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Solution Architect

Safety National
$122,000 to $196,000
life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k), profit sharing
United States, Missouri, St. Louis
1832 Schuetz Road (Show on map)
Nov 20, 2024
Description

Stop searching. Start growing. It's time to build a meaningful career where you can grow, your ideas can thrive, and you are recognized and valued. Join a team committed to your excellence, and apply to Safety National today!

Ready for a rewarding career? Follow this link to view all of our available careers and apply: https://www.safetynational.com/careers-page/

This opportunity is in the Information Technology Department.

As the company's largest department, I.T. is responsible for supporting both ongoing operations and our next innovative project. Information technology is prioritized, allowing us to partner with colleagues to securely enable and support new capabilities every day. Utilizing a diverse set of technologies, like Guidewire, Salesforce, Java, C#/.NET, Mule, and Azure, the available career opportunities continue to grow rapidly. Our department consists of agile teams where individual contributions are recognized, and career advancement is nurtured.

Role Description:

We're looking for a Solution Architect to join our dynamic Information Technology team here at Safety National, where our mission goes beyond business. It's about creating solutions that empower our teams and push the boundaries of innovation. If you're passionate about designing cutting-edge technology solutions and enjoy driving impactful change, this could be the perfect role for you!

What's Exciting About This Role?

As a Solution Architect, you'll be at the heart of our technology evolution. You'll lead the charge in developing a diverse portfolio of solutions-everything from applications and systems to cloud services and infrastructure. This position offers the unique opportunity to collaborate with multiple departments, directly influencing the direction of business strategies and aligning tech solutions with real-world needs.

Your day-to-day responsibilities as a Solution Architect will include proactively and holistically leading and supporting the development and management of portfolio of solutions. Solutions include projects and products, systems (Including applications, technologies, processes and information), shared infrastructure services and shared application services. Your understanding of the concepts of business goals, objectives and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams and business processes and their importance in solution architecture. The solutions architect provides the necessary leaders, analysis and design tasks related to support the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards.

The ideal candidate is someone who has the ability to design and implement cloud solutions. Some of the essentials skills required of you in this role are, experience in cloud administration and development, particularly in the Microsoft Azure environment. Experience establishing and improving infrastructure-as-code capabilities and practices, preferably Terraform. Prior experience with Microsoft Azure environment, Docker and Kubernetes, CI/CD tools such as Github Actions is preferred.

Why You'll Love Working Here

At Safety National, our culture is driven by five core values: Relationships, Integrity, Teamwork, Balance, and Stability. We don't just talk about these values-we live them every day, in everything we do. You'll join a team that values collaboration and celebrates innovative thinking, ensuring your ideas and expertise are put into action.

What You'll Do:



  • Design Forward-Thinking Solutions: Develop architectural blueprints that align with business objectives, ensuring solutions are not only innovative but sustainable.
  • Lead Cloud Initiatives: Help guide our adoption of cloud solutions, particularly in the Microsoft Azure environment.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with product owners, product managers, and agile teams to ensure that projects stay aligned with our strategic vision.
  • Drive Innovation: Stay ahead of tech trends, offering insights on how to best utilize emerging technologies like container-based deployments and infrastructure-as-code (think Terraform and OpenTelemetry!).


What We're Looking For:



  • Experience: At least 10 years in IT, with 3-5 years' experience in cloud administration and development. Experience with Microsoft Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, or CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions.
  • Vision: You see the big picture and are adept at translating business needs into actionable tech strategies.
  • Communication: Able to speak both "tech" and "business," you're a natural at explaining complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Leadership: You know how to guide teams through change and influence decision-making with your expertise.


If you're ready to take your career to the next level and be part of a company where innovation meets impact, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and help us build the solutions that drive our future!

Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our rich 80-year history. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we appreciate the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with one of the top 10 insurance companies in the world.

Total Rewards That Put Employees First

In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation that includes base salary, holiday bonus, and incentive awards is only a small portion of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. Our total rewards approach recognizes and rewards the time, talents, efforts, and results of our valued employees. Highlights of our exceptional benefits include generous health, dental, and vision coverage, health savings accounts, a 401(k) retirement savings match and an annual profit sharing contribution. We proudly offer family forming benefits for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy, generous paid time off and paid holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave, a hybrid work environment, and company paid life insurance and disability. To support employees in their career journeys, we provide professional growth and development opportunities in addition to employee recognition and well-being programs. Apply today to learn more.

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation is only one piece of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. The target salary range for this position is $122,000 to $196,000. Compensation for the successful candidate will consider the candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location.

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