MetLife

Department:

Enterprise Architecture ensures a holistic strategy and approach to technology solutions, by working broadly and globally across the company. We drive MetLife toward a simplified and consistent architecture, globally, thereby driving quality, agility, and cost-effectiveness. We support all areas of MetLife in developing and implementing the MetLife and GTO strategy -- Business Units, Global Operations, Application Development, Info Sec, Data and Analytics and Infrastructure.

Position Overview:

MetLife is seeking a Lead Architect to support enterprise and solution architecture across the US Technology portfolio. In this role you will be responsible for delivering architectural roadmaps and solution architecture aligned to one or more US business portfolios. You will have the opportunity to lead the architecture of innovative enterprise solutions spanning multiple domains including digital channels, security, integrations, data, cloud and infrastructure. You will ensure alignment with enterprise strategies, roadmaps and standards by building relationships across business, technology and enterprise partners.

The Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Create 3-year roadmaps aligning Line of Business strategic and tactical needs with modern enterprise architecture.
• Foster a culture of innovation by exploring, prototyping, and demonstrating emerging technologies through models and proofs of concept to address business challenges and drive strategic value.
• Deliver for secure, scalable, solution and technology architecture in an agile framework that evolves with the line of business.
• Collaborate with engineering and business teams across all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical skills to understand existing technical solutions that may use multiple platforms and technologies.
• Utilize Cloud technologies (preferably Azure) to enable PaaS centric enterprise solutions.
• Keep abreast of current and future technology trends with a focus on the business you support.
• Contribute to broader Enterprise Architecture community in developing standards, ensuring architectural governance, and defining best practices.
• Collaborate with partners in identifying technologies and vendor solutions that align with the strategic objectives of the organization.

Key Relationships:

Reports to: Director of US Group Technology Architecture

Key Stakeholders: Portfolio leads across US technology such as Disability, US Group Core, US Digital, Dental and others. 

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline (CS, EE, ME, Math or equivalent).
• 5-8+ years’ experience architecting, engineering and/or delivering enterprise business solutions.
• Experience architecting enterprise solutions in cloud including IaaS, SaaS and PaaS technologies.
• Experience with designing, collaborating, and engineering across multiple technology domains including application, data, security, cloud/infrastructure and/or AI.
• Recent applied experience delivering solutions through Agile methodology.

Preferred Skills: