Accenture Life Insurance and Annuity Industry ALIP Integration Architect Lead

We Are: Transforming the Insurance industry of yesterday. We apply some of today’s latest technologies in AI, data analytics, and automation. Our team of over 975 Life and Annuity industry professionals is helping some of the most recognized insurance brands drive growth with digital innovation, platform modernization, improved product distribution, and personalized customer experiences. Through an ecosystem of top Insurtech partners, we’re expanding the ALIP platform’s capabilities to provide even greater opportunities for our clients to differentiate and scale business growth. You Are: The Integration Lead Architect playing a pivotal role in ensuring that diverse software applications within an organization work seamlessly together. This position requires a blend of technical acumen, strategic planning, and effective communication to align integration efforts with business objectives. Key Responsibilities include:

Design end-to-end integration architectures, including APIs, middleware, data flows, and service orchestration.

Develop the integration strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives and technology initiatives.

Lead and mentor integration teams, providing guidance on best practices, tools, and frameworks

Act as the primary liaison between business teams, development teams, and external partners.

Ensure stakeholder expectations are managed and aligned with product capabilities.

Engage with potential clients, understand their integration needs, and propose tailored solutions.

Collaborate with architects to ensure the integration architecture meets scalability and performance standards.

Provide development oversight to teams and ensure integration solutions meet client needs and the requirements.

Proactively identify risks related to integration dependencies and data flow.

Assist in deployment activities, monitor integration performance and drive continuous improvement.

Stay updated with the latest trends in integration technologies and propose enhancements to existing solutions

Provide status reports to stakeholders and leadership on integration initiatives.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here’s What You Need:

Minimum of 10 years of experience in enterprise integration architecture, software engineering, and large-scale system integration, with significant experience leading architecture and engineering teams in complex enterprise environments.

Minimum of 8 years of experience designing and implementing REST APIs, asynchronous/event-based integrations, ETL/data transformation pipelines, and enterprise integration solutions across cloud and on-premise ecosystems.

Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with enterprise integration technologies and platforms such as MuleSoft, Spring Integration, Kafka, API