Solution Architect

Architect - IA07BE
We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.
### ### As a Small Business Solution Architect, you’ll define what’s next. Bring your deep application design expertise and outstanding communication skills to architect bold, end-to-end solutions that fuel our strategic business objectives. Our environment thrives on agility, where rapid experimentation and iterative learning are the norm, empowering you to design advanced AI and digital-first architectures that span multiple technologies and platforms.

You’ll have a front-row seat influencing leaders and shaping the future of our business vision. By tightly aligning technology strategies with real business goals, you’ll ensure our digital and AI-first approach delivers truly impactful outcomes across the Small Business Portfolio. In Small Business, we’re recognized for our relentless pursuit of excellence, shaping industry-leading customer and agent experiences, and pioneering platforms that drive speed, reliability, and results.

If you’re energized by cutting-edge technology Gen-AI, advanced digital products, APIs, Microservices, Micro Frontends, Cloud-first strategies, SaaS solutions, and more—this is your moment to shine among the best.### ###
* This role will have a
** Hybrid work schedule,
** with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, or Hartford, CT) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).*### ###
** What you’ll do (day to day)*** ### Establish and drive clear, effective, and innovative solution designs aligning to The Hartford’s reference architectures, blueprints, and business and IT strategies across our Digital properties, with a focus on AI and strategic thinking.* ### Translate strategy into end‐to‐end solution designs spanning mobile, responsive web, APIs, microservices/micro‐frontends, data, and cloud infrastructure.* ### Produce option analyses and decision records balancing strategic alignment, security, reliability, complexity, and cost.
* ### Design solutions leveraging SaaS and Native Cloud architectures and services, focusing on rationalizing and modernizing assets.* ### Advance digital identity and zero‐trust patterns across experiences; ensure alignment with enterprise security standards.* ### Partner with value streams on roadmaps and increments; ensure designs meet non‐functional expectations and are operable (telemetry, SLOs, runbooks).* ### Evaluate and land emerging Technologies where it demonstrably improves outcomes.
* ### Align to architecture governance: reviews, permits to build, conformance checks, and pragmatic exceptions when warranted.### ###
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* Qualifications:

*** ### 5 –8 years of experience in
** solution architecture, application architecture, or senior engineering
** roles within a large‐scale enterprise environment.* ### Proven
** Small Commercial
** Industry Experience* ### Demonstrated impact designing cloud‐native solutions (AWS/Google), APIs and integration patterns including:  + ###
** Microservices
* * and service oriented architectures  + ###
** Event driven and API based
** integration patterns (SOAP, REST)* ### Hands‐on experience applying GenAI/ML to production use cases; familiarity with agentic architectures,
** RAG, semantic search, embedding models and LLMs**.* ### Expertise with digital identity/CIAM and modern auth (OIDC/OAuth2) and aligning to enterprise security standards.* ### Experience developing or designing
** single-page applications
** utilizing contemporary frameworks such as
** Angular/React**.* ### Experience designing and implementing
** cloud-based solutions
** utilizing Microservices or API-based integrations with a clear understanding of JSON, REST, and HTTP standards.* ### Clear understanding of
** cloud, hybrid cloud, and container deployment architectures
** including building cloud-ready applications and container orchestration systems.* ### Fluency in
** platform and product thinking**, solution KPIs,…