Sr. Solutions Architect

Farm Bureau Financial Services•West Des Moines, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Farm Bureau Financial Services is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to support enterprise system activities and guide the development and management of the organization’s portfolio of solutions. The role helps direct, plan, and drive enterprise solutions, ensuring technology meets company needs and aligns with business objectives through strong business and technical partnerships. The position contributes to enterprise technology guidance and its adoption, supports company and departmental initiatives, and helps manage the technology portfolio and technology ecosystem. It works across IT, business teams, and external vendors to evaluate solutions, inform budgets, and shape technology direction. The role also researches, designs, and implements initiatives to improve analysis, design, and development tools, with attention to efficiency and automation. The position is based at the company’s office in West Des Moines, Iowa, and requires the ability to work in person. The company is not considering applicants who need immigration sponsorship now or in the future; applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis.

Requirements

A college degree, preferably in Computer Science or software engineering, or equivalent, plus seven years of progressive relevant experience.
Seven or more years of experience executing technology strategies.
Experience in enterprise-level architecture and security, data management, application development, integration platforms and frameworks, and delivering results in a complex matrix environment.
Experience with a diverse set of core processing platform technologies across on-premises, SaaS, and cloud environments.
Business acumen in business operations, industry practices, and emerging trends.
In-depth knowledge of multiple IT platforms and company standards, as well as current application developments.
Knowledge of future trends in the IT industry and in the insurance and financial services industry.
Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, influencing decisions, and managing work to achieve goals.
Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking, technical systems knowledge, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work in person from the West Des Moines, Iowa office.
Currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis without immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Three to five years of Property and Casualty (P&C) business knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with forming enterprise technology guidance, including guiding principles and architecture guardrails, and influence adoption of that guidance.
Support company and departmental initiatives, including portfolio management, analytical insight, proactive solution planning, strategic execution, quality assurance, and information sharing with business partners.
Partner across IT and business teams on cost-benefit analyses of solutions and tool sets, and provide input to the budget process.
Help manage the technology portfolio and assist with oversight of Farm Bureau’s technology ecosystem.
Work with external vendors to shape the strategic direction of vendor systems in support of Farm Bureau’s strategic direction.
Research, design, and implement initiatives to improve analysis, design, and development tools, with efficiency and automation opportunities in mind.
Collaborate with business partners and IT teams to evaluate requests for new systems, applications, product standards, and services.