{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7e5964f74c1450063ece8425","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7e5964f74c1450063ece8425","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7e5964f74c1450063ece8425","title":"Solution Architect","description":"The Voice of Texas Agriculture.\r\nCompany Name: Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company | Department: Information Systems\r\nThe Solution Architect – Application Administration serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the design, engineering, and lifecycle management of enterprise application solutions. This role blends deep application administration expertise with a solution architecture mindset, focusing on building scalable, secure, and sustainable platforms that align with business strategy.\r\nThe Solution Architect partners closely with architects, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into engineered solutions, ensuring optimal integration across systems and platforms. This position emphasizes solution design, automation, standardization, and continuous improvement, while maintaining hands‑on technical involvement.\r\nAs a technical leader and mentor, this role fosters collaboration across teams, promotes engineering best practices, and drives innovation across the application administration domain.\r\nMAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY Solution Design and Engineering Leadership:\r\nDesign, engineer, and implement robust application solutions that align with enterprise architecture and business objectives.\r\nPartner with Enterprise Architects to validate solution designs for scalability, performance, and integration.\r\nTranslate complex technical and business requirements into actionable solution designs.\r\nLead prototyping and proof‑of‑concept efforts to validate solution feasibility.\r\nApplication Lifecycle Ownership:\r\nOwn the end‑to‑end lifecycle of application platforms including deployment, configuration, maintenance, and optimization.\r\nEnsure solutions are maintainable, scalable, and aligned with application administration best practices.\r\nDrive standardization and automation across application lifecycle processes.\r\nTechnical Standards and Governance:\r\nEnforce and evolve engineering standards, guardrails, and best practices across all application solutions.\r\nChampion secure administration and deployment practices across environments.\r\nEnsure compliance with enterprise SDLC and governance frameworks.\r\nCollaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:\r\nPartner with Infrastructure, Development, and Business teams to deliver aligned and effective solutions.\r\nFacilitate clear communication between technical teams and business stakeholders.\r\nDrive solution discussions, requirements clarification, and technical decision‑making.\r\nTechnical Leadership and Mentorship:\r\nServe as a senior escalation point for complex technical issues and solution challenges.\r\nMentor Application Administrators and 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Driving and Safety Policy.\r\nOther Duties:\r\nPerform additional responsibilities as assigned while maintaining flexibility and commitment to organizational success.\r\nMINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS At least one of the following:\r\nBachelor’s degree from accredited college or university in a network, computer, or management related field and substantial experience in an information technology‑related field.\r\nAssociate degree from an accredited school in a technology‑related field and extensive experience in an information technology‑related field.\r\nTechnical Expertise Solution Architecture Expertise:\r\nStrong foundation in application architecture, integration, and system design principles.\r\nAbility to build and deliver scalable, enterprise‑grade solutions.\r\nCloud and Platform Engineering:\r\nExperience in designing and supporting cloud‑native solutions (preferably Microsoft Azure).\r\nFamiliarity with PaaS environments and modern application hosting models.\r\nSecurity 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