Solution Architect, Proactive – Global Security Services

Role Overview

• Lead Solution Design
• Own solution architecture for initiatives and major features across multiple delivery teams
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Engineering Leads to shape high-quality solution options
• Translate complex business requirements into clear, scalable and secure technical designs
• Produce architectural artefacts including solution diagrams, decision records and integration designs
• Validate design feasibility through proof of concept where required
• Enable Delivery at Pace
• Participate in discovery, planning and refinement to provide architectural direction
• Reduce ambiguity and technical risk early in the delivery lifecycle
• Identify and mitigate architectural debt before it materialises
• Support teams in implementing agreed solution designs

** Embed Standards & Governance

• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards across cloud, security, integration and data
• Champion secure-by-design and data governance principles
• Contribute to reusable patterns, reference architectures and best practices
• Support architectural governance processes through design review and oversight
• Support Platform & Capability Evolution
• Contribute to cloud platform maturity and modern architectural practices
• Improve integration consistency and reusability across systems
• Support data platform evolution to strengthen pricing and risk intelligence capabilities

Requirements

• Strong end‑to‑end solution design experience in complex, distributed environments
• Deep understanding of modern architectural patterns, including API‑first, event‑driven and cloud‑native approaches
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills across both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Ability to balance pragmatic delivery with long‑term scalability and architectural quality
• Confident decision‑maker, able to clearly articulate options and trade‑offs
• Hands‑on mindset with the ability to validate architectural assumptions in practice
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or senior technical leader
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, ideally Microsoft Azure
• Track record of designing secure, resilient and scalable systems
• Familiarity with data modelling, integration architecture and governance controls
• Experience working in regulated or compliance‑driven environments (desirable)
• Experience supporting multiple delivery teams concurrently

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud

Benefits

**Love what you do:****We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.******Challenge everything:****We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.******Have fun, be good:****Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.