As a Technical and Security Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our IT landscape. You will be responsible for defining, maintaining and enforcing technical and security standards across the organization and advising IT projects throughout their remediation.
You will act as a gatekeeper to ensure architectural consistency, avoid technology sprawl, and promote simplicity, stability, manageability, cost-efficiency, and security.
This role requires strong communication skills, the ability to lead stakeholders toward consensus, and a passion for continuous learning in a fast-evolving cloud environment.
Responsibilities
As a member of the Technical Architecture team your responsibilities are:
Technical Standards & Governance
- Define, document, and maintain IT technical standards, reference architectures, and design patterns.
- Participate in architecture review boards and contribute to governance processes.
- Create technical controls to enforce or verify that the standards are applied
Remediation Management
- Manage remediation with project teams
- Manage exceptions, with the help of the Security Operations team.
- Provide high level dashboard on compliance, and communicate on it
- Provide hands-on support in case of critical troubleshooting
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, particularly in cloud computing.
- Evaluate new tools and platforms for potential adoption in SCOR Technology Portfolio. Help include these technologies in SCOR CI/CD pipelines.
- Contribute to the evolution of the company’s cloud strategy and digital transformation roadmap.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, particularly in cloud computing.
- Evaluate new tools and platforms for potential adoption in SCOR Technology Portfolio. Help include these technologies in SCOR CI/CD pipelines.
- Contribute to the evolution of the company’s cloud strategy and digital transformation roadmap.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Technical and Security architecture, with a strong focus on cloud-based solutions.
- Fluent in English; basics in French is a plus.
- Experience in the reinsurance, insurance or other financial industry is a plus
- Strong experience in Public Cloud platforms, especially Azure. Alicloud is a plus.
- Strong experience in Operational Risk evaluation (security, manageability, availability)
- Strong experience in Technical and Security controls implementation (Azure policies, CSPM platforms, …).
- Experience in architectural principles, frameworks, and best practices.
- Experience on CI/CD platforms (Ansible, Terraform)
- Experience in scripting in any modern language (Powershell, az cli, APIs)
- Experience in Agile Methods
- Collaborate with IT production, cybersecurity, network, and application teams to ensure cohesive and secure controls
- Create and deliver documentation and presentations to support decision-making and knowledge sharing.
- Willingness to adapt and learn in a dynamic technology environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the reinsurance, insurance or other financial industry is a plus
Technical Skills
- Strong experience in Public Cloud platforms, especially Azure. Alicloud is a plus.
- Strong experience in Operational Risk evaluation (security, manageability, availability)
- Strong experience in Technical and Security controls implementation (Azure policies, CSPM platforms, …).
- Experience in architectural principles, frameworks, and best practices.
- Experience on CI/CD platforms (Ansible, Terraform)
- Experience in scripting in any modern language (Powershell, az cli, APIs)
- Experience in Agile Methods
Soft Skills
- Collaborate with IT production, cybersecurity, network, and application teams to ensure cohesive and secure controls
- Create and deliver documentation and presentations to support decision-making and knowledge sharing.
- Willingness to adapt and learn in a dynamic technology environment.
- Capacity to navigate in an international environment
Education
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
About Us
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
