Solution Architect with proven London Market Insurance domain

About the Position

Solution Architect with proven London Market Insurance domain

Kirtana Consulting

Location: London, United Kingdom

Type: CONTRACTOR

Posted: 2026-10-07

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Description

Kirtana Consulting is looking for a Solution Architect with proven London Market Insurance domain experience for a 6-month rolling contract in London.

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Responsibilities

• Produce high-level and detailed solution designs, architecture decision records, and supporting design documentation.
• Develop target-state, transition-state, and interim-state architecture models.
• Define migration strategies and transitional architectures to support platform modernisation.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and solution design sessions.
• Translate business requirements into practical and scalable technology solutions.
• Build strong relationships across business and technology functions.
• Contribute to PAS replacement strategy, vendor assessments, and solution evaluations.
• Support the definition of future underwriting operating capabilities.
• Support capability mapping, process transformation, and platform roadmap activities.
• Work closely with System Integrators, implementation partners, and third-party suppliers.
• Ensure suppliers adhere to Arch architecture standards, governance processes, and design principles.
• Review solution designs produced by delivery partners and vendors.
• Support technology selection and proof-of-concept activities.

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Requirements

Essential

• Proven experience working as a Solution Architect within the London Market Insurance sector.
• Significant experience delivering large-scale insurance transformation programmes.
• Previous experience delivering or supporting a London Market PAS implementation, replacement, or migration programme.
• Strong understanding of underwriting processes and underwriting operating models.
• Experience developing migration strategies, transition architectures, and modernisation roadmaps.
• Experience documenting current-state and target-state technology landscapes.

Technical Skills

• API-led architecture, REST APIs, and event-driven integration patterns.
• Microservices architecture, Docker, and containerisation technologies.
• Microsoft Azure architecture and cloud-native design.
• Security, identity, and access management principles.
• Experience creating architecture diagrams and technical design artefacts.
• DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Desirable

• Understanding of Reinsurance concepts, Bordereaux management, and reporting.
• Experience with one or more of: Guidewire, HX, IRIS, Duck Creek, other London Market PAS platforms.
• Experience in AKS, Service bus, API management, Snowflake, SQL server.

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We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a leading consulting firm.
• Be part of a key contract role supporting the transformation of underwriting capabilities.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, external consultancy firms, and other architects.

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About the Company

Kirtana Consulting is a leading consulting firm specializing in insurance and technology solutions. We are committed to delivering innovative and effective solutions to our clients in the insurance sector.