Title:

AVP, Enterprise Architect

Company:

Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:

Technology

Job Description:

About Everest:
Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role:

Everest is seeking an AVP, Principal Enterprise Application Architect to join the Everest Information Technology Infrastructure department, located at the US headquarters in Warren, New Jersey.

 

The desired candidate will have an established track record of building high-quality enterprise solutions, be results-driven and bring strong architecture/engineering skills and a deep understanding of modern technologies including Cloud Engineering Standards & Practices, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines, APIs, Infrastructure as Code and Agile Delivery Practices. Successful candidates must have worked in Microsoft Azure environments and have an excellent understanding of cloud concepts.  The candidate must possess strong technical aptitude, analytical skills, communications skills, and demonstrated great problem-solving ability.

This is a hybrid role (3 days in office/2 days remote) based in Warren, NJ office.

 

Responsibilities:

Accountable for the oversight of the application portfolio, including ideation and selection of enterprise platforms that are the right fit for Everest.  Drive rationalization and roadmap for applications in partnership with the Business architecture.

In close collaboration with the architecture community, help drive the application modernization program.

Identify and drive adoption of technical capabilities required to support gaps in current and new business capabilities and aligning with enterprise business drivers.

Oversee and guide solution design aligning to architecture best practices and integration patterns.

Maintain application ecosystem and technology and standards artifacts.

Create and enhance methods and practices for architecture functions to aid collaboration across ETS.

Manage technical debt, software lifecycle and risk mitigation across the enterprise.

Provide leadership, collaborate, and mentor delivery teams and solution architects.

 

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

Bachelor's Degree (required) or master’s degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

10+ years of overall technology experience in strategy, architecture, engineering, configuring and implementing software solutions and services.

5+ years of Software Engineering and Enterprise Architecture experience including engineering practices, tools and standards.  

Hands-on knowledge of current technology standards/trends coupled with a desire to continually expand personal knowledge/skills.

Domain knowledge of the Insurance Industry (preferably P&C) and value chain as well as the technologies and solutions relevant to this industry is desired.

Experience architecting Insurance suite of solutions like Guidewire or Insurity

Experience architecting document management and business process workflow systems like OpenText, SharePoint

Experience with cloud native integration technologies – messaging, streaming, APIs

Ability and interest in mentoring technical staff and raising our collective technical competencies.

Ability to establish and maintain relationships with other business and technology leaders.

Strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with the ability to tailor communication to all levels of an organization.

Demonstrate strong ability to work in a team environment and foster cross-team collaboration.

Experience executing technology modernization initiatives including migration to cloud native and API Strategies

Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models

Recent experience working in a Scaled Agile environment with Agile tools, e.g. Jira, Confluence, etc. 

Current experience with Azure, APIs, accelerators, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code and Containers 

Experienced with large scale technology platforms, Enterprise Integration Patterns, Test Automation and Security Platforms

Experience in defining and documenting coding standards and best practices.

Display strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principals and technology modernization.

Builds strong partnership with engineering teams to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction.

For NJ Only: The base salary range for this position is $173,000 - $215,300 annually. The offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, experience, qualifications and work location. 

What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

 

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

 

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Warren, NJ

Additional Locations:

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at everestbenefits@everestglobal.com.

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