Application Architect (Information Technology)

Amerisure creates exceptional value for its partners, policyholders, and employees. As a property and casualty insurance company, Amerisure's promise to our partner agencies and policyholders begins with a comprehensive line of insurance products designed to protect businesses, as well as the health and safety of every employee. With an A.M. Best “A” (Excellent) rating, Amerisure serves mid-sized commercial enterprises focused in construction, manufacturing and healthcare. Ranked as one of the top 100 Property & Casualty companies in the United States, we proudly manage nearly $1 Billion of Direct Written Premium and maintain $1.21 billion in surplus.

Amerisure is currently recruiting for an Application Architect that can do a 2-day hybrid approach onsite in our Farmington Hills office. The ideal candidate will also possess the following skill set. 

Summary Statement

The Application Architect accelerates the modernization and standardization of software development and delivery capabilities within Amerisure. This role provides architectural guidance for the full software development lifecycle, including software design, development, testing, implementation, application rationalization, and future development platform strategies.  

Essential Tasks/Major Duties

• Collaborate with business partners to enhance the application development strategy, ensuring business and technology plans are aligned with strategic initiatives.
• Design and maintain application reference architectures, including an enterprise application model, that captures the organization's applications ecosystem.
• Provide guidance on leveraging existing and emerging technologies to evolve the application environment and support business strategies.
• Design and implement common architecture standards, practices, and patterns to improve application design, performance, efficiency, and security.
• Participate in design, code, and solution reviews to ensure adherence to architectural standards and consistency with the organization's goals.
• Mentor IT professionals, providing architectural consulting expertise and technical direction to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Advocate for architectural visions to senior leadership, building consensus, securing prioritization, and ensuring proper funding for key initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or comparable years of experience.
• 10 years of experience designing technical solutions, with at least 5 years specializing in application architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and engineer complex cross-domain technical solutions with strong security, performance, stability, and capacity. 
• 3 years of experience with AWS or Azure Cloud Native application development.
• Demonstrated Subject Matter Expertise (SME) level experience and knowledge of multiple software development platforms, tools, and data/database structures, concepts, and practices. 
• 2 years of hands-on expertise with streaming ingestion and analytics platforms (e.g., Kafka, Spark, SMS, MQ).
• 3 years' experience of secure development practices and patterns including OWASP Top 10, securing APIs, Data-At-Rest, Data-In-Transit and thorough sanitizing logs and access files. 
• Experience in one or more systems development life cycle methodologies, including those that support agile development and/or scaled agile development models. 
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams and achieve results through peer collaboration.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to lead discussions, make presentations, and interact effectively with all organizational levels.
• Background in the insurance or financial services industry, preferred.
• Experience with enterprise-level data governance frameworks and best practices, preferred.

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Just as we are committed to creating exceptional value for our Partners For Success® agencies and policyholders, Amerisure also remains committed to being an employer of choice. We reinforce this commitment by adhering to an Employee Value Proposition that, in part, is provided through a competitive total rewards package. This package includes competitive base pay, performance-based incentive pay, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with profit sharing, and generous paid time off programs. We also offer flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance. Recognized as one of the Best and Brightest® Companies to Work For in the Nation and one of Business Insurance magazine's Best Places to Work in Insurance, we provide a workplace that fosters excellence and professional growth. If you are looking for a collaborative and rewarding career, Amerisure is looking for you.

Amerisure Insurance provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Amerisure Insurance complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Amerisure Insurance expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Amerisure's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.