Solution Architect

Job Description

We’re looking for a Solution Architect


About Brit


At Brit, we believe that the uncertainty of the future should never stand in the way of progress. That’s why we exist. To help people and businesses face the future and thrive. We are change-makers enabled by a global workforce who collaborate to deliver a risk service. A team empowered to help our customers not only to survive the risks they face, but to stay on the front foot and keep moving forward. We believe the uncertainty of tomorrow isn’t something to fear but to seize; that it’s full of potential. Not only for our customers but our employees too.
We might write the future of risk for our brokers and clients, but we would love to help you write your future at Brit: a future based on not just progressing but on thriving – both professionally and emotionally. If you’re looking for a place to make a real difference read on.


What you’ll be doing


You’ll join our highly motivated, state of the art and forward thinking Technology team, participating in the innovation and delivery of technology that support Brit’s digital objectives. You’ll will translate business needs and functional designs into functioning software or technology designs and deliver/develop common foundation architecture components that conform to known successful patterns, and that support evolution toward the future-state architecture. In some instances, you will join team looking to disrupt the market with leading edge technology solutions.


A day in the life


Your cloud-first Azure technical abilities will shine in analysing enterprise business context to derive solution and technical architecture at program and project scope whilst considering all aspects of solution design and being the main technical interface between the project and enterprise planning team, ensuring alignment to Enterprise Architecture principles, practices and roadmaps.

You’ll enjoy analysing technology trends to determine their impact and benefit to Brit and oversee or consult on technical architecture implementation or modifications, promoting the architecture process, its outcome and ongoing results.

Key to the role is the design or architecture based upon OO, DRY and SOLID principles and the creation of prototypes and evaluate 3rd party software with proof of concepts as well as facilitating the preparation estimates and proposals for delivery tasks by 3rd party vendors.

You’ll document technical architecture design and analysis work in solution blueprints, complying to EA guidance and aligning to Brit’s 3-year roadmaps, strategic principles and practices. Following a configure before buy, before build principle.

Hopefully you will enjoy the additional responsibility of leadership, mentoring and Influencing of technical development teams.



We welcome everyone wholeheartedly


We’ve got a truly diverse, genuinely inclusive work environment. We comfortably and confidently bring our whole selves to work, because we know we’ll be respected, valued and accepted whoever we are. Our Employee Resource groups are safe spaces for people to share their experiences, aspirations and suggestions about how we do things.