GBLI | Global Indemnity provides specialty property and casualty insurance for small to middle-market businesses – and we’re on a mission to be the best-in-class while achieving steady, profitable growth. Our guiding principles include the core belief that our people are number one. We also strongly emphasize a customer-centric mentality and disciplined underwriting practices. Our work environment is flexible, friendly, and collaborative, with plenty of opportunities to take charge of your career.
What GBLI offers you:
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
- Professional development opportunities (including a mentorship program)
- Educational assistance program, which covers up to $5,250 in educational costs per year
- Comprehensive health insurance plan (with vision and dental)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with up to 6% company match and immediate vesting
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company-sponsored social events
- Various committees to get involved in, which include our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and Charitable Giving Committee
Essential Duties & Functions
- Design and implement long-term strategic goals and short-term tactical plans for managing and maintaining corporate systems and software
- Ensure that proposed and existing systems architectures are aligned with organizational goals, objectives, and architectural best-practices
- Provide technical expertise, direction, and assistance to Build teams implementing strategic projects
- Chair the Architecture Review Board, maintain its agenda and call to order meetings. Ensure meetings are documented and follow-ups are carried out
- Participate in the technical review sessions and develop, document, communicate and enforce a policy for standardizing systems and software
- Set forth technical standards for IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Software Development teams
- Collaborate with development teams to design and implement cloud-native applications and microservices
- Design and document cloud architectures, including network, compute, storage, and application layers
- Review new and existing systems design projects and procurement or outsourcing plans for compliance with standards and architectural plans
- Ensure the security and compliance of cloud environments, including risk assessments and vulnerability management.
- Lead role in the effort to document the company’s existing systems architecture and technology portfolio; make recommendations for improvements and/or alternatives.
- Model business and systems processes based on findings through use case scenarios, workflow diagrams, and data models.
- Assist in developing assessments to check infrastructure and systems technical performance, and adherence to standards Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, and 10 years’ experience in at least two disciplines such as solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, database management or operations in a multitier environment - or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 6+ years of experience with solution architecture in Microsoft Azure Public Cloud
- Ready to think, behave and act in an innovative consulting manner to drive the organization’s digital business strategies
- Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
- Able to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions and organization goals
- Subject matter expert on software development, coding best practices, systems integrations, middleware technologies, and API design
- Broad knowledge of IT Infrastructure and modern Cloud computing with strong knowledge of security principles and practices
- Understanding of various operating models such as project-centric and product-centric and different types of agile principles, methodologies and frameworks, especially those designed to be scaled at the enterprise level
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills with attention to detail
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on listening and questioning skills
- Highly self-motivated and directed
- Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment
- Current certification of Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Certifications in Cybersecurity and other areas of Information Technology a plus