【TW Life】Solution Architect, IT Division
Chubb · Taipei
Job Summary
Own end-to-end solution design for the market, translating business requirements into secure, scalable architectures across application, integration, data, security, and infrastructure layers.
As the market's architecture authority, this role represents the market in enterprise design review and governance forums, and drives the architectural evolution of the existing system estate toward the target state.
Key Responsibilities
Own solution blueprints and architecture specifications for market initiatives, from concept through build approval
Review local architecture changes and new solution designs; assess architectural impact, risk, and standards alignment
Document architecturally significant decisions, including options considered and trade-offs made
Present and defend solution designs at enterprise design review and governance forums, and support the approval process for introducing new technology
Apply and enforce enterprise architecture standards and patterns; feed local constraints back into enterprise standards development
Maintain design integrity through build and deployment, reviewing implementation against the approved design and resolving deviations
Design cross-system integration to improve data flow and process efficiency, using API-first and event-driven patterns between core insurance systems and digital channels
Define API design standards and ensure APIs are documented, versioned, and governed through a managed gateway
Design data flows and integration patterns between systems, applying data modeling, classification, and data ownership standards
Own non-functional requirements (security, performance, scalability, and resilience), including disaster recovery and business continuity design proportionate to application criticality
Plan architecture optimization and evolution roadmaps for existing systems, including modernization and decommissioning paths
Define hosting and deployment patterns across on-premises and cloud; drive containerization and modern deployment models, and contribute to CI/CD standardization
Partner with business, IT, development, and operations teams to translate requirements into executable architecture, presenting options with clear trade-offs, risks, and cost implications
Mentor engineers on design practice, and lead cross-functional technical discussions to reach design consensus
Key Competencies
Application architecture, distributed systems, architectural patterns, and non-functional requirements definition
API design and management, event-driven and message-based integration. Experience with an API gateway or API management platform (e.g. Azure API Management, Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft, IBM API Connect)
Public cloud architecture and migration patterns on Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS
Containerization and orchestration with Docker or Podman, and Kubernetes or equivalent
CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automated delivery practices
Secure design principles, identity and access management, and encryption standards
Excellent written and verbal communication in the local market language and English (equivalent to TOEIC 700+); able to influence without direct authority across business, IT, and vendor stakeholders