Kinsale Insurance is hiring a Solutions Architect to join our Technology team interpreting business problems and building technology solutions to solve for those problems. This role requires designing IT system architectures that align with the Kinsale target technology strategy and defining business solutions that complement the strategy. The Solutions Architect will provide both technical and team leadership across the IT department. This role requires contributing to complex, cost-effective solutions - both within new development and the enhancement and maintenance of existing applications.

Responsibilities:

• Assess, select and recommend the optimal set of technologies (as part of a solutions architecture) to develop a particular solution
• Create and articulate solutions architecture artifacts that clearly demonstrate the key architectural decisions, patterns and technologies within a proposed solution
• Create and lead the process of integrating IT systems to achieve business goals and meet organizational requirements
• Evaluate current state system architecture and collaborate with product and IT development teams to transition legacy systems to target state where needed
• Develop an application and platform strategy that is informed by variables such as business trends, technical debt levels, and non-functional requirements
• Translate business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders on options, risks, trade-offs and constraints associated with architectural recommendations
• Develop, document and articulate enterprise level design patterns that can be reused and extended where needed
• Review technical designs of systems, ensuring adherence to Kinsale developed standards, proven design patterns and industry best practices where possible
• Support the tactical implementation of systems and applications
• Stay current on emerging technologies and propose relevant changes to the existing architecture
• Create reference architectures, prototypes and proof of concepts (POCs) when needed for design clarification and decision making
• Develop and ensure compliance with non-functional requirements (security, scalability, usability, reliability, and performance)
• Collaborate with team members, technical resources, and business stakeholders to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications
• Provide leadership and technical guidance in the Developer Community of Practice (CoP), planning, prioritization, and Agile ceremonies

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, technology or related field preferred
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in at least two solutions development disciplines - g., technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development
• Significant work-related experience on cloud-based platforms/applications including involvement in at least two successful, enterprise-wide implementations
• AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect preferred
• Proven experience with developing and implementing architecture within Agile software development methodology
• Model IT core values of proactive, value-focused, positive energy, and collective success
• Additional experience in any of the following is a plus:
  • Event driven architecture (EDA) and associated design patterns
  • Serverless tools and technologies
  • API and Microservice development
  • Kubernetes and/or EKS
• Technologies: Java (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate), Angular 6+, Bootstrap, NodeJS, JSON, AWS Technologies (EKS, ECS, Lambda, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, EC2), Python (PyCharm), Azure AD
• Tools: GitLab, Maven, IntelliJ
• Methodologies: CICD practices

At Kinsale we offer the following great benefits:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus opportunities
• Single and Family Health, Dental and Vision Insurance plans with HSA funds contributed
• Short-Term and Long-Term disability
• Life Insurance
• Matching 401(k) which starts day one
• Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Education dollars for training and certifications