design and document solution architectures, including application, integration, data, and infrastructure components.
Partner with Product Owners and Tech Leads to align roadmaps, MVP scope, and technical trade-offs.
Ensure solutions follow Guardian architecture standards, security requirements, and design patterns.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and platform teams to reuse enterprise capabilities where appropriate.
Identify, manage, and help resolve technical dependencies and impediments impacting delivery.
Provide hands-on guidance to teams on design quality, code structure, and technical approaches.
Lead proofs-of-concepts for new business capabilities, Influencing Technology Strategy, Solution Design, Architecture Standards.
Mentor engineers on architecture principles, design decisions, and problem-solving techniques.
Continuously look for opportunities to simplify designs, reduce technical debt, and improve delivery efficiency.
Where applicable, the role will be accountable to build solutions that scale and align to business and technology requirements.
Available for production incidents with major impact to business operations