Technical Architect

About the Position

We are seeking a Technical Architect with strong Azure Cloud architecture experience to join our team in London, UK.

Responsibilities

• To assume the technical lead role in implementation projects and guide the work of the team.
• Responsible for the technical architecture across a suite of custom business applications and off-the-shelf products.
• Develop flexible, adaptable, modular, and reusable architectures in collaboration with business stakeholders and IT teams while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Develop the standards and patterns for application development across a series of different technology disciplines including: quality profiles, coding standards, configuration standards, and unit testing.
• Review high-level designs with technical leads and developers, review code, enforce best practices, and enforce performance testing to deliver efficient and performant applications.
• Stay current on, evaluate, and recommend the use of cutting-edge technologies and methods, considering their technical pros and limitations. Leverage market and technology trends to identify the business benefits of alternative technical solutions.
• Support the requirements gathering process to right-size initiatives and solution strategy.
• Collaborate with development teams and assist with the application of Agile and DevSecOps techniques within architecture and designs.
• Create comprehensive architecture specification documents and other required documentation.
• Help maintain a business unit-level repository of architecture assets (platforms, services, APIs, technical debt, etc.) and promote reuse across the organization.

Requirements

• Strong project delivery background (ideal 7 years of hands-on experience in system design, systems integration, or software development as a senior developer/architect)
• Well-versed with Azure Cloud architecture styles and design patterns
• Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities (App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, Containers, AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, API Management)
• Experience in Enterprise Integration Technologies such as Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus
• Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (Role Based Access Control, Networking Architectures, Cost Management controls, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of the processes of the entire software development and product life cycle: DevOps principles, patterns, UML, agile development practices
• Deep technical knowledge in web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture, enterprise application architecture, cloud architecture, as well as experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a hybrid work mode
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

MEAG handles all the investment activities for Munich Re and ERGO, making it one of the world’s leading asset management companies. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and open company culture where our staff feel good about where they work.

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!