Solutions Architect at CIC Insurance

PURPOSE:

Reporting to the ICT Enterprise Systems Manager, the Solutions Architect will coordinate the development of scalable, enterprise solutions that advance CIC Group’s technology vision. He/She will support system reviews and design activities through comprehensive documentation management, while facilitating the “buy once, build for group” approach to maintain future-state architectural alignment.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Champion the identification and analysis of CIC Groups’ business drivers to identify information, technical and solution architecture requirements that align with enterprise architecture direction.
• Support requirements gathering activities by coordinating workshops, interviews, surveys, and site visits, while maintaining documentation of business process descriptions, use cases, and analysis outcomes.
• Assist stakeholders in tracking and documenting the technical roadmap, ensuring solution documentation aligns with enterprise standards and architectural patterns under the “buy once, build for group” framework.
• Coordinate documentation of scalable architecture designs, maintaining records of system optimizations and tracking integration of new technologies with existing systems.
• Support project management and implementation teams by coordinating design reviews, tracking milestones, and ensuring verification of delivered solutions against approved architecture.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration by organizing technical documentation, coordinating framework development with subject matter experts, and maintaining records of architectural decisions.
• Support Business Analysts, Developers, and Functional Champions by coordinating solution designs and technical documentation, tracking adherence to architectural principles and standards, while maintaining comprehensive records of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Maintain comprehensive architectural repository, including technical debt documentation, design patterns, methodologies, and remediation plans, while ensuring all artefacts are organized, accessible, and current within the enterprise architecture framework.
• Assist in technical governance by coordinating design reviews, tracking implementation validation, and maintaining architectural documentation and standards.
• Maintain records of emerging technology evaluations and assist in documenting proposed solutions that enhance business capabilities, ensuring alignment with group-wide scalability requirements.

Key Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behavioural Competencies
Academic and Professional Requirements

• Education    Bachelor’s Degree    Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Computer Technology, Information Technology, Mathematics, or a related field of study
• Professional Qualifications    Any professional certification – preferably in middleware development – is an added advantage

Experience Required:

• Minimum of four (4) years’ experience in Information Technology (2) of which must be in any ICT discipline such as Business Architecture, Application Architecture, Application Development, Middleware, Microservices or Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Professional qualifications in any of the following areas will be an added advantage: CBAP, TOGAF, ITIL Foundation, Design Thinking & Innovation, PRNCE II/PMP/MSP/SMC/CSM/PMI-ACP
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, and subject-matter experts