Technical Architect (Hybrid to Worcester)

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.; Worcester (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanover Technology Group is seeking a Technical Architect to join our Worcester, MA team in a hybrid work arrangement. The TA provides leadership for high-level solution design, architects the project and ensures alignment with enterprise standards across teams.

Responsibilities include enforcing architectural principles, collaborating with business and architecture stakeholders, mentoring leads, and guiding SDLC practices to deliver secure, scalable solutions in the insurance domain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 2–5 years design/implementation experience in IT or consulting with deep knowledge in at least one technical discipline.
• Experience with architecture diagrams using Visio/PowerPoint and presenting to stakeholders.
• Exposure to multiple technical configurations and processing environments.
• Insurance industry knowledge and vendor hardware/ virtualization experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for project solution and technical design across enterprise architecture principles.
• Guide projects on high-level solution and technical approach; own architecture artifacts.
• Collaborate with business, solution, information and data architects to design impactful solutions.
• Enforce standard tools and products; ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
• Mentor technical leads and developers on architecture and design.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Architecture leadership

Mentoring

Communication skills

SDLC leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Equivalent experience

Tools

Visio

PowerPoint

Job description

Hanover Technology Group is seeking a Technical Architect to join our team in our Worcester, MA Corporate Headquarters in a hybrid work arrangement.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Technical Architect (TA) provides leadership and facilitation for project or program solution and technical design. The TA guides projects on their overall high-level solution and technical approach, engagement with the broader project team, and represents the solution and technical design at the formal architecture review board meeting. The TA is the owner of the project solution and technical architecture process and all architecture artifacts.

This is a full time, exempt position.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

• Be responsible for understanding and enforcing enterprise architectural principles, standards & patterns at the project level
• Act with oversight from senior Architecture personnel and consults/enlists other architecture team members (EA, DA, SA) as required
• Work in close partnership with business community, business analysts, solution, information and data architects to design and deliver impactful business solutions
• Be responsible for technical approach, high level and detailed design of the project in accordance with architectural standards
• Be responsible for enforcing the use of standard tools and products across projects as directed by the Enterprise Architecture Organization
• Champion and conform applications and infrastructure to accepted Secure Development Operations (DevOps) practices
• Identify and document the nonfunctional requirements for the solution and technical designs
• Support the project implementation team, SME’s and Production Support team for occasional troubleshooting and root cause analysis efforts
• Work in close collaboration with project manager for project status and estimation of resource needs
• Assist the project manager in recognizing and mitigating any risks to the solution's overall success or to existing systems, infrastructure and business processes
• Understand and mitigate the solution and technical design on security, performance and data privacy through review of proposed configurations and system implementations
• Explain existing system capabilities to key business users as well as any modifications in support of business processes.
• Keep abreast and leverage existing shared capabilities, products, software and infrastructure in proposed solutions
• Review any documentation provided by vendors and internal technical analysis teams for technical accuracy in meeting the business needs.
• Review and approve technical specifications; supports subsequent delivery processes to ensure solution meets business and architectural objectives as envisioned
• Mentor technical leads and developers in answering questions regarding the architecture and design of our systems
• Ensure project compliance to approved software development methodologies.
• Work comfortably in SDLC selected by project (waterfall, agile or combination of both)
• Communicate both technically and conceptually to provide architecture leadership and guidance to business and technical team members throughout the course of the project

WHAT YOU NEED TO APPLY:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (ie. lawful permanent residence or US citizen)
• Minimum of 2 – 5 years of design and implementation experience in IT or consulting, with a deep knowledge in a minimum of one of the following technical disciplines: network design, security design, middleware, distributed systems, storage, end points or database platforms.
• Exposure to multiple technical configurations, technologies and processing environments
• Hands-on experience with Visio, PowerPoint, etc. for architecture diagramming and presentation
• Exposure to multiple, diverse business systems, technologies and processing environments
• 5+ years’ experience with Database Platforms and supporting infrastructure (SQL, Oracle, DB2
• Understands how changes/updates effect not only the specific domain but also other systems and infrastructure
• Insurance industry experience and product knowledge preferred
• Experience with varying hardware and virtualization vendors and manufacturers
• Strong interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, collaboration and negotiation
• Strong planning, facilitation and organizational skills
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to understand the strategic ("big picture") and tactical perspectives of situations
• Ability to translate business needs into solution and technical architecture requirements
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of individual solution architecture and alternatives
• Ability to define multiple solution options to business problems
• Knowledge of key aspects of The Hanover’s business
• Basic knowledge of information principles and policies