Vice President, Solution Architecture Engineer - Prudential International Insurance at Prudential Ins Co of America in Newark, New Jersey

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Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

As a Vice President, Solution Architecture Engineer in Prudential International Insurance Emerging Markets Technology you will help advance the strategies of the business and corporate functions around simplification and modernization of technology stacks by leveraging architectural principles and patterns developed by Enterprise Architecture. You will deploy solutions that are consumable and available across the enterprise and provides architecture consulting on large, business critical programs and or initiatives that have high business visibility, impact and/or risk and complexity.

This role is based in our office in Newark, NJ, São Paulo, Brazil or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our organization follows a hybrid work structure where employees can work remotely and from the office, as needed, based on demands of specific tasks or personal work preferences. This position is hybrid and requires your on-site presence on a reoccurring weekly basis at least 2 days per week. This position will require international travel.  

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day:

• Oversight and evaluation of architecture for significant sectors of the application portfolio across businesses and countries


• Evangelize and influence architectural change and adoption at an executive level


• Educate and provide thought leadership for architecture strategy and vision


• Ensure significant end to end solutions align to all architectural principles and patterns based on enterprise standards in additional to division and business requirements


• Aligns the development of critical applications to our future roadmap. Maintains broad knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theory. Creates solutions for critical business challenges


• Contributes to and help evolves the enterprise standards for business growth

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering; Analytics; or experience in related fields


• Lead and Guide diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization


• Advanced understanding of functional area and a competent understanding of the overall firm and competitive environment


• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills; enjoy learning new skills

Expertise with several of the following:

Solution Architect Fundamentals:​

• Strong Understanding of business strategy and drivers.


• Ability to model logical and abstracted architecture to create standard repeatable approaches for all solutions


• Continued focus on prevailing and emerging architectural trends as well as new technologies


• The ability to apply trends and technologies to solving current business problems

Solution Design:

• Map business goals to applications


• Translate model business processes and domains into technical solutions architecture


• Architect business solutions in alignment with modern architecture patterns and technologies


• Assure feasibility and sustainability by partnering with relevant stakeholders, and creating a vision for the solution’s continuous delivery pipeline

Technical Design/Architecture:

• Knowledge of Design, modification and testing of Technical Architecture


• Ability to transform Prudential architectural patterns into reference implementations and consumable.

Advanced skills in:

Infrastructure Fundamentals:

• Knowledge of infrastructure elements (server, storage, DB, network etc.)


• Knowledge of Operating Systems

AWS Solutions Architecture:

• Infrastructure as code using cloud formation in both YAML and JSON formats


• AWS Solution Architecture Certification


• Continued monitoring and evaluation of AWS catalog for new services and evolution of existing ones

You’ll Love Working Here Because You Can    

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.      

What we offer you: 

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level 

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave 

• Retirement plans: 

• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%) 

• Company-funded pension plan 

• Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs 

• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development. 

• Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations. 

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. 

To find out more about our Total Reward package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week. 

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Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $195,100.00 to $263,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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