Assure Platform SaaS Platform Architect

DXC Technology•Charleston, SC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission-critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private, and hybrid clouds. The world’s largest enterprises and public sector organizations trust DXC to deliver services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive performance, competitiveness, and customer experience. DXC's Insurance Software and BPS (ISB) helps insurers around the world modernize and run their core operations at scale by combining deep industry expertise, proven software platforms, and innovative AI-driven solutions. A global market leader in core insurance platforms, ISB delivers solutions across policy administration, claims, billing, analytics, and digital engagement supporting Life & Annuity, Property & Casualty, and Specialty insurance markets. You’ll directly shape how the world's leading insurers operate by helping to transform the policy, underwriting, and claims systems that millions of people rely on every day. We are seeking a Senior SaaS Platform Architect to join our Insurance Product Engineering (IPE) team. This is a high-impact role responsible for shaping the architecture of our Assure SaaS platform, enabling scalable, secure, and integrated solutions across global environments. You will operate at the intersection of platform engineering, cloud architecture, and product strategy, driving consistency, integration, and innovation across the platform. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, can influence across teams, and is passionate about building scalable SaaS solutions.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software or platform architecture, with a strong focus on SaaS
Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise SaaS platforms in cloud environments
Deep expertise in microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and data architecture
Experience working in global, matrixed organizations with cross-functional teams
Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure, or cloud architecture credentials
Experience in insurance or financial services platforms
Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, automation, and cloud-native technologies
Track record of driving architecture governance and standardization at scale

Responsibilities

Define and lead the end-to-end architecture for the Assure platform across cloud and hybrid environments
Establish and enforce architecture standards, patterns, and best practices
Drive a configuration-over-customization approach to improve scalability and reduce complexity
Ensure alignment between architecture decisions and business and product strategy
Oversee Smart Apps design, integration, and governance within the platform
Enable seamless integration across cloud and customer environments (e.g., AWS and hybrid models)
Promote modular, API-driven architecture to support scalability and reuse.
Lead architecture governance, including design reviews and standards compliance
Partner with engineering, DevOps, and operations to ensure high-quality, scalable delivery
Identify risks, resolve architectural challenges, and ensure long-term platform sustainability.
Work closely with Product Management to align architecture with product roadmaps
Collaborate with peer architects to define and maintain reference architectures and reusable patterns
Support global teams by enabling a consistent and scalable SaaS delivery model
Provide technical leadership across teams, influencing without direct authority
Mentor architects and engineers, promoting best practices in SaaS and cloud architecture
Foster collaboration across distributed, cross-functional teams