Solutions Architect at OUTsurance

The Role:

OUTsurance is a customer-centric financial services company with a global foot print. We are vibrant, successful and values orientated with an awesome dynamic culture encapsulated by the ethos that clients and staff “always get something OUT.” Our success can be attributed, amongst other things, to the outstanding people that work for us.

Minimum requirements:

• At least 5 years professional developer experience
• You have excellent technical skills, come from a software background and have proven development skills as there is a large hands-on element to this role
• You have excellent communication skills
• You have a strong passion for designing and seeing through the implementation of highly available and performant systems, including validating the implementation through extensive load tests and high availability tests
• You have good documentation and diagramming skills and a desire to communicate and back up designs using documentation

Responsibilities:

• Perform systems analysis and design activities by assessing requirements taking into account feasibility, impact and cost
• Work closely with the principal architect and other stakeholders to provide highly available and performant solution architectures that support the strategic direction of the business
• Be involved in multiple projects in a technical advisory role, as well as liaise with the various stakeholders, including the product owner, business analyst, the project development team lead and the principal architect
• Identify and suggest design patterns and practices which can be useful throughout the organization and assist with documenting and evangelizing them
• Contribute to the overall architectural and technical vision of the organization, as well as assist with the documentation and the implementation thereof
• Assist with implementing various designs and ideas to enhance the current cloud infrastructure

Additional information:

An ideal candidate will be able to align their personal work values to the OUTsurance values of Awesome Service, Passionate, Honest, Human, Dynamic and Recognition. Enthusiastic in dealing with challenges in a stressful, deadline orientated environment is essential.