M&A Integration Architect

at Hub International in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Join a Winning Team at HUB International

When you join the team at HUB International, you become part of the 5th largest global insurance broker, providing a broad array of property, casualty, risk management, life and health, employee benefits, investment and wealth management products and services. Becoming a part of HUB means that you thrive in an entrepreneurial and fast paced team environment supported by over 14,000 professionals in 500 offices across North America. You will be able to actively contribute to our track record of year over year growth fueled by innovative new products and services, mergers and acquisitions, and a great team of people. As part of our talent engine, you will exemplify our strong core values which drive our unique corporate culture. HUB’s entrepreneurial spirit is evident in our people, products and philanthropic initiatives and we are passionate about our talent!

Job Description

In this role, you will work with designing, developing, and integrating technology patterns that are focused on technology stacks brought to Hub International through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This role will provide day-to-day solution architecture strategic assessments, guidance and operational assistance to the M&A Integrations (MAI) team in the development of sustainable technology answers for newly acquired agencies.

Objectives of this Role

+ Develop and create MAI standard patterns for systems integrations.

+ Evaluate incoming M&A technology and assess degree of difficulty to integrate

+ Evaluate incoming M&A technology against organizational capabilities to perform maintenance, support, enhancements and upgrades

+ Make recommendations to MAI and Enterprise Architecture leadership on how to proceed with acquired technologies

+ Identify potential technical issues and engineer possible solutions to MAI technical hurdles.

+ Identify low value, yet high risk MAI technology that is being acquired.

+ Engage with MAI and Enterprise Architecture leadership regularly with reports on project status, activities, and achievements

+ Perform and contribute to “Technical Archeology” (Platform and System Decomposition) for acquired systems and business applications that are in production.

+ Develop solutions by understanding and studying systems flows, data usage and work processes

+ Contribute to the expansion, growth, and maturity of Enterprise Architecture.

+ Develop and communicate acquired technology system narratives.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

+ Communicate with stakeholders to assist in the identification of business, technical, and operational requirements.

+ Assist and conduct application stack and systems decomposition research and engineering tasks.

+ Assist in maintaining the current EA platform and business application catalogs, service maps, and application narratives.

+ Be responsible for analysis and recommendation of acquired technology “on-boarding”

+ Review technical specifications from clients and vendors to confirm adequacy, accuracy, and functionality of proposed solutions

+ Assist in developing support channels and channel documentation for acquired technology.

+ Collaboration and communication with Enterprise IT operational groups on status of MnA technical events.

Role Outcomes

+ Transparent communication and coordination between EA and MAI organizations

+ Active involvement in MAI Due Diligence process, evaluating within 7-day DD Risk Assessment window incoming MAI deals for integration risks and high costs

+ Contribution to superior pre-close integration approach creation,

+ Identification and escalation to senior leadership as needed for involvement and decisions on new technology ingestion

+ Contribution to MAI cost estimates for development, delivery and support & maintenance

+ Participation in integration design and build activities to ensure MAI alignment EA current technology blueprint and future roadmap

+ Facilitation of EA leadership approvals for new technology plans

Skills and Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in technology or applicable experience.

+ 10+ Years of experience with / of programming languages (PowerShell, python, shell scripting) and operating systems (Windows Server 2008-2019); current system performance-monitoring tools, application tracing tools, process tracing tools, active directory, virtualization, MSSQL, application / content delivery

+ 3+ years of experience with AWS infrastructure as a service

+ 3+ years of experience with Azure infrastructure and O365 services and technology

+ Networking (Firewall / Switching / Wifi) and Enterprise EFP experience is a bonus (BGP, OSPF, HSRP, STP, SNMP, Netflow, NBar, Packet Tracing, measures vs metrics vs observables, etc)

+ Collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills

+ Experience in project management, systems design and integration.

+ Expertise in analyzing and documenting large-scale distributed systems

+ Desire to continuously develop your skills and knowledge

+ An ability to diagnose and resolve problems quickly and efficiently

+ Thorough knowledge of layered systems architectures and layered solutions and designs

+ Consultative skills, including the ability to understand and assist in applying customer requirements, including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design, the ability to define design reasoning, understanding potential impacts of design requirements

Although hybrid to a local Hub location is preferable, this position is open to remote candidates.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Do you believe in the power of innovation, collaboration, and transformation? Do you thrive in a supportive and client focused work environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to help build and drive change in a rapidly growing and evolving organization? When you join HUB, you will be part of a community of learners and doers focused on helping our leaders maximize the potential of their employees.

Department Information Technology

Required Experience: 7-10 years of relevant experience

Required Travel: No Travel Required

Required Education: High school or equivalent

HUB International Limited is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran’s status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement is available here at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm .

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