Role - IT Enterprise Architect

Experience

- 37 years of overall IT experience
- Exposure to Life Insurance systems is strongly preferred

- Experience working in

- Application development

- Business analysis

- Integration / middleware teams

- Core insurance system projects

Education

- Bachelors degree in Engineering / Technology / Computer Science
- MBA (preferred)

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture Documentation & Analysis

- Create and maintain architecture artifacts:

- Application landscape diagrams

- Integration flows

- Data flow diagrams

- System dependency maps
- Document ASIS and TOBE architectures under guidance from senior architects.
- Maintain architecture repositories (Confluence, SharePoint, LeanIX, Sparx EA, etc.).

1. Solution Support to Projects

- Support solution design for projects in:
- New Business & Underwriting

- Policy Administration
- Claims & Servicing
- Digital channels (customer/agent portals)

- Assist in creating
- High-level solution designs

- Interface specifications
- Non-functional requirements (NFRs)
- Coordinate with development, testing, infra, and security teams.

1. Life Insurance Domain Support

- Understand and map life insurance business processes:

- Proposal Underwriting Policy Issuance
- Endorsements & servicing

- Claims lifecycle
- Commission & payout flows
- Translate business requirements into technical views (with guidance).

1. Architecture Governance Support

- Assist in architecture reviews and compliance checks.

- Validate project designs against

- Enterprise standards





- Technology guidelines
- Security and IRDAI compliance requirements

1. Integration & Data Analysis

- Analyze API and integration requirements between:
- PAS, CRM, portals, payment gateways, reinsurers, aggregators

- Assist in defining

- API contracts

- Event/message flows
- Data ownership and data movement
- Support data architecture documentation (logical models, source-to-target mappings).

1. Vendor & Technology Evaluation Support

- Help evaluate vendor solutions (PAS, digital platforms, analytics tools).
- Prepare comparison matrices, RFP responses, and PoC documentation.
- Coordinate with SI partners for technical clarifications.

Technical Skills (Working Knowledge Expected)
- Understanding of:

- Application architecture
- APIs, REST, JSON, basic microservices concepts

- Databases (RDBMS basics)

- Familiarity with
- Core insurance platforms (LifeAsia, Ingenium, etc.)
- Cloud concepts (Azure/AWS basics are enough)
- Ability to read and understand:

- Architecture diagrams

- Sequence diagrams

- Technical design documents

Tools & Artifacts
- Diagramming tools: Visio, Draw.io, Lucidchart
- Documentation: Confluence, SharePoint
- Architecture tools (good to have): Sparx EA, LeanIX
- Jira / Azure DevOps (for coordination)

Soft Skills (Very Key at This Level)
- Strong documentation and structuring skills
- Ability to ask the right questions
- Attention to detail
- Good communication with tech and business teams
- Willingness to learn insurance domain deeply

📌 It Enterprise Architect (Mumbai)
🏢 TopGear Consultants
📍 Mumbai