AVP, Insurance Solution Architect
Everest Global Services, Inc.

Title:
AVP, Insurance Solution Architect

Company:
Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:
Technology

Job Description:

Everest Group, a NYSE listed S&P 500, is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years, now in over 15 countries. Everest is a growth company offering Property, Casualty and Specialty products. We have extensive product and distribution capabilities backed by a strong balance sheet which is evident in our Financial Agency Ratings of: A+ A. M. Best, A+ S&P Global and A1 Moody's Investor Service.

Everest is seeking a AVP, Insurance Solution Architecture to join the Everest Information Technology Architecture department, located at the US headquarters in Warren, New Jersey.

The desired candidate will have an established track record of building high-quality Insurance solutions, be results-driven and bring strong architecture/engineering skills and a deep understanding of modern technologies including Cloud Engineering Standards & Practices, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines, APIs, Infrastructure as Code and Agile Delivery Practices. Successful candidates must have worked extensively in a major cloud environment (Azure, AWS or GCP) and have an excellent understanding of cloud concepts. The candidate must possess strong Insurance technology knowledge, analytical skills, communications skills, and demonstrated great problem-solving ability.

The roles primary responsibilities include:

• Provide subject-matter expertise across Engineering topics as it relates to common engineering and architecture solutions, standards, and practices and methods
  
• Drive the adoption of Engineering standards and solutions to address complex, global business problems leveraging cloud capabilities
  
• Lead the development and adoption of reference architectures and patterns for existing, new and emerging technologies
  
• Architect Cloud and Cloud-native Engineering solutions within Microsoft Azure Cloud
  
• Drive the successful technical delivery of new Engineering capabilities by working engineering and solution architecture teams
  
• Create, maintain and align Engineering policies and standards with industry best practices and business needs
  
• Work with the broader IT security organization to ensure Engineering tools and practices align to established standards and practices
  
• Work with application developers and IT operations to develop, test, roll out and maintain Insurance solutions and services
  
• Conduct POCs, evaluation, selection and configuration of new products and services from vendors
  
• Identify opportunities to capitalize on technology advances through analysis of key industry and technology trends
  
• Provide architecture direction for software and data engineers in support of a technical pattern development
  
• Display strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern engineering and architecture principals and technology modernization
  
• Builds strong partnership with engineering teams to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction
  
• Look for ways to reduce cycle time, increase velocity and increase release frequency for teams in the Agile model
  
• Ensure the solutions that are delivered meet high standards for quality, performance, and scale
  
• Drive continuous technology transformation to minimize technical debt
  
• Mentor and coach architects and engineering teams to increase skill levels and drive quality
  
• Measuring performance through established objectives and metrics that deliver agreed upon business, technology, and people results
  

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Bachelor's Degree (required) or Master's Degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
  
• 10+ years of overall technology experience in strategy, architecture, engineering, configuring and implementing software solutions and services
  
• 5+ years of Software Engineering and Enterprise Architecture experience including engineering practices, tools and standards
  
• Hands-on knowledge of current technology standards/trends coupled with a desire to continually expand personal knowledge/skills
  
• Domain knowledge of the Insurance Industry (preferably P&C) and value chain as well as the technologies and solutions relevant to this industry is desired
  
• Ability and interest in mentoring technical staff and raising our collective technical competencies
  
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with other business and technology leaders
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with the ability to tailor communication to all levels of an organization
  
• Open-minded with proven ability to work collaboratively with others in team environment
  
• Strong understanding of IT environments, technologies in relation to business needs
  
• Demonstrate strong ability to work in a team environment and foster cross-team collaboration
  
• Experience executing technology modernization initiatives including migration to cloud native and API Strategies
  
• Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models
  
• Recent experience working in a Scaled Agile environment with Agile tools, e.g. Jira, Confluence, etc.
  
• Strong experience with APIs, accelerators, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code and Containers
  
• Working Knowledge of Data Streaming or similar capabilities such as Kafka, Kinesis, etc.
  
• Strong knowledge of Insurance and (COTS) Platforms including Guidewire (Policy, Claims and Billing), Policy Decisions, etc.
  
• Active knowledge and experience with modern Data & Analytics platforms including Data Lake, Data Bricks, ML Ops, AI and ML capabilities
  
• Experience in defining and documenting architecture and coding standards and best practices
  
• Display strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principals and technology modernization
  
• Builds strong partnership with engineering teams to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction
  

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture.

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
  
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.
  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve.

Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
Warren, NJ

Additional Locations:

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at everestbenefits@everestglobal.com.

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