Senior Enterprise Architect

As a Senior Enterprise Architect at Great American Insurance Group, you will be responsible for designing the future state architecture with a focus on multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies. This includes defining adoption strategies for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions, and working on virtualization, storage, and networking architectures. Additionally, you will collaborate with stakeholders to align enterprise architecture with cloud computing, data security, and emerging technologies.

Great American Insurance Group requires candidates for the Senior Enterprise Architect position to hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Alternatively, a Master’s degree with less experience is acceptable. In addition, candidates need minimum five years of experience in IT, including at least three years in cloud computing architecture utilizing platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Key skills for a Senior Enterprise Architect at Great American Insurance Group include a strong understanding of cloud technologies, particularly AWS, GCP, and Azure. Experience with virtualization, storage, and networking architecture is crucial. Additionally, strong collaboration and communication skills are required to effectively partner with stakeholders across various departments to achieve strategic goals.

You can expect a supportive and inclusive work environment at Great American Insurance Group, where diversity is valued and encouraged. The company combines a small company culture that appreciates your ideas with the stability of large-scale operations. You'll be part of a team that empowers innovation and growth, allowing you to thrive and develop your career.

Great American Insurance Group offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package for Senior Enterprise Architects. Benefits include competitive salary, medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one, generous PTO, paid holidays, commuter benefits, an employee stock purchase plan, education reimbursement, and a 401(k) plan with company matching. These benefits aim to support your overall wellness and professional growth.

Absolutely! In today's digital landscape, cloud architecture is crucial as it ensures scalable, efficient, and reliable operations, allowing businesses to respond quickly to market changes while optimizing costs. As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you should articulate how well-structured cloud architecture supports strategic business goals, enhances collaboration, and facilitates innovation.

Discuss specific projects you've undertaken that utilized these platforms, highlighting challenges faced and how you overcame them. Focus on your hands-on experience with implementation and integration, emphasizing any metrics or success stories that demonstrate your expertise in these cloud environments.

Explain your collaborative approach, emphasizing communication and relationship-building. Describe how you gather input, align expectations, and document requirements, ensuring that all stakeholder needs are considered to deliver an architecture that supports business objectives effectively.

Discuss the assessment phase where you evaluate current systems, resource availability, and organizational needs. Then explain how you devise a tailored adoption strategy, including training for the IT team and end-users, to ensure a smooth transition and mitigate potential risks.

Select a relevant example that showcases your problem-solving abilities. Discuss the context, the challenges encountered, the steps you took to resolve the situation, and the positive outcomes achieved as a result of your actions.

Focus on the importance of security protocols and compliance with industry standards. Discuss your experience with integrating security practices into architectural designs, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring that data protection measures are in place for cloud deployments.

Talk about emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and serverless computing. Highlight how these trends are influencing cloud architecture and how a Senior Enterprise Architect can adapt strategies to leverage these innovations.

Describe your method for creating and maintaining clear architectural documentation. Explain the importance of having up-to-date records for review, compliance, and knowledge transfer, as well as how you utilize documentation tools to streamline this process.

Discuss your systematic approach to evaluating new technology, which may include identifying business needs, analyzing technical capabilities, assessing risks, and conducting proof-of-concept trials. Highlight the importance of alignment with organizational goals to ensure the technology delivers value.

Share a specific initiative where you promoted diversity, whether through recruiting diverse teams, fostering an inclusive team culture, or implementing practices that allowed insights from varied perspectives to improve project outcomes. This reflects your commitment to a rich, diverse workplace.