About VitalityLife Systems

VitalityLife, is a UK-based company specialising in private medical insurance sold to the UK market. The company is a subsidiary of Discovery Limited and alongside VitalityHealth and Vitality Corporate Services it forms Discovery Limited's UK insurance offering. Working for VitalityLife, you'll experience an exciting mix of creativity and innovation, within a framework of challenging objectives and a passion for delivering the best. We think work should be fun and sociable, and we want our people to get the most out of every day. Our people are chosen for their skills, knowledge, enthusiasm and attitude but above all, their belief that anything can be achieved. Help us change insurance for good and be part of the Vitality success story.

Key Purpose

The Solution Architect is accountable for ensuring that our technology solutions are designed and implemented according to Enterprise Architecture Requirements, Business Requirements and IT Development Standards to deliver towards strategic goals.

 This is a specialist role, providing technical leadership across a number of disparate solutions for a value driven enterprise journey.

You will play a key role in designing end to end technology solutions and supporting engineering teams throughout the SDLC.  You will be experienced in providing design documentation, and reviewing or contributing to ICD’s, IT governance and Standards.

You will work alongside other Architects, Principal Software Engineer, business analysts, UX designs and developer teams delivering incremental releases that generate business value.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• The Solution Architect is accountable for understanding the business need and translating into technology solutions that are designed and built in accordance with IT Delivery policies and standards. Key responsibilities are:

• Working closely with the technology tribe, designing solutions that cross technical, product and application boundaries, ensuring that changes are designed, developed and delivered in compliance with policies and standards
• Is a point of contact for resolving any architectural issues
• Acts as an SME for technical changes in order to provide estimates for new initiatives or product enhancements
• Owns, creates and maintains Solution Design documentation and seeks relevant sign off
• Contributes to Design standards and patterns, and forms part of the governing body of EADA
• Supports Projects and Product Enhancements throughout the development and delivery lifecycle
• Assists in Incident/Problem management, Root Cause Analysis and definition of solutions

Personal Attributes and Skills

Behavioral competencies

• Customer Service Orientation
• Leadership & teamwork
• Negotiation skills
• Time Management
• Logistical Analysis
• Professional Communication (written, verbal/presenting and listening)
• Creativeness
• Innovation
• Stakeholder Management
• Tenacity
• Risk Management
• Conflict Resolution