Solutions Architect

Job Description

Role : Solutions Architect

Company : Digital division of ICICI Lombard

Location : Bangalore

Experience Range : 11+ years

Compensation : As per company standards

About Us

ICICI Lombard is a private sector general insurance company in India. It was the largest private-sector non-life insurer in India based on gross direct premium income in fiscal 2017, a position it has maintained ever since.

It offers customers a comprehensive and well-diversified range of products, including motor, health, crop/weather, fire, personal accident, marine, engineering and liability insurance, through multiple distribution channels. Digital is the online division of the same initiative dealing with the same and some other additional products exclusively available for our online customer base.To pace up with the changing India and its evolving needs we are hiring to make our products better to fit the new customer expectations.

At ICICI Lombard, customer satisfaction is our motto. Stretching ourselves and going beyond the ordinary for the satisfaction and smiles of our customers is something that is deeply embedded in our DNA.Our value proposition is driven by a promise to be the best partener to all our stakeholders.If you share the same passion and are willing to explore opportunities with us read on.

Role Description 

We are looking for an innovative solution architect to  develop and implement systems architecture that will help us meet desired business needs. A Solutions architect will be responsible for laying specifications for designing, managing and delivering solutions for the business problems at hand  or to implement improvements to the current software.

Primarily he/ she would be responsible for gathering requirements & functional specifications to assess the current software architecture, anticipate future developments or improvements  and the various features and phases associated with it. Along with overseeing the project in general  he/she will be needed to mentor and recruit the development team as per need.

An outstanding Solutions architect should be able to integrate and update any specification into the systems architecture and should be an effective communicator. His/her role calls for him to be able to explain complex problems to the management in layman language.

An expert of describing the characteristics, structural and behavioural aspects of the software to the management on the basis of a thorough evaluation of various parameters such as technology, risk, scope, cost, quality, time and resources.

Core Responsibilities

• Assessing the current software architecture and helping the team build and integrate necessary information systems to meet the company’s solution needs.
• Resolve technical issues as and when they may arise.
• Continuously should research on the latest and emerging technologies to ensure timely upgradation and provide supervision and guidance to the development team.
• Assessing the business impact of the technical choices made on the business and proposing developments accordingly.
• Great communication, team building and leadership skills  are a plus.
• Exposure in project management and agile methodologies would be a great addon. MS office is a must.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bachelors in engineering - CS or IT from a reputed institute.

• Relevant experience in software architecture, solution designing and project management.

• Great communication and organizational skills are essential.

• In- depth understanding of the following technologies and coding.Sound grip on operating systems and Databases is necessary.

Technology Prerequistes :

• Net Core 2.X and above.
• Net Framework (Basics)
• MVC & Web api – Prefer in .Net Core
• C# 6 & above (OOPs – strong)
• HTML 5 (basics).
• Javascript & JQuery
• Vue JS – Framework.
• Oracle 11g - Preferable or SQL Server 2012 & above
• Agile project management exposure - 6+ Years