Senior Solution Architect / London Market SME

Senior Solution Architect

This role will provide the candidate an opportunity to work as part of a global Solutions Architecture group spanning multiple Agile Product Delivery teams. Specifically, this role is focussed on Aons specialty platforms and integrations with Lloyds. The role will also be responsible for defining the appropriate architecture and overseeing the delivery from a technical architectural perspective.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

Aon must ensure those in senior roles, with the potential to cause significant harm to customers and the business of the firm, are deemed to be fit and proper at all times

and also to ensure everyone working in the sector adheres to a set of Conduct Rules and are held to account where they do not meet the right standards of behaviour.

What the day will look like

• Early assessment of new requirements, defining the impact across products within our ecosystem, documenting solution designs, estimating and planning the future state of our system landscape.
• Contributing to Agile Planning meetings to groom requirements and defining features down to user story level to successfully modernize, enhance and scale the solutions in place.
• Attending Agile Scrums meetings to groom requirements, help unblock engineering roles as they deliver on features within their respective product team sprints.
• Quality oversight of delivery by developers in line with engineering standards, ensuring teams are equipped with the tools, access and training to perform successfully within their product team.
• Building up the architecture practice engineering know-how within an Aon context – adopting and extending SDLC and DevSecOps standards across Aon.
• Engaging Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Engineering and Project Managers to ensure successful and smooth delivery day-to-day.
• Serving as a point of technical escalation for Agile teams, addressing technical issues as they arise.
• Taking personal responsibility for architecture quality across Agile product teams, demonstrated by robust solutions.

How this opportunity is different

Aon has transitioned to a product-oriented model and is investing in capabilities like never before. This role will give the chosen candidate a unique opportunity to shape the architecture for our Commercial Risk Ecosystem to drive significant revenue and efficiency opportunities across all countries where Aon operates.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• 10 years + experience in similar solutions architecture role, with specific focus on building secure enterprise-grade workflow solutions.
• Experience in commercial insurance brokerage including familiarity with London market platforms.
• Strong experience in API architecture and design incl. REST swagger definitions for endpoint/payload design, API security, monitoring and management etc.
• Experience architecting domain APIs to run on Azure cloud incl. Azure APIm, Azure Functions, container-based applications.
• Some experience in data mapping and analysis, interface specifications and data job design.
• Experience with relational databases, warehousing and lake-house technology - SQL Server, Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Blob Storage / AWS S3.
• Strong Agile knowledge – Scrum, Kanban, TDD and other practices. Certification desirable.
• College degree in IT-related discipline.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

We provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us to request an accommodation on ReasonableAdjustments@Aon.com

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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