Solution Architect

Job Description - Solution Architect (12 Month FTC) (2500002I)

Job Description

Solution Architect (12 Month FTC) - ( 2500002I )

Description

Are you committed to bringing your best to life every day?

At MLC Life Insurance, we're proud of our history of protecting Australians for over 135 years. We provide flexible, affordable, and innovative insurance products to almost 1 million Australians. We're Australian-led and managed, and part of a global network through our partnership with one of the world's leading life insurers, Nippon Life Insurance Group.

We're driven by a powerful purpose, providing our customers and their families with a Promise for Life to be there when they need us most – and that's a great purpose to bring us together at work every day.

We work hard to deliver a total customer experience that keeps our customers and partners at the forefront of all our decisions. We're a values-driven business that strives for high performance and growth as we look towards the future.

The Role

Reporting into the Principal Architect, the Solution Architect role is a newly created 12-month fixed term contract opportunity. As part of the Architecture team, you will be responsible for supporting the Company Name and Brand Change project for MLC Life Insurance and to provide technical oversight to help solve any complex issues that may arise.

As a Subject Matter Expert in the Cloud space, you will be responsible for providing any AWS cloud infrastructure advice in line with our regulatory requirements, and lead the design and development of any solutioning across the project.

You will provide hands-on guidance and support in developing and validating proof of concept (PoC) solutions using AWS technologies, whilst collaborating closely with our engineers to ensure that their deliverables align with our technology architectural strategy and the principles relating to software integrity and reusability.

About you

You possess a minimum of 5 to 7+ years of experience playing the role of a Technical Lead or Solution Architect with a hands-on focus and background in infrastructure and/or networks, ideally within the financial services sector.

Your past experiences would enable you to work in and support any legacy technology environments with the ability to collaborate with third-party and external vendors on delivering any networking and integration initiatives.

Other technical requirements include:

1. Strong experience with AWS Cloud Architecture, best practices and Cloud native design.
2. Experience with AWS Best Architecture Framework, Serverless Design Patterns and Hybrid Cloud Architecture combining private-cloud, public cloud, SaaS providers and on-prem (if required).
3. Experience in designing and implementing the overall VPC environment including server instances, storage instances, and subnets.
4. Lead and produce (write) quality cloud architecture requirements, best practices on DNS splitting, DNS routing (internally & externally) based on Regulatory & rebranding guidelines.
5. Develop Cloud Control Framework in conjunction with Architecture, Engineering and Cyber teams. Effectively communicating security concepts and controls to technical and non-technical stakeholders Providing considered security advice to stakeholders, team members and Executive.
6. Collaborating with Cloud engineering, Cyber Security, Rebranding, and IT Risk function while working within the Architecture team.
7. Advise on best practices on using AWS Cloud in a cost-effective way without compromising on requirements, compliance issues and vulnerabilities - collaborating with relevant teams to implement relevant controls and improvements.
8. Experience in defining Non-Functional Requirements on Cloud infrastructure and help support team define their support model.

Bringing our best to life - why join us?

We do work that makes a genuine difference to our customers, partners and community.

We have a supportive, inclusive and flexible team culture, including hybrid working.

We support your growth and development, and careers across our business units and teams that are as unique as our people.

We reward and celebrate our successes, through our incentive and recognition programs.

We offer tools, resources and benefits to support your wellbeing, including additional lifestyle leave and our Family Life hub.

We connect and celebrate our diversity at work through our social committees and employee groups, and we contribute to our community with paid volunteer leave and through our sustainability commitments.

Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position.