Director, Principal Architect - Sammons Financial Group

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Principal Architect to join our Life IT leadership team and drive strategic technology solutions. This role requires a seasoned professional who can seamlessly collaborate across diverse technical teams while understanding the non-technical aspects of the business to ensure practical and impactful implementations.

 

The ideal candidate will demonstrate flexibility in Agile delivery, balancing short-term priorities with a focus on achieving target end-state solutions. They will bring a solution-oriented mindset: starting with a recommendation, identifying gaps, and iterating to refine outcomes. Equally critical is the ability to share opinions effectively, aligning stakeholders and building consensus to get the job done.

Responsibilities:

Key Technical Expertise (Preferred):

• Integrations and Data Streaming: APIs, MuleSoft, Kafka integrations to/from particularly the FAST Policy Admin platform
• Cloud/Virtualization: Azure, Kubernetes
• Salesforce: Knowledge/certification, particularly in Financial Services Cloud
• Technical Contract Reviews: to ensure the appropriate accommodation of disaster recovery, AI, uptime/availability, data, security, and privacy considerations
• Agile Delivery & DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, continuous improvement practices particularly within a SAFe operating model

 

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by bridging technical excellence with business outcomes while fostering collaboration and innovation within a dynamic environment.

 

 

Qualifications:

• College Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Management Information Systems Preferred
• Minimum 15 years' IT development experience or equivalent Preferred
• Full lifecycle experience as a senior level architect on multiple complex enterprise /strategic solutions Preferred
• Effective verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate with business partners and other IT staff
• Problem solving skills sufficient to perform research and recommend a proposed solution to problems
• Able to work on multiple tasks and meet established deadlines
• Able to effectively direct and coordinate the work of other team members on a project without having HR management responsibility for them
• Knowledge of computer programming languages as required for the system
• Established leadership track record of human capital management and succession principles, practices, and procedures
• Demonstrated effective negotiating and influence leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to present and adapt ideas in a business and user friendly language

Suitability Requirements:• Due to the financial nature and level of accountability of this position, a credit and criminal background check is required - The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires Sammons Financial Group Companies to notify you that, as a routine part of processing this application for employment, Sammons Financial Group may request a consumer report on you to verify all information contained in this application. Such report may include information about work-related behaviors, performance, character, general reputation, and personal characteristics, in addition to information about your previous employment, education, credit history and criminal records
Company Information:•Sammons Financial Group offers a competitive benefit package that includes: Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.
•Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan, so you can save for retirement without contributing a penny of your own paycheck.
•Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays.
•Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance.
•Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture.Pay Range:USD $109,964.00 - USD $229,092.00 /Yr.Pay Transparency Verbiage:Range includes data points from multiple labor markets. Specific range is dependent on the labor market where the incumbent will be hired to perform the position. Starting salary is dependent on candidate qualifications and experience. For a narrower salary range specific to your labor market, please inquire.Work Authorization/Sponsorship:At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)