Solution Architect

About Howden We’re Howden, a group of talented insurance experts with the freedom to deliver world-class results for clients. Our people are our biggest asset and everything that makes us unique, with expertise spanning the full spectrum of insurance. We offer services across insurance and reinsurance, underwriting, risk consultancy and employee benefits. Our culture, service and continued growth are created by our shared passion and no-limits mindset. Howden Insurance (Ireland) Limited trading as Howden, Build-Zone, CRS Yachts, Haven Knox-Johnston, Lark Music, Performance Film and Media Insurance, Principal Insurance, RL Underwriting, Robertson Low, Sanctum Health, Sanctum Superyacht Insurance, Self-Build Zone, and Wright Insurance Brokers is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Howden Insurance (Ireland) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, No. 973308. Registered in Ireland under company registration number 338916. Registered Office: 48 Ringsend Road, Dublin 4, D04 EK2K, Ireland. Calls may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance purposes.

Howden

Life & pensionsMortgagesCommercial insurancePersonal insuranceFinancial servicesand Employee benefits

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howden.ie

201-500 employees

Insurance

Dublin 4, County Dublin

Privately Held

10k LinkedIn followers

• Classification: Full time/Exempt
• Reports to: SVP Digital Implementations
• Design end-to-end solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, cost-effective, and aligned to business capabilities.
• Create solution architecture artifacts, including current-state and future-state views, integration patterns, application designs, data flows, deployment models, and transition plans.
• Ensure solution designs comply with enterprise architecture direction, security standards, data governance expectations, regulatory obligations, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate solution options and make recommendations that balance business value, technical feasibility, implementation complexity, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Provide architecture guidance throughout the solution lifecycle, from discovery and design through delivery, release readiness, production adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, product, and delivery teams to ensure successful implementation of approved architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews and design sessions to identify risks, dependencies, and optimization opportunities.
• Recommend technology platforms, tools, and design patterns that improve scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, and modern application design practices where appropriate.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to project teams and business stakeholders, helping resolve design tradeoffs and unblock delivery decisions.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, delivery leaders, and engineering teams to understand objectives, constraints, dependencies, and desired outcomes.
• Translate business requirements into actionable solution designs, technical requirements, assumptions, decision records, and implementation guidance.
• Support business case development by evaluating solution options, costs, risks, and expected business outcomes.
• Collaborate with project and program teams to ensure architectural alignment throughout delivery.
• Participate in architecture governance activities by presenting solution designs, documenting key decisions, and ensuring adherence to approved standards and patterns.
• Review proposed solutions for consistency, interoperability, scalability, maintainability, security, and fit within the broader enterprise technology landscape.
• Identify and mitigate architecture, technology, security, and operational risks.
• Manage technical debt and support long-term modernization strategies across the technology landscape.
• Ensure technology solutions meet performance, availability, recoverability, and security requirements.
• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities that create business value.
• Drive innovation initiatives involving cloud computing, artificial intelligence, automation, data platforms, and modern architecture practices.
• Promote reuse, standardization, and architectural best practices across technology teams.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps that support future business capabilities, platform modernization, and organizational growth.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and enterprise architecture Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale technology solutions across complex environments.
• Deep expertise in solution architecture, system integration, application design, cloud technologies, and enterprise technology platforms.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns including microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native solutions, and integration frameworks.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture governance processes and influence technology strategy across multiple teams.
• Experience collaborating with business leaders, product organizations, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect Expert,, or equivalent certifications.
• Experience within insurance, financial services, or highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practi
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• Location: San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, Philadelphia, PA, Hybrid
• A career that you define. Yes, we offer all the usual rewards and benefits - including medical, dental, vision, a wide variety of wellbeing offers, competitive salary, unlimited PTO, 401k with company match, paid volunteer days and more.
• We provide an environment where new ideas are encouraged and celebrated, where people who want to have a real hand in our success thrive. We want people who want to make a difference - not just in the workplace, but in the industry and in the wider community.