Team Lead/Enterprise Architect

Job Description :

Key Responsibilities :

1. Application landscape diagrams

2. Integration flows

3. Data flow diagrams

4. System dependency maps

- Document AS-IS and TO-BE architectures under guidance from senior architects.

- Maintain architecture repositories (Confluence, SharePoint, LeanIX, Sparx EA, etc.).

Solution Support to Projects :

- Support solution design for projects in :

1. New Business & Underwriting

2. Policy Administration

3. Claims & Servicing

4. Digital channels (customer/agent portals)

- Assist in creating :

1. High-level solution designs

2. Interface specifications

3. Non-functional requirements (NFRs)

- Coordinate with development, testing, infra, and security teams.

Life Insurance Domain Support :

- Understand and map life insurance business processes :

1. Proposal - Underwriting - Policy Issuance

2. Endorsements & servicing

3. Claims lifecycle

4. Commission & payout flows

- Translate business requirements into technical views (with guidance).

Architecture Governance Support :

- Assist in architecture reviews and compliance checks.

- Validate project designs against :

1. Enterprise standards

2. Technology guidelines

3. Security and IRDAI compliance requirements

- Track deviations and remediation actions.

Integration & Data Analysis :

- Analyze API and integration requirements between :

1. PAS, CRM, portals, payment gateways, reinsurers, aggregators

- Assist in defining :

1. API contracts

2. Event/message flows

3. Data ownership and data movement

- Support data architecture documentation (logical models, source-to-target mappings).

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.

Experience :

- Exposure to Life Insurance systems is strongly preferred.

- Experience working in :

1. Application development

2. Business analysis

3. Integration / middleware teams

4. Core insurance system projects

Technical Skills (Working Knowledge Expected) :

- Understanding of :

1. Application architecture

2. APIs, REST, JSON, basic microservices concepts

3. Databases (RDBMS basics)

- Familiarity with :

1. Core insurance platforms (LifeAsia, Ingenium, etc.)

2. Cloud concepts (Azure/AWS basics are enough)

- Ability to read and understand :

1. Architecture diagrams

2. Sequence diagrams

3. 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)

Skills

Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Design, Payment Gateway, Vendor Management System, Application Architecture, RDBMS, Microservices Architecture, AWS