Senior Solutions Architect: Strategic Tech Leader

Sammons Financial Group Inc.; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Competitive compensation

ESOP

401(k)

Fridays off

Paid time off

Professional development

Volunteer time off

Nonprofit matching

Job summary

Sammons Financial Group, based in West Des Moines, IA, seeks an experienced IT Architect to guide a product-line from current state to a future vision aligned with business and technology strategies. You will lead architectural design reviews, mentor engineers, and ensure architectural integrity across platforms and subsystems.

This role requires strong technical leadership, deep knowledge of application architecture, security, data, and operations, and the ability to collaborate with product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or MIS preferred.
• Minimum 12 years IT architecture and development experience required.
• Experience as System Architect on complex multi-subsystem delivery teams required.
• Proficient in software development languages and related tools.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication with business partners.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to roadmaps and capabilities aligned with business goals.
• Document and maintain technical details for applications supporting business capabilities.
• Identify and manage technology debt with product-line management.
• Develop strategies to mature business capabilities and reduce costs.
• Review system effectiveness and propose improvements.
• Lead architectural reviews and document artifacts with engineers.

Skills

Programming languages

Effective communication

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or MIS preferred

Job description

Sammons Financial Group, based in West Des Moines, IA, seeks an experienced IT Architect to guide a product-line from current state to a future vision aligned with business and technology strategies. You will lead architectural design reviews, mentor engineers, and ensure architectural integrity across platforms and subsystems.

This role requires strong technical leadership, deep knowledge of application architecture, security, data, and operations, and the ability to collaborate with product