Application Architect-REMOTE Home Based Worker

The world isn?t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We?re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers? evolving needs. That?s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You?ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

You?ll do all this in an environment of excellence... and the highest ethical standards ? a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life?s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we?ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever?s coming next ? to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We?ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection. We are the Good Hands. We don?t follow the trends. We set them.

Job Summary

TIMINGS: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM -5:00 PM Eastern Time

Allstate Benefits is a leading provider of voluntary insurance. We are committed to providing superior products and services with cutting edge technology, exceptional customer service and compassionate claims administration. With over 40,000 groups in force and insuring more than 3 million employees, we deliver the promise of the Good Hands every day!

Allstate Benefits is recruiting an Application Architect that serves as an expert in IT systems architecture, undertaking complex projects requiring additional specialized technical knowledge. The Architect interacts with business and IT leadership and makes decisions on complex or ambiguous architecture issues, coordinating with domain architects and delivery managers to ensure adherence to the Allstate Target State Architecture. Also ensures that solutions are scalable and robust.

The Application Architect will work with many departments and systems to create business solutions, bringing together business requirements with innovative technologies and guide the strategic solution through to implementation. The candidate should bring in top-level skills in enterprise systems and collaboration to help development teams transform technical debt into innovation opportunities. The ideal candidate will have a broad range of knowledge, but also be able to become an expert in key areas.

Key Responsibilities
? Develop reusable patterns, practices, and reference architectures through research, Proof of Concept builds and relationship with Allstate Enterprise Architects
? Ensure the application of TSA in the creation of business solutions through relationship with Allstate Enterprise
? Architects
? Provide consultation to teams on the tactical application of reference architectures and the strategic direction of enterprise technology
? Interact with executive level leadership from Allstate business and technology communicate roadmaps towards the delivery of highly complex solutions
? Communicate technology strategy to leaders and knowledge workers via roadmaps, conceptual diagrams and solution documents
? Hold summits with technologists and businesspeople to identify opportunities for innovation
? Using independent research and analysis of industry and technology trends, provide actionable ideas for innovation and business capability development
? Help drive Allstate Benefits? Transformation Program and communicate technology strategy to leaders and knowledge workers via architecture runway, roadmaps, conceptual diagrams and solution documents
? Drive change from within IT through communication with teams regarding processes, standards and culture
? Support vendor selection and analysis process by evaluating vendor architecture's fit within the Allstate ecosystem and Target State Architecture

Education, Skills & Experience

Education:

College Degree with technical study or equivalent experience

Experience:
? 7+ years technical experience in architecture/design
? Excellent communication skills are a must.
? Experienced with Web Service (SOA, Rest, Micro)
? Experienced developing applications using Java a must! Nice to have would be .NET Core, Node JS, React, Go and/or Scala
? Experience with Cloud Technologies including CaaS, SaaS, PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) as part of solution design
? Experience refactoring and/or re-platforming applications to run in AWS or Azure cloud environment
? Experience and knowledge in Microservices, Web and API including security authentication, authorization, OAuth, OWASP, OpenID, and SAML
? Experience with No SQL technologies such as MongoDB and Hadoop
? Experience working with distributed technologies:

Integration and Design Patterns

Messaging interfaces (MQ, JMS)

Messaging interfaces (Kafka)

Business Process Modeling

Preferred:
? Large scale Digital Transformation Program experience
? Benefits/Insurance Industry Experience

Compensation Data

Compensation range for this position is $96,500-$170,000per year, based on experience and qualifications.

Additional up to 10% yearly bonus potential

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands?

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary ? but that?s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you?ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy. For a full description of Allstate?s benefits, visit allstate.jobs/benefits/

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