Senior Associate, Enterprise Architecture

Fortitude Re; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus based on performance

Generous benefits package

Job summary

A leading reinsurance provider is seeking a Senior Associate, Enterprise Architecture to collaborate across business units to design robust technical solutions. The role requires experience with architecture diagrams, strong communication skills, and proficiency in cloud services. Ideal candidates should have a collaborative mindset and prior programming experience. The position offers a competitive salary and bonus potential.

Qualifications

• Experience creating reference architecture diagrams with leading tools.
• Ability to embed security and compliance in solution designs.
• Proficient in converting complex concepts into diagrams.
• Strong understanding of microservices and integration methods.
• Familiar with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.
• Strong communication skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine solution architectures addressing business goals.
• Collaborate with teams to validate feasibility and performance.
• Lead Architecture Review Board processes for adherence to principles.
• Document current and future-state process flows.
• Support data modeling efforts and ensure data definitions consistency.

Skills

Experience creating reference architecture diagrams

Embedding security and compliance considerations

Proficient in converting processes into diagrams

Understanding architecture patterns

Ability to describe cloud-based architectures

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

Strong communication skills

Collaborative mindset

Programming experience in Python and SQL

Tools

Miro

Lucid

Draw.io

Job description

Senior Associate, Enterprise Architecture – Fortitude Re

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) is one of the world’s leading providers of legacy reinsurance solutions. They work with the world’s leading insurance companies to help them execute comprehensive, transformational solutions for legacy Life & Annuity and P&C lines. Fortitude Re manages a general account of approximately $111 billion across life, annuity, and property & casualty insurance products.

Position Summary

The Sr. Associate, Enterprise Architecture is responsible for partnering with business, data & analytics, and engineering teams to create and oversee the technical design of end‑to‑end solutions that meet business objectives and align with enterprise standards. The role collaborates closely with stakeholders to guide the design, build, and documentation of solutions, ensuring each solution is robust, secure, and strategically aligned with broader enterprise goals. A key component is maintaining thorough documentation of processes, design, and build of systems, working with implementation teams.

What You Will Do:

Technical Solution Design

• Develop and refine solution architectures, integrating applications, data flows, and technology platforms.
• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to validate feasibility, scalability, and performance considerations.
• Lead or participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes to ensure proposed solutions adhere to enterprise principles.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Provide a technical perspective in enterprise‑wide governance processes, ensuring all solutions align with overall policies and guidelines.
• Define, socialize, and maintain business‑architecture standards (naming conventions, modeling methods, documentation templates).

Process & Capability Modeling

• Document current‑state and future‑state process flows, value streams, and enterprise capability maps by working with stakeholders from multiple domains.
• Identify optimization and innovation opportunities, prioritizing those that deliver quantifiable business value.
• Support data modeling efforts, including conceptual and logical data models, data integration patterns, and data governance standards.
• Work with teams to ensure consistent and accurate data definitions across the organization.

Architecture Review & Guidance

• Lead or participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes to ensure proposed solutions adhere to enterprise principles.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Provide a technical perspective in enterprise‑wide governance processes, ensuring all solutions align with overall policies and guidelines.
• Define, socialize, and maintain business‑architecture standards (naming conventions, modeling methods, documentation templates).

Data Architecture Support

• Support data modeling efforts, including conceptual and logical data models, data integration patterns, and data governance standards.
• Work with the teams to ensure consistent and accurate data definitions across the organization.

What You Will Have:

Required:

• Experience creating reference architecture diagrams with any of the leading diagramming tools (Miro, Lucid, Draw.io, etc.) and ability to learn and adapt.
• Experience embedding security and compliance considerations into solution designs.
• Proficient in converting processes, relationships and concepts into diagrams.
• A good understanding of architecture patterns (e.g., microservices, event‑driven, containerization) and integration methods (APIs, messaging).
• Ability to understand and describe cloud‑based reference architecture diagrams and reasoning about them.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) with knowledge of key concepts, how different cloud services connect, trade‑offs and best practices.
• Strong communication skills, translating complex concepts for business and technical audiences.
• Collaborative mindset for partnering across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Prior experience programming in languages such as Python and SQL, with a good understanding of concepts, techniques and patterns involved.

Preferred:

• Experience in financial services, familiarity with buy‑side investment concepts.
• Familiarity with reinsurance, actuarial and retro‑cession concepts.

Base Salary Range: $130,000 USD - $160,000 USD

In addition to base salary, all employees are eligible for an annual bonus based on company and individual performance as well as a generous benefits package.

At Fortitude Re, we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging where everyone—regardless of background, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity—feels valued and respected.

We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, diversity of thought and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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