Accenture Life Insurance and Annuity Industry (ALIP) Integration Architect Lead

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We Are: Transforming the Insurance industry of yesterday. We apply some of today’s latest technologies in AI, data analytics, and automation. Our team of over 975 Life and Annuity industry professionals is helping some of the most recognized insurance brands drive growth with digital innovation, platform modernization, improved product distribution, and personalized customer experiences. Through an ecosystem of top Insurtech partners, we’re expanding the ALIP platform’s capabilities to provide even greater opportunities for our clients to differentiate and scale business growth. You Are: The Integration Lead Architect playing a pivotal role in ensuring that diverse software applications within an organization work seamlessly together. This position requires a blend of technical acumen, strategic planning, and effective communication to align integration efforts with business objectives. Key Responsibilities include: Design end-to-end integration architectures, including APIs, middleware, data flows, and service orchestration. Develop the integration strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives and technology initiatives. Lead and mentor integration teams, providing guidance on best practices, tools, and frameworks Act as the primary liaison between business teams, development teams, and external partners. Ensure stakeholder expectations are managed and aligned with product capabilities. Engage with potential clients, understand their integration needs, and propose tailored solutions. Collaborate with architects to ensure the integration architecture meets scalability and performance standards. Provide development oversight to teams and ensure integration solutions meet client needs and the requirements. Proactively identify risks related to integration dependencies and data flow. Assist in deployment activities, monitor integration performance and drive continuous improvement. Stay updated with the latest trends in integration technologies and propose enhancements to existing solutions Provide status reports to stakeholders and leadership on integration initiatives. Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements. Here’s What You Need: Minimum of 10 years of experience in enterprise integration architecture, software engineering, and large-scale system integration, with significant experience leading architecture and engineering teams in complex enterprise environments. Minimum of 8 years of experience designing and implementing REST APIs, asynchronous/event-based integrations, ETL/data transformation pipelines, and enterprise integration solutions across cloud and on-premise ecosystems. Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with enterprise integration technologies and platforms such as MuleSoft, Spring Integration, Kafka, API Gateway, messaging platforms, ESB technologies, and cloud-native integration services. Minimum of 5 years of experience with cloud architecture and integration patterns across AWS or Azure, including containerized and Kubernetes-based deployment models. Minimum of 5 years of experience defining API standards, integration governance, security architecture, authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT), and scalable integration best practices. Minimum of 5 years of experience with observability, resiliency, scalability, performance optimization, and operational support considerations for enterprise-grade distributed systems. Minimum of 3 years of strong Life Insurance and Annuities domain experience, including New Business & Underwriting, Policy Administration, Servicing, Billing & Payments, Claims, Illustrations & Quotes, Advisor/Distributor workflows, and Digital Customer Experience. Minimum of 3 years of experience delivering technology solutions within Life Insurance and Annuities carrier environments or insurance SaaS platforms Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience) Professional skills requirements Strong ability to analyze complex systems, identify integration scenarios and devise solutions. Ability to lead technical teams, guide cross functional teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders. Life and Annuity Insurance Industry Products specific exposure to Annuity and or Life products a plus Key Insurance functional areas conceptual understanding of New Business, Administration, Customer Service, Claims, etc . Proficiency in designing scalable and efficient integration architectures, employing various integration methods, patterns, and technologies. This includes understanding different types of integration, such as application, data, business process, and enterprise integration. Experience with architectural abstractions, design patterns, and object oriented modeling principles is essential. Additionally, familiarity with Agile and DevOps practices is highly valued. Strong communication and problem solving skills to effectively collaborate with various departments and teams to ensure that all systems work efficiently and effectively Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/02/2026. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture Role Location Annual Salary Range California $132,500 to $338,300 Colorado $132,500 to $292,200 Connecticut $132,500 to $292,200 District of Columbia $141,100 to $311,200 Illinois $122,700 to $292,200 Maine $112,900 to $249,000 Maryland $132,500 to $292,200 Massachusetts $132,500 to $311,200 Minnesota $132,500 to $292,200 New York $122,700 to $338,300 New Jersey $141,100 to $338,300 Ohio $122,700 to $270,600 Virginia $122,700 to $311,200 Washington $141,100 to $311,200 About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients