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MassMutual Financial Group - New York, NY

posted 30 days ago

Full-time - Senior
New York, NY
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

As an SAP-focused Solutions Architect on the Wealth & Distribution Technology Architecture team, you will be part of a team of experienced architects who work together to define and influence solutions within the sales and distribution value stream. This role will specifically concentrate on enhancing the utilization, scale, and efficiency of SAP within Sales & Distribution. This role focuses on designing SAP-based solutions that support future business strategies. The ideal candidate should understand SAP systems and architectures and have experience delivering innovative solutions in the insurance sector. This strategic role aligns technology with business goals to improve efficiency and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Enterprise Architecture to further the strategic vision and application roadmaps related to SAP.
  • Partner with Development Teams to translate SAP architecture to design/code-level execution.
  • Lead the design and implementation of SAP solutions, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of the company and adhere to industry best practices.
  • Oversee the integration of SAP systems with other enterprise applications to streamline operations and improve data flow.
  • Provide expert advice and guidance on SAP capabilities and functionalities to stakeholders and team members.
  • Identify opportunities for optimizing SAP system performance and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
  • Ensure all SAP solutions comply with regulatory requirements and internal policies, prioritizing data security and integrity.
  • Mentor and provide training on SAP systems to ensure knowledge transfer and technical competence within the team.
  • Serve as key technical interface/liaison with the MassMutual SAP Basis Team.
  • Collaborate with the Corporate/Enterprise SAP Team to ensure alignment on best practices.
  • Serve as the technical liaison between MassMutual business partners, industry vendors, and distribution partners.
  • Identify end-to-end technical solutions based on business needs that utilize a service-based architecture incorporating APIs and Events.
  • Capture future state technology vision in actionable, context-specific roadmaps.
  • Partner directly with technology subject matter experts and technical leads to ensure architecture standards are adopted.
  • Design solutions as reusable components (APIs/Microservices) that compose an overall solution that's flexible, scalable, performant, and provides excellent user experience.
  • Be accountable for implementation of cross-functional solution architecture of all technologies in the Sales & Distribution technology stack.
  • Understand and proactively assess the current state of the technology and identify gaps and overlaps.
  • Ensure technologies are optimized, recommending investments and rationalization.
  • Conduct technology assessment and selection.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or related technical domain.
  • 8+ years of experience in SAP architecture and implementation, with a significant focus on the insurance industry.
  • 8+ years of solutions architect or related experience (e.g. tech lead, lead designer).
  • 5+ years development experience, capable of designing and implementing complex solutions.

Nice-to-haves

  • 2+ years of experience in sales & distribution related business processes and technologies.
  • Skilled leading and/or participating in system design and architectural activities.
  • Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work in a team-based environment.
  • Excellent mentoring skills and the desire to contribute to efforts beyond the scope of the day-to-day project work.
  • Proven ability to provide technical leadership and guidance to less experienced team members.
  • Experience in AWS cloud application design, development, and deployment.
  • Experience with event streaming and web service protocols like SOAP, REST, JSON, or Kafka.
  • Experience with data development, including database design, modeling, ETL and scheduling.
  • General working knowledge of insurance data, investment data and/or financial data.
  • Experience in working with and enabling integrations with vendor/SaaS platforms.
  • Certifications in SAP architecture or relevant SAP modules are highly desirable.
  • AWS Certifications.
  • Knowledge of SAP Business Partner, PD Org, ICM, BW, CS components.
  • Experience in SAP Basis components.
  • Experience in SAP ABAP development (Preferred).
  • Understanding of SAP 4/HANA integration toolset.
  • Experience with SAP 4/HANA on AWS.
  • 7+ design & development experience including frontend, backend, database, and Integration technologies preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of data modeling and ETL development including development patterns, and best practices.
  • Experience with one or more of the following platforms/technologies: Vertica, Kong, Kafka, Salesforce, DTCC, CI/CD Dev Ops, Kubernetes.

Benefits

  • Regular meetings with the Sales & Distribution Architecture team.
  • Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager.
  • Access to mentorship opportunities.
  • Networking opportunities including access to various Business Resource Groups.
  • Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms.
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