Welcome to Hastings Direct - From our Group HR Director Pam Angel
We are a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market. Over the past few years, we've invested heavily in our data and technology capabilities, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture. We're proud of our journey and believe our continued success depends on our talented colleagues.
We serve over three million customers and see a bigger opportunity ahead. If you're reading this job advert, it's likely we've piqued your interest in #lifeatHD. We hope you'll like what you see and consider joining us to share in our exciting future.
We understand some may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you're excited about the role and believe you have some of the skills we're seeking, we would love to hear from you.
Opportunity: Solution Architect
As we continue to invest in and transform our platforms, we have a great opportunity for a Solution Architect.
What you will do
* Lead, validate, and deliver the definition and description of solutions across the product and change lifecycle.
* Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to develop and communicate solutions that meet requirements, standards, regulations, security, and quality needs, understanding current ('as-is') and future ('to-be') states, and making informed decisions with trade-offs where necessary.
* Design APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions across different states, developing views from business, application, information, and technology perspectives.
* Promote reuse by applying principles and patterns, creating reusable artefacts.
* Adapt to technical realities during implementation, collaboratively solving problems and leading architecture decisions.
* Build trusted advisory relationships with the business, influencing and negotiating on flexible solution aspects.
Skills we would love you to have
* Proficiency in cloud-native technologies, preferably Microsoft Azure.
* Experience in designing and transforming application architectures.
* Experience with API design and consumption using various protocols.
* Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, solution architecture principles, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
* Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code.
* Experience with Relational and NoSQL databases and modern ETL processes.
* Experience in the Insurance or Financial industry.
Benefits for you
At Hastings Direct, we offer great benefits, including:
* Salary: Attractive base salary dependent on experience + car allowance
* Medical: Private medical insurance
* Bonus Scheme: Annual 4Cs performance bonus based on company and personal performance, paid in March.
* Pension: 1:1 match up to 10%
* Holiday: 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy or sell up to 5 days
* Health & Wellbeing: Life Assurance, Wills Service, Income Protection (75% of salary for 5 years, covered from day 1)
Plus many more benefits we look forward to sharing with you.
Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer, committed to fairness and diversity. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, race, disability, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or family status. Please note our thorough referencing process, including credit and criminal record checks. #J-18808-Ljbffr