Solution Architect

At American Equity we offer leading annuity products that help empower our clients to fulfill their needs and wants in retirement. Our success comes from hiring high-energy individuals who embody the beliefs that drive our unique culture. We currently fund over half a million retirements nationwide, and have been headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, for over twenty-five years with satellite offices in Charlotte, NC and New York, NY.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE JOB :

The Solution Architect is responsible for designing solutions specific to business project context and strategy execution at a macro and micro level with architecture design and implementation oversight in the domains of internal and third-party integrations, web portals and APIs, business technology platforms, policy administration, journey mapping, and omnichannel. The incumbent establishes and owns application architecture solutioning and oversight for core and business applications; ensures existing applications and technology continues viability; and creates and drives standard, reusable, and consistent approaches to development processes. The incumbent collaborates with internal and external partners to ensure technology decisions and blueprints align with the overall Enterprise Architecture framework and works with other department architects to ensure alignment to meet team, department, and company goals. The Solution Architect partners and works closely with key stakeholders and strategic vendors, service providers as well as developers to plan, design & / or challenge the application architecture approaches that support cross-functional business needs and align with longer term best practice standards and viable technology roadmaps. Individuals within this role specialize in insurance IT discipline areas of application solutions.

• Position sits in West Des Moines and will work an onsite hybrid schedule

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

migrating from current or legacy solutions and approaches.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Direct Reports : 0

General Description of Indirect Reports (2 and 3-downs) : 0

EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE :

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field of study; Ten (10) years of related information technology work experience; Five (5) years of information technology experience working

with cloud solutions; Experience with front-end development best practices, including mobile platforms.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS : N / A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

This description covers the major purpose and essential functions of the job. It is not intended to give all details or a step-by-step account of the way each task is to be performed. Employees may receive other job related instructions and be required to perform other job related work requested by their manager. All requirements are subject to possible modification to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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At American Equity, our core values- E mpowered, P assion, I ntegrity, and C aring-are more than words. They guide how we support one another and how we serve our clients every day. To learn more about American Equity, our culture, and our values, visit the Careers site.

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